Scott Pilgrim
Scott Pilgrim is a six-part graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O'Malley about the idler Scott Pilgrim and his fight against the seven evil ex-lovers of his dream woman. The comic won several awards and was adapted as a feature film in 2010 .
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The 23-year-old Canadian Scott Pilgrim lives in Toronto and plays bass in the band "Sex Bob-omb" with his friends Kim Pine and Stephen Stills. A year and a half after his last breakup, he begins a relationship with the 17-year-old school girl Knives Chau. Before anything serious develops out of it, however, he meets the mysterious American Ramona Flowers in a dream. She recently moved to Toronto from New York and works as a courier for Amazon. In doing so, she uses a subspace road that goes right through Scott's dreams.
Scott and Ramona fall in love with each other. However, Ramona's ex-lovers have joined forces to form the League of Evil Ex-Lovers, who have set themselves the goal of controlling Ramona's future love life. Scott must defeat seven ex-lovers if he is to have a relationship with Ramona. He receives moral support from his sister Stacey and his gay roommate Wallace. First the mystical Matthew Patel attacks at a concert, then the action star Lucas Lee. The third opponent is rocker Todd Ingram, who is the boyfriend of Scott's ex-girlfriend. For this win, Scott receives a 1-up .
Among Ramona's ex-lovers is the half-ninja Roxie Richter. During their visit, Scott also has to deal with Knive's father. Likewise, his old childhood friend Lisa Miller is in town making advances for him. During the fight, Scott discovers the power of love and is given a sword that suddenly appears in his chest. The next challenge is the twins Kyle and Ken Katayanagi, who set robots on Scott and kidnap Kim.
Before Scott starts the final fight, Ramona disappears and Scott falls into a depression. With Kim's help, Scott overcomes this and makes peace with his past. He goes to Gideon Graves, the last ex-boyfriend, to win Ramona back. It turns out that Ramona did not return to Gideon, but on a trip herself to clarify her thoughts. Gideon kills Scott, but Scott gets a second chance with his 1-up. Ramona renounces Gideon, who until then had dominated her mind. Together they defeat Gideon and try again with each other.
Emergence
When O'Malley began work on the first volume, a black and white comic was the only option for reasons of cost. So he decided to implement the Shōnen style, although at that time he had hardly read any other representative of the genre apart from Ranma ½ . It is Scott Pilgrim greatly from manga influenced -Stilelementen but O'Malley does not consider his work even as manga. O'Malley got the inspiration for the name of his hero from the song Scott Pilgrim by the Canadian band Plumtree.
Originally, O'Malley had only hoped to sell 1,000 copies of his comic. But Scott Pilgrim was a surprise hit that sold millions of copies and was even adapted as a feature film. As a result of this success, O'Malley was able to hire two assistants to work on the sixth volume in order to increase the artistic quality of the last book. This gave the panels much richer background details.
Since work on the final tape and the shooting of the film were about the same time, O'Malley wanted to write a finale that rivaled that of the film. He found the ending to be the hardest part of the entire series.
Publication and adaptations
The series was published in black and white from August 2004 to July 2010 by Oni Press . The comic series has been translated into different languages. It was published in German by Panini Comics from March 2010 to November 2011 . From 2012 Oni Press published the series again as a hardcover in color. The renowned colorist Nathan Fairbairn was responsible for the implementation.
| # | title | Original title |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Pilgrim: Life rocks! | Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life |
| 2 | Scott Pilgrim versus the rest of the world | Scott Pilgrim vs. The World |
| 3 | Scott Pilgrim: Endless Drama | Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness |
| 4th | Scott Pilgrim has it all | Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together |
| 5 | Scott Pilgrim versus the Universe | Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe |
| 6th | Scott Pilgrim reaches for the stars | Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour |
While working on the sixth volume, a film adaptation with Michael Cera in the lead role and a computer game were made . Both bear the name Scott Pilgrim against the rest of the world . The video game was released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 .
reception
In 1001 Comics , Bart Beaty describes the comic as an “upbeat mix of high school love, chilling, Nintendo video games, rock'n roll and echoes of manga” and thus the prototype of a new generation of comics. The “refreshingly new mixture” offers not only weird humor but also countless references to contemporary pop culture.
In 2005 O'Malley won a Doug Wright Award with the first volume and was nominated for three Harvey Awards (Best New Talent, Best Cartoonist and Best Graphic Album of Original Work). In 2006 he received an award for outstanding Canadian comic artist at the Joe Shuster Awards . Finally, in 2010 O'Malley received an Eisner Award in the “Best Humor Publication” category for Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hey, how did you think of the idea of the whole Scott Pilgrim story line and is there ay particular reason why you did it in B&W? In: tumblr. December 22, 2012, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Bryan Lee O'Malley Talks 'Monkey Manga' with the Men Who Influenced 'Scott Pilgrim'. In: Comics Alliance. July 14, 2011, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ^ Gordon McAlpin, An Interview with Bryan Lee O'Malley. May 24, 2006, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Ten Years After Splitting, Halifax's Plumtree Gets Their Closeup with Scott Pilgrim. In: Modern Suburbanite. July 6, 2010, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ^ Questions & answers VI. April 8, 2012, accessed November 9, 2016 .
- ↑ Entry in the German Comic Guide
- ↑ Paul Gravett (eds.) And Andreas C. Knigge (transl.): 1001 comics you should read before life is over . Zurich 2012, Edition Olms. P. 822.
- ↑ time-cat.com. time-cat.com, accessed February 21, 2011 .
- ↑ 2005 Harvey Award Nominees. (No longer available online.) The Harvey Awards, archived from the original on February 27, 2012 ; Retrieved March 22, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Scott Pilgrim Kicks Off 2010 Eisner Awards. The Eisner Awards, archived from the original on November 1, 2011 ; Retrieved July 24, 2010 .
