Jul 13th 2010 By: Brian Warmoth
It takes one level of comics fandom to plot out
locations from "DMZ" and "Freakangels" or set up an entire
Google Map about "The Walking Dead." One reader who felt bad about missing "
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World" while it was filming in Toronto took things (and her camera) a step further, though, and amassed a collection of informatively captioned photographs documenting locations used by Bryan Lee O'Malley in his epic Oni Press series.
Dundas Square, the Wychwood Branch of the Toronto Public Library and Second Cup can all be found in the "Scott Pilgrimage" gallery on
mad5l5in5's Flickr account, complete with side-by-side comparisons of O'Malley's illustrations and the way the sites currently appear.
The lengths she went to and the accuracy with which O'Malley was able to depict Toronto's city blocks are both impressive. In fact, there may be a legion or two of Scott Pilgrim fans out there who would love to see something like this gallery compiled into a companion volume.
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Tuesday 13 July
By MK2Fac3
I want more.
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Tuesday 13 July
By AgentSAMa
No Casa Loma? That place is tight on its own!
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Tuesday 13 July
By Mad5l5in5
There are actually a couple of shots Casa Loma if you click through to my flickr set - the low wall in the parking lot where Scott sits during a time out from the fight is awesomely exactly like it is in the book.
Tuesday 13 July
By jobo
the stark existential horror of honest ed's!
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Wednesday 14 July
By Matthew Fabb
As someone who lives in Toronto (or the suburbs to be exact) the Flickr picture set while great misses a lot of places referenced in the comic. Almost any scene taking places outdoors is referencing some place in Toronto as Bryan O'Malley uses a LOT of photo references while drawing. Following him on Twitter he's asked people for pictures of certain locations in Toronto, while working on Scott Pilgrim (since he doesn't live there any more to take pictures himself). I imagine it's only a matter of time before more places are documented.
Also someone needs to put together some sort of guide of all the video games and bands referenced through out the comic.
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Wednesday 14 July
By michaelrundle08
This is a really interesting post. Awesome job.
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Wednesday 14 July
By Corina
What an AWESOME post! My company, Supernova.com, actually hosted the Battle of the BandsŪ that Bryan uses as the basis for Scott Pilgrim!
Also, our old venue, Club Rockit, is featured in both the movie AND the UbiSoft video game! If I can dig up any photos of the old club, I'll send them to this blog :)
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Wednesday 14 July
By Kev
I wish someone would track down the real life location for where Scott and Wallace lived, somewhere on Alberta Ave...
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Thursday 15 July
By Mjolnyr
52 Alberta Av, a bit above Davenport Road.
You're welcome.
Thursday 15 July
By Liz
woooow. Awesome.
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