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Scott Pilgrim Cover Comparisons The best comic book news (so far) this year is, without a doubt, the announcement of color reprints of Scott Pilgrim. I’m a huge fan of the original graphic novels and of Bryan Lee O’Malley so I was completely stoked to see what this new version would bring to the table. ‘Launchpad McQuack’ Comparison “But Dan,” you might ask, “aren’t you generally opposed to remaking and endless tinkering with media a la George Lucas?” ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“333” caption=“Blast from the past week. (Photo courtesy robotspacer)”] [/caption] Movies Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - I didn’t technically watch Scott Pilgrim because I was listening to the director commentary with Bryan Lee O’Malley. Very informative to learn about how autobiographical the story is and about how integrated Edgar Wright’s movie was with the book. TV The Walking Dead - Not killing off Shane was the smartest thing this show did. He’s ice cold and his decision last week was awesome. ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“336” caption=“There are spoilers in this post!”] [/caption] Seriously… SPOILERS! At the tender age of 24, I’m pretty sure I’ve still got a bit of the asshole that all kids have in their late teens/early twenties still left in me. That’s just a consequence of what it means to be young, I guess. We think we know better than the world and we’re tremendously selfish about what we want for ourselves, but it’s really our (Scott Pilgrim and myself) actions toward women that define us as assholes. ...

Scott Pilgrim mania hit its peak two weeks ago with the release of the PSN game and the movie coming just a few weeks after the sixth book made its way to stores. The book is in a really strange position for mainstream acceptance. Most people see it and think “hipster”, which isn’t at all accurate. It’s more gamer than hipster, but its protagonists are young, twenty-somethings who are trying to get their act together and get started in life. ...