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'Earlier this week, an English journalist claimed Jonathan Franzen's soon-to-be published Freedom as the novel of the century. A ludicrous accolade, not least because it should more rightly go to Korean-Canadian writer Bryan Lee O'Malley's Scott Pilgrim comic-book series.' Telegraph ` Scott Pilgrim is the best book ever. It is the chronicle of our time. With Kung Fu, so, yeah: perfect.' Joss Whedon, creator of `Buffy the Vampire Slayer' `One of the best things to happen to printed comics this millennium.' Ain't It Cool News `A hilarious, idiosyncratic gem.' Washington Post `A great oddball tale that captures the energy of a generation.' Publishers Weekly `An inventive, genre-tweaking tale of young love, platonic bed-sharing and epic battles unlike anything else you will likely pick up. So, go on, pick it up.' E! Online `Scott Pilgrim is the best 23-year-old ever. Like Proust's Swann, he has a story that takes multiple volumes to unfold, except Pilgrim is even more awesome because he's in a comic book ... the series is wildly enjoyable for its absurdist humor, its indelible characters and its growing, inevitable sense of melancholy as Pilgrim becomes that most terrifying of things: 24 years old.' Glen David Gold, author of `Carter Beats the Devil' and `Sunnyside'

One of the best things to happen to printed comics this millennium. Ain't It Cool News A hilarious, idiosyncratic gem. Washington Post A great oddball tale that captures the energy of a generation. Publishers Weekly An inventive, genre-tweaking tale of young love, platonic bed-sharing and epic battles unlike anything else you will likely pick up. So, go on, pick it up. E! Online Scott Pilgrim is the best 23-year-old ever. Like Proust's Swann, he has a story that takes multiple volumes to unfold, except Pilgrim is even more awesome because he's in a comic book ! the series is wildly enjoyable for its absurdist humor, its indelible characters and its growing, inevitable sense of melancholy as Pilgrim becomes that most terrifying of things: 24 years old. Glen David Gold, author of Carter Beats the Devil and Sunnyside

‘”Scott Pilgrim” is the best book ever. It is the chronicle of our time. With Kung Fu, so, yeah: perfect.’ Joss Whedon, creator of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ ‘One of the best things to happen to printed comics this millennium.’ Ain't It Cool News ‘A hilarious, idiosyncratic gem.’ Washington Post ‘A great oddball tale that captures the energy of a generation.’ Publishers Weekly ‘An inventive, genre-tweaking tale of young love, platonic bed-sharing and epic battles unlike anything else you will likely pick up. So, go on, pick it up.’ E! Online 'Earlier this week, an English journalist claimed Jonathan Franzen's soon-to-be published “Freedom” as the novel of the century. A ludicrous accolade, not least because it should more rightly go to Korean-Canadian writer Bryan Lee O'Malley's “Scott Pilgrim” comic-book series.' Telegraph ‘Scott Pilgrim is the best 23-year-old ever. Like Proust's Swann, he has a story that takes multiple volumes to unfold, except Pilgrim is even more awesome because he's in a comic book … the series is wildly enjoyable for its absurdist humor, its indelible characters and its growing, inevitable sense of melancholy as Pilgrim becomes that most terrifying of things: 24 years old.’ Glen David Gold, author of ‘Carter Beats the Devil’ and ‘Sunnyside’

Tom writes: The hilarious first entry in a six book series that went on to be the number one movie no one saw in 2011 starring Michael Cera! Scott Pilgrim has problems - a lot of them, he's 23 years old, sharing a one bedroom apartment with his gay roommate, dating a high schooler and generally meandering through life without any purpose. That is until he meets the beautiful Ramona Flowers. First in his dreams (there's a great short cut in his head through the sub conscious super highway) If this is at all a foreign concept to you don't worry, Scott is left just as baffled as the reader! When he does finally meet her outside of his own mindscape he's as successful at getting a date as Newt Gingrich is at running an election campaign. But Scott persists with the determination of a crazed stalker. The only reason this behaviour isn't completely terrifying or detestable is thanks to O'Malley's brilliant and original script that had me laughing out loud again and again, along with his peculiar art style that is a mix of Japanese Manga and 8-bit renderings like an old Super Mario game that perfectly complements the story. If this is all sounding absolutely ludicrous to you - well that's a good sign, it means you're still sane but I'm telling you right now that you should just run with it as things only get crazier (read: even more awesome) from there. To win Ramona's hand Scott must defeat her 7 evil exes. The first appears in this volume as an Indian-American hipster with penchant for pirate fashion. This is such an original work that showcases what only the graphic novel medium can do and is perfect for a wide range of readers.

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Bryan Lee O’Malley is an award-winning Canadian cartoonist. He has been working on a series of graphic novels called ‘Scott Pilgrim’. He writes the words and draws the pictures. He occasionally makes music under the name Kupek.

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