Scott Pilgrim's Sucky Little Hole in the Ground

[roadrunnertwice]

Wow, they actually got to use Scott and Wallace's ACTUAL (photo-referenced) HOUSE! I just think that's awesome.

Things that are not cool about Scott's apartment
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1. Only one room
2. Only one bed and it's shared with a gay man
3. No light
3. No NATURAL light
4. Tiny bathroom
5. Tiny kitchen
6. All items in the apartment belong to the gay man
7. Not "GIRL-FRIENDLY"

(via @radiomaru.)

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Also, Warren Ellis just did a webcomics week over at his forum, and my favorite discovery so far is Darwin Carmichael is Going to Hell. It is more fun than a barrel full of stoned monkeys. Run, don't walk; read the whole thing.

Comments

[nightswatch.livejournal.com]

God damn you, Nick, for talking about Scott Pilgrim, whom I had never of until this post. Now I'm freaking hooked. I keep seeing this unexpected combination of Kazu Kibuishi and Kate Beaton in the art, but that's likely just because my knowledge of artistic influences in this field is limited.

Also, Michael Cera? WTF? I like him, I really do, and while "spacey" is a word that could be applied to both S.P. and Cera's usual characters, I feel like with Cera there's always this suggestion that he's spacey because his mind is running ahead in another direction. Scott's brain, god bless 'im, does not really suggest such activity.

Also: FUCK YEAH Wallace Wells.

[roadrunnertwice]

HAW HAW HAW HAAAWWWW

Christ I like that comic. I don't know how I managed to not FORCE it into your hands before this, seeing as we're both naturally infected with the fundamental metaphor that it's built on. (How far have you read? Let us NERD OUT.)

Beaton hit the scene out of nowhere like a cyclone a year or two ago, and I only became aware of Kibuishi in like '04, but O'Malley's been honing his skills in public for something like eight years now. I think part of what you're recognizing is that they're all part of the first generation for whom manga and American comics and animation made up equal portions of the background radiation. (Though Beaton is less open about her influences than many people are.) If you're interested in following that thread, I'd also recommend Faith Erin Hicks' new book The War at Ellsmere, as well as Jen Wang's and Vera Brosgol's TBA books whenever they eventually come out.

(Also, and I don't say this to everyone who likes SP: I think you'd probably like his first book, Lost at Sea. It's industrial-grade emo, but I love it. It does at least one thing that I was worried I was going to have to do myself, and am relieved to not have to take on.)

Michael Cera. I guess I'm hoping he has untapped depths that no other director has bothered to bring out yet. I'll just leave it at that.

[nightswatch.livejournal.com]

I only got the first two volumes from the library, not realizing that I would read them both in less than 24 hours. Um, twice.

I have to admit, I think my addiction is less rooted in identification and more in awesome vicarious living. Ryan North, when asked which comic he wished he'd drawn first, answered with Scott Pilgrim, but then qualified that it was mostly because he wished he could live in Scott's world. Man do I hear that. Kim and Ramona are also making me miss girl friends like whoa.

I noticed a picture of Kate Beaton in O'Malley's TCAF gallery. She always draws herself so frumpily in her comics, but she's a pretty lady! O Canada. Between Ryan North, Joey Comeau, Kate Beaton, and now Bryan O'Malley, I am feeling dangerously expatriotic.

[blackbuttoneyes.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm Jenn, one of the Darwin creators. Thanks so much for the kind words. =)

[roadrunnertwice]

You're welcome!