by Bryan Lee O’Malley
Scott Pilgrim finds love. A surprisingly sweet and tender bit of character work in the middle of a series usually heavy on laughs, video games, and interactivity (the vegan shepard’s pie from Vol. 2 was really tasty). Some cute video game bits; not as funny as previously, but still lots of fun.
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By Brian K. Vaughn and Tony Harris
The sixth volume of the saga of superhero-turned-NYC-mayor Mitchell Hundred. The best stories in the series examine the balance between the political and the heroic. This one focuses too heavily towards the superheroism for my taste – and sets up more of it to come. Worthwhile for the series’ fans.
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