Scott Pilgrim vs. the Indifferent Podcaster

As you all know by now, I’m a slut for tying my podcast in to the latest comic book movie being released.  The reason this week’s edition wasn’t about “Scott Pilgrim” was because I’ve never got into that series beyond the first two volumes.  I read the first one based on the strength of the buzz around it at the time, and I really liked most of it.  Bryan Lee O’Malley did a great job of bringing his characters to life and making their struggles and interests relevant.

Then he completely broke with reality towards the end of the first book and my interest snapped.  In that moment when everyone started flying around, the comic that I had been enjoying evaporated and was replaced with something that really held no interest for me.  I picked up the second volume to see if how the story developed from there proved compelling enough to get my interest back.  Though what O’Malley was trying to do became clearer, it wasn’t enough to get my interest back.

Now that the movie is out and the series is done, I’m still not sure if I want to go back to it.  I have to admit that I am tempted to see the movie based on its great reviews (from fans and critics alike) and because I’ve heard that it establishes that its world is “not reality” pretty quickly.  As for the graphic novels, I still haven’t gotten past my antipathy towards the first few volumes.

So readers (and I know you exist, Podbean’s stats tell me that people visit this site), should I get over myself and start reading the rest of “Scott Pilgrim?”  Or, should I continue working through my stack of comics I still have left over from San Diego?  This time, the choice is yours.