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Discover The Life Of A Drawing Assistant In 'Seconds Helping'
Discover The Life Of A Drawing Assistant In 'Seconds Helping'
Discover The Life Of A Drawing Assistant In 'Seconds Helping'
If you read Bryan Lee O'Malley's 2014 graphic novel Seconds --- and given that it was one of the most anticipated comics of that year, chances are you did --- then one of the first things you may have noticed that differentiated it from Scott Pilgrim was that O'Malley wasn't the one-man band he was on his name-making graphic novel series. While O'Malley still wrote and penciled all of Seconds, the title page credits three other contributors: colorist Nathan Fairbairn, letterer Dustin Harbin, and drawing assistant Jason Fischer. Those first two job titles will be familiar to anyone who has followed mainstream American comics, as they're among the handful of credits that appear in most of the books created in the chopped-up, parceled-out system established in the Golden Age. But "drawing assistant"...? What exactly is a drawing assistant? Jason Fischer himself answers that with Seconds Helping: A Drawing Assistant's Memoir Comic.
Review: 'Seconds' by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Review: 'Seconds' by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Review: 'Seconds' by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Bryan Lee O'Malley's first graphic novel since he concluded the Scott Pilgrim series in 2010, Seconds is a book about second thoughts, second chances and second helpings. It's also the book in which O'Malley is setting up his second act as a cartoonist. The first Scott Pilgrim book came out almost exactly ten years ago; six volumes and a movie later, that franchise has defined O'Malley's public image. That kind of early, extended success can be a trap for an artist, especially when it's with a project as self-consciously game-changing as Scott Pilgrim. The bigger the audience, the more it demands more of the same. Seconds is unmistakably the work of O'Malley's singular voice: it's a romantic comedy with magical elements and some witty fourth-wall breaking, drawn in a manga-derived style with big-headed chibi characters. But it's also a very different sort of book than he's drawn before: not a bildungsroman like Scott Pilgrim (or his earlier Lost at Sea), but a fable about a woman who's pretty much got her life together already, trying to undo her mature errors. It's virtuosic in a lot of ways, but one of its many charms is how casual and low-key it seems.
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ‘Seconds’ Now Slated For 2014
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ‘Seconds’ Now Slated For 2014
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s ‘Seconds’ Now Slated For 2014
Since finishing the Scott Pilgrim series, creator Bryan Lee O'Malley's been working on a new project called Seconds, an original graphic novel from Random House about a same-named restaurant and its staff. Seconds was due for release this year, but O'Malley recently answered a fan question on Tumblr explaining that it's been delayed until sometime in 2014 due to a shoulder injury that he's since r
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Exclusive ‘Scott Pilgrim Evil Edition,’ ‘Seconds’ Art to SDCC
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Exclusive ‘Scott Pilgrim Evil Edition,’ ‘Seconds’ Art to SDCC
Bryan Lee O’Malley Brings Exclusive ‘Scott Pilgrim Evil Edition,’ ‘Seconds’ Art to SDCC
Among the multitudes of publisher and creator exclusives being offered at this month's Comic-Con International in San Diego are two limited edition releases from cartoonist Bryan Lee O'Malley. With Oni Press, O'Malley will release at the San Diego show a special "Evil Edition" of volume one of the new Scott Pilgrim full-color hardcovers, featuring evil ex-boyfriend Matthew Patel on the c
‘Scott Pilgrim’ Creator Bryan Lee O’Malley Announces Next Graphic Novel, ‘Seconds’
‘Scott Pilgrim’ Creator Bryan Lee O’Malley Announces Next Graphic Novel, ‘Seconds’
‘Scott Pilgrim’ Creator Bryan Lee O’Malley Announces Next Graphic Novel, ‘Seconds’
A few weeks back, Scott Pilgrim and Lost at Sea creator Bryan Lee O'Malley teased the title of a new project titled Seconds via a Twitter picture, leading to speculation that this might be the name of his next work. Well, consider that speculation confirmation: Publishers Weekly Comics Week announced today that Seconds will be the newest graphic novel by O'Malley, and will be released by book pub