Scott Pilgrim Vol 3. and the Infinite Sadness

I've heard of Scott Pilgrim before I read it even though it was on a small level. The first exposure I had was with the preview in Wizard posting some pages from Vol. 3 of Mr. Pilgrim's adventures. At first I thought the series was about real life people trapped in a MMORPG and somehow they have to navigate through it, hence the save point.

I'd say this vol has some good and some bad points about it all. Bad points that seem to be more apparent than the previous versions. There was something increidibly depressing or malicous about this particular volume. Scott barely beaten his last opponent, which was attributed to trickery no less. This time the ex-boyfriend of Ramona's is even more powerful. DBZ powerful actually. Todd Ingram's hair actually stands up in typical Saiyan style when he powers up his telekinetic powers (how they are powered, I won't spoil the surprise,). That in itself paints a desperate picture. But what is the worst part is how miserable most people are in the volume. Scott's ex-girlfriend, Envy, terrorizes not only his current girlfriend, but you see the really apparent devastation of Scott's relationship with her in flashbacks. Even Knives feels the potential wrath from one of Envy's entourage, thus making a quite interesting and conflicted character become depressed and mopey as much of the visible cast.

The other bad thing that sort of off-sets the flow is the total lack of transition into some flashback sequences. However these are minor setbacks. The book is just too great for its weaknesses to overshadow it. The angst is more, the reality and unreality more, awesome video game references up the ying yay and what's best about it all is that it's always fresh and never repeatitive.

4.9/5.0 stars.