I never read a graphic novel in my life until a few years ago when I read, Y, The Last Man, followed by Persepolis and Daniel Pink’s The Adventures of Johnny Bunko: The Last Career Guide You’ll Ever Need (Amazon). Y, The Last Man, a recent addition to Skillman, is about a plague that kills every living being with a Y chromosome less one man. It’s ten volume series is one of the most entertaining books I’ve ever read and we have all ten volumes!
However, I wanted to give some props to the six volume series, Scott Pilgrim. Admittedly, I saw the movie first last summer, which stars Michael Cera (Juno, Superbad, Arrested Development), and found it to be a very entertaining movie that actually felt like a graphic novel. So, recently I decided to read the graphic novel series before watching the movie again. The book, like the movie, didn’t disappoint. It includes a lot of entertaining action while providing some rather slow character development of Scott Pilgrim who manages to grow beyond his significant self-centeredness.