Scott Pilgrim

Scott Pilgrim is a series of graphic novels written and illustrated by Canadian author and comic book artist Bryan Lee O'Malley. The original edition of the series consists of six digest size black-and-white volumes, released between August 2004 and July 2010, by Portland-based independent comic book publisher Oni Press. It was later republished by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins. Full-colour hardback volumes, coloured by Nathan Fairbairn, were released from August 2012 to May 2015. The series revolves around the titular Scott Pilgrim, a slacker and part-time musician who lives in Toronto and plays bass ‍in a rock band, as he dates a high school student after a traumatic breakup. He simultaneously starts a tentative romance with American delivery girl Ramona Flowers, soon discovering she has seven evil exes. They are manipulated into targeting Scott in combat by her most recent ex-boyfriend, Gideon Graves, forcing both Scott and Ramona to come to terms with their respective pasts, relationships, and behaviors. The Scott Pilgrim series received widespread acclaim from critics for its artwork, humor, themes, characters, influences, storyline and visual style, and it has garnered a significant cult following. A film adaptation of the series titled Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, directed by Edgar Wright, was released in August 2010. A video game adaptation, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game, developed by Ubisoft for thePlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, was released the same month. An animated series adaptation titled Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was released on Netflix in November 2023, with the cast of the 2010 film reprising their roles, O'Malley writing the script, and Wright serving as an executive producer. A second video game titled Scott Pilgrim EX was released in March 2026.