#4. Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Scott Pilgrim #5), by Bryan Lee O'Malley

May 13, 2009 21:49

Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe (Scott Pilgrim #5), Bryan Lee O'Malley
2009, Oni Press

Oh, man, you've got to love Scott Pilgrim!  This is totally another of those books I was going to have read anyway, but what the hey, they count too.  (They do, right?  They've got to.)

Since this is the fifth installment of a planned-6-volume series, it's hard to ( Read more... )

(delicious), canada, korean-canadian, asian-canadian, hipster, canadian, graphic novel

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sumofparts May 14 2009, 02:24:38 UTC
This sounds fun! I'll definitely have to check it out.

Even though I know I probably wouldn't like any of these people in real life.
:D I found this hilarious for some reason.

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mechanicaljewel May 14 2009, 03:05:17 UTC
I always felt that the art style let you decide who was a POC or not (except for Knives, who is obviously Asian) It's my personal canon that Kim Pine is at least half First Nations. But I do know that Wallace Wells was based on one of O'Malley's real life friends, and I'm fairly sure he's white.

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liviapenn May 14 2009, 04:17:44 UTC

One more question for the fans out there: Was I wrong in believing Wallace Wells is Asian?

Huh, I always assumed so. Maybe not?

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ungemmed May 14 2009, 14:00:06 UTC
I think the art style makes everyone a little racially ambiguous? I mean, Knives is obviously canonically Asian, but she's not drawn in a way that's significantly different from the others, so ...anyone could also be? I dunno.

Anyway, Scott Pilgrim squee! I do think that Infinite Sadness was tbe best of them, and so I'm sad that the ones after it haven't quite lived up, but that's very much a "my latte isn't foamy enough" type complaint.

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