Alright, I'm gonna go ahead and break one of my own reviewing rules for this one. I typically refuse to compare things that I'm reviewing to other creators' works (for better or for worse), but I have to say first and foremost that I think anyone who read Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and either 1) loved it, or 2) like me, thought it had great potential but wanted it to Do Better, will adore Lucky Penny. It's got the same hilarious, cutesy, vaguely bizarre and delightfully geeky vibe to it, but I loved it about a million percent more.

Penny is a trip, first of all. She's super unlucky, but she's also just kind of a brat, in a totally comical and lovable way — she doesn't mean any harm, but she's a little careless and doesn't seem to have much common sense. Walter, her love interest, is the cutest, most harmless little geeky bean, and I really loved the paradox between his love of tabletop gaming and her obsession with really weird fantasy romance novels. I mean, come on, her hero is a dude who lounges around shirtless with lions and her shelves are full of books about dragon shape-shifters wooing innocent young dames... Penny's a total nerdy weirdo in her own right, and I love it.

Not to mention, the whole thing has a wrench thrown in near the end when we suddenly change from a cutesy slice-of-life story to a challenge complete with villains, villainous sidekicks, girl-power gangs, and a delightful little guard kitty. It wasn't what I expected at all, but I totally want more of it.