He has good teeth.

Malleable is good. I like that he keeps changing, its not like you're getting WORSE!

It all looks pretty scottish to me, but maybe my eyes aren't as picky at seeing inconsistency.
Think the biggest differences are from the first picture to everything else - it might be the eyes, they're less round and more... ovaleveure.

I have one word for you:

Garfield

That's it, that's all, the only word. Sorry.

I want a promotional button!

oh yeah! seeing all his faces like this, I can see how people draw similarity between Scott Pilgrim and Clarence

I conclude it's the ratio of face and ears :D

I wish I could marry him.

Change is good. People start to look different the longer you know them, not just due to aging, just getting to see them more often and picking up new details.

These changes are nothing. Next time you're in a good comics store, look at the beginning of the first volume of Cerebus, and then look in a later volume. Or check out how Mickey Mouse changed over the years. Or Superman, or Batman.

Malleable? Or O'Malleable?


...I know, I know.

i don't know... a hairstyle can look different ways throughout the day, or sometimes the same style can look different in photographs. i think it's bitchin', to quote that old tori amos t-shirt i once had.

also, the most recent promo postcard... is that for diamond accounts?

He grew fingernails!

Don't you mean MALLEYable?

HO HO HO.

Okay, I'm a loser. I'll shut up.

The ears.. they keep... changing!

I exaggerate, but there's definitely a subtle change:

1. Ears small enough to hide behind hair and coat.
2. More realistic ear with angled edges.
3-6. The standard Scott ear, big and round.
7. Can't be sure behind everything but somethings changed.
8. The new gold standard for Scott ears! More angular with a straight-ish edge along the top.

I actually think you standardized him pretty quickly, after the first image he stays pretty consistent. Especially if you look back at the changes some other comic characters have gone through early on (Cerebus for instance).

to my eyes, at quick glance, they all look fairly consistent.. excepting the first one.. and that may be because you can't see his teeth.

I like shaggy-haired Scott the best (see 1 and 7).

I wonder if the development will ever end! What's the next step in the style evolution.

I like that it's changed subtley, lends an organic charm to it.

Malleable? Or is he Brilliant-lee O'Malleable!? Oh Jesus I want to burn my hands for typing those words.

I hate that he changed! Stop changing him!



Okay, I'm just kidding. I was just going to say the same thing everyone else said, but they all beat me to it. He's changed, but it's always easy to tell he's Scott.

The best part about this post is when you are a writer and NOT an artist and you just sort of stare at all the designs and go "Yes....that is the character in question." and then you get drunk and play wii tennis

That Dinosaur Comics poster has always been a favorite.

ALSO: In Front Of Cat is not always such a fun place to be!

My kitty sometimes likes to sit on my laptop while I'm trying to use it, and has mastered shutting it down using some combination of her bum and feet.

I would just like to say two things.

I love looking at the evolution of characters like this - like the way Herge drew Tintin, it's cool to look at; it turns the books into a timeline. Who knows what the future will bring?

Also I had a O'Malleable joke but stopped myself from going any further. I feel good now.

I like the evolution. He definately looks much more awesomer now than at the start!

Scott's so cool.
He'd be even cooler in tOFU *cough*dueintwoweeks*cough*!

... yes, blatant pimping.

Though there is some evolution. When you actually compare #2 and #8 there isn't much of a difference. I think the big difference in in #1. I would also like to say that #7 is superior to #1 because of it's simplicity. I find myself starting out making things way more detailed, then as the story progresses the detail shifts to what actually works. The change from #1 to the actual comic seems to reflect this.

Great art, and great characters.

you forgot this one...

this comment got me really pumped thinking about 'scottus superior' and how he'd probably be the dude from 'legendary wings' or something. and then that face thing would barf tornados at him and he'd deflect them with his bass.

the first scott looks very un-scott to me now in contrast to the rest; he's too hot or something, when he's supposed to be foolishly cute and endearing like the rest. and what everyone else said, minus the puns.

The fourth one really reminds me of Dave Grohl, for some reason.