June 15, 2005
Pilgrim's Progress
If Fight Club isn't your thing, head on over to the Beguiling at noon today, where Bryan Lee O'Malley will be signing copies of his comic book Scott Pilgrim Vol. 2 between 12 and 1 today. Ah, but who is Scott Pilgrim, you ask? "I am the Hero of a Book! A Series of books, in fact. I'm 23 years old, I'm in a band (we're not very good though), I'm "between jobs", and I've been having girl troubles lately! See, I have this unfortunate tendency to get into fights. Not like the kind where you yell and scream and throw dishes or whatever. More like Street Fighter, I guess," says the character himself.



Scott Pilgrim is much fun, I got both volumes at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival a few weeks ago. It's also being turned into a film directed by the guy who did "Shaun Of The Dead" - I just hope they keep it set in Toronto. I'm certain they won't, but maybe they'll shoot it here. Imagine - a film filmed in Toronto that's supposed to be set in Toronto but isn't. My mind is blown.