jackmcginnis

Yep, t's official, I've become obsessed with the Scott Pilgrim books (and movie). Probably partly because I love Toronto, Love Canadians, Love O'Malley's 23 year old character, and Absolutely love the whole Canada/US inferiority/superiority complex thing that is subtlety hinted at. (THIS Maclean's article explains it way better then I can.) While of course viewing it kind of from both sides, as an American, and as a Canadian resident. (For the record I love both countries.) I of course am also amused that Scott is a bit of my Canadian doppelgnger, particular that whole Canadian obsesstion with an American girl contrasted with me (American) obsessed with Canadian women.

I'm also amused that I'm not alone. I have to only look as far as the Geography Department of University Of Toronto (my university) to find someone as obsessed. I mean someone there made a map of all of the locations in the books (and I mean ALL of them, not just the easy public ones), with pictures (real life v comic), and listed the number of times it's visited in the story. Now that's dedication.

Ok, enough over analysis and geeking out. I just needed to geek out about something, since I wasn't really feeling one with my inner geek at FanExpo and have been having a rough time with the ol' depression.