Man oh man... I'm finally coming down from my Scott Pilgrim high. Last week was intense! Its about to pick up again due to an advance movie screening, so I figured I should probably go ahead and blog part 1 of all of this. (Yes, there are several more event posts - if you don't like Scott Pilgrim I apologize in advance!)
If you haven't heard, last Tuesday was Criminal Record's "Scott Pilgrim vs Atlanta" party! It was to celebrate the final volume of Scott Pilgrim. For those who don't live in Atlanta, Criminal Records is one of the coolest local shops specializing in CDs, records, comics, collectibles and tons of other awesome stuff... located in the heart of Little 5 points and a great place to catch indie band shows! (I highly recommend stopping in if you are ever visiting Atlanta!)
A couple months ago my friend Lillian who works at Criminal Records and came up with the idea of throwing a Scott Pilgrim book release party and invited me to join the planning committee. There were 6 of us working on this (and sometimes our spouses) - each with different task to tackle. I worked on some of the graphics and display concepts! (You can see more of that further into the post.) There was a lot of work up until the day of the event, and even some nights with hardly any sleep - but it was so worth it! We ended up selling out on all copies of Volume 6, had an amazing photobooth and video game set up - plus we were able to give out advance screening tickets! And there is another event on the way after the screening!! Scott Pilgrim fans in Atlanta are really lucking out! :)
Me and Lillian duking it out before the party starts!
One of the things Lillian and I were super pumped about was dressing up as Knives and Ramona. Lillian put some red highlights in her hair a few days before the event and pulled together an outfit - it all turned out really cool! I think she is going to make Knives' scarf at some point too. As for my Ramona outfit: I have been working slowly on acquiring items for a Ramona Flowers costume since last October, but I never really finished... I ended up putting almost all of those items together for the party though! Unfortunately it was a little lackluster because I was focusing more on the party than myself. I made a subspace purse and a mallet for my outfit - but the mallet wasn't ready in time for the party. Booo! I also thought it was neat that I didn't have to wear Ramona's star ring since I already had a tattoo there... I'll be taking better photos of my complete costume in a few days for Part 2 of my Scott Pilgrim posts. (Part 2 will be about making your own Ramona Flower's costume, and will also have links to buy the extra subspace purses I've made!) Here is me before I ran out the door for the party:
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