When we last left our favorite Canadian Hipster, he was trying to clean up after a few ex-girlfriends. In Volume 3 Scott Pilgrim vs. The Infinite Sadness, Scott’s dealing with the grand poobah of exGFs, Envy Adams.

Envy’s back in town toting a vegan boyfriend named Todd who also plays in her fabulously successful band, Clash at the Demonhead. She’s asked Sex Bob-omb, Scott’s band, to open for one of their shows.

A lot of this volume is spent in flashback, detailing how Envy and Scott met — their college band, how they broke up, and how Envy left the band. Along the way we learn how all the supporting characters (roommate Wallace Wells, Stephen Stills, etc.) wove their way into Scott’s life. It’s a little bit of a Scott Pilgrim history lesson, and it’s totally awesome.


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