Book Review: Scott Pilgrim Color Ed. Vol. 4 by B. L. O'Malley et al.

Scott Pilgrim Color Edition Volume 4: Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together written and drawn by Bryan Lee O'Malley and colors by Nathan Fairbairn

See my review of Volumes 1 here, 2 here, and 3 here.

Things get more dramatic in the summertime as Ramona asks Scott about his lack of a job (he actually gets one!) and the band finds a way to record an album. Scott faces his next in the line of Ramona's evil exes--a roommate from college. Also, a guy wielding a Japanese sword is after Scott, which at first Scott thinks is an evil ex but is really Knives Chau's dad. The dad wants revenge for her daughter which is kinda sweet but high peril for Scott. Finally, the lease on Scott's apartment is up so he needs to find a new place to live. Can he move in, at least temporarily, with Ramona? Will there relationship advance like they are becoming adults, getting beyond their arrested adolescences? 

This volume has a lot of different things going on, which gives it a lack of focus, almost like it is trying to imitate life too realistically, which is atypical for Scott Pilgrim storytelling. The storytelling still has the cute self-awareness and video-game aesthetic but is a little less endearing. The evil ex-roomate/lover is underdeveloped and not as interesting as previous exes.

Mildly recommended--this is mediocre but not bad enough to stop me from reading the next volume.