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Bryan Lee O'Malley is an award-winning Canadian cartoonist.

Scott Pilgrim is his current series of graphic novels with Oni Press.

He occasionally records music under the name Kupek.

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2008 color book
Visit scottpilgrim.com for lengthy previews of the books and complete short stories, FREE!

Next Vol: Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe
Release date: February 4, 2009

2009 Appearances:
* NYC, February 6-8: I'll be attending the New York Comic-Con for the first time, debuting Scott Pilgrim Vs. The Universe. Several other NYC signings to be announced.
* Calgary, April 25-26: It's the Calgary Expo, and this time I swear I'll make it.
* New York again, June: I always attend the MoCCA Art Fest, but I can't find dates for it, and I think it's changing locations, too. Information forthcoming.
* San Diego, July 23-26: I'm a special guest at San Diego Comic Con International.

Recent Art and Photos (flickr) (rss)

What drawing tools do I use? People always ask. Here are some answers. If you want to learn more about How To Make Comics, I highly recommend the new book Drawing Words and Writing Pictures.

Best-Of: My Online Comics
Listed in reverse chronology.
- Bear Creek Apartments (written by Hope Larson)
- Monica Beetle
- Babyfood
- Smiling Is Something That Other People Do
- World End Solution 2003 (unfinished)
- "Style" strips: 1 - 2 - 3
- "Lost At Sea" strips: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - Bonus
- Locked In The Trunk Of A Car (unfinished)
- Glorious You

Older drawings: I have an annotated archive of drawings from 2005 and earlier here.

NOTE: I am no longer selling original artwork online, due to time constraints and logistical nightmares. If you'd like to purchase original pages from my books, try to find me at a convention or signing.

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Jan. 4th, 2009 at 9:48 PM

bb, originally uploaded by radiomaru.

We have been rearranging and reorganizing. The bulletin board has amassed SO MUCH STUFF that I took this picture and it was automatically interesting.

The pixelated bits contained Scott Pilgrim v5 spoilers.

I took a few other pictures of nerdy stuff around my room, which an enterprising soul could find by clicking through the picture and using eyeball power.



new year's revolution extreme 2
Jan. 1st, 2009 at 5:42 PM
In 24 hours I will be free from the shackles of splot splilgrim splolume splive!

I resolve to:

1. cook more food that isn't Korean food
2. start baking again
3. exercise and stop eating so much damn pocky
4. have a major hollywood motion picture made from one of my comics (but which one?!)
5. never have a freakin' deadline over the holidays ever again
6. rest my eyeballs (esp. the left one, I think it wants a vacation)
7. play a video game
8. go someplace
9. eat more beets so my pee turns totally red
10. write down some of these ideas in my head so i can turn them into stories someday
11. finish the last freakin' scott pilgrim book? god, i hope so...


scrappy holidays
Dec. 26th, 2008 at 9:30 PM

werrr, originally uploaded by radiomaru.

I aim to finish this book a week from today.



eyeballing it
Dec. 22nd, 2008 at 12:13 AM

eyeballing it, originally uploaded by radiomaru.

This penciled panel is a good demonstration of how I space out my word balloons. It's a combination of words, scribbles and straight lines. (The final lettering in the book is done with a computer font)

Uh... happy holidays? i'm working through the holidays...



most wonderful time of the year
Dec. 13th, 2008 at 11:49 AM

try the stairs, originally uploaded by radiomaru.

If I don't post much or at all until the new year, it's because I'm drawing 1.5 million pages of comics per day in an effort to finish this book on time.

Here's another random panel!



Buhhhh
Dec. 2nd, 2008 at 5:32 PM
I'm having a cranky-ass day, but here's a panel I scanned recently and saved for just such an occasion.

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Finally Final
Nov. 30th, 2008 at 2:47 PM
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I re-drew the cover image for Vs The Universe a little while back and have been waiting until solicits to show it off. I guess it hit Previews this week (that's the catalogue where comic stores order their stuff), so here it is. FINAL.

There is still one special thing about the cover that I can't tell you, and some special things about the release that are being worked out.

Meanwhile, I will make best efforts to finish the insides of the damn thing.


Hergé quote
Nov. 25th, 2008 at 3:57 PM
"And right now, my work makes me sick," he tells his wife. "Tintin is no longer me. And I must make a terrible effort to invent (him)... If Tintin continues to live, it is through a sort of artificial respiration that I must constantly keep up and which is exhausting me."

-Hergé

This is why Scott Pilgrim ends. If I was still doing Scott Pilgrim in ten years, I would be dead inside.


I got sick & I got sicker
Nov. 25th, 2008 at 12:38 PM
Happy thanksgiving week in the U.S.A., where I now live!

I realize that Not Blogging for almost two weeks is a huge no-no. I have been all over my twitter because that's easier, but in general: I was sick most of last week, and home alone for the past five days, so I've occupied myself in other ways than posting here.

Anyway, I'd be cranky if a blog I was reading didn't update in two weeks without a peep, so, here's a picture.

partygoers

...and hopefully I'll have more to say soon.








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