Bryan Lee O'Malley

Bryan Lee O'Malley

Bryan Lee O'Malley (born 21 February 1979) is a Canadian cartoonist. His first original graphic novel was Lost at Sea (2003), and he is currently working on (and best-known for) the six-volume Scott Pilgrim series (2004 to present). All of his graphic novels thus far have been published by Portland, Oregon-based Oni Press. He is also a songwriter and musician (as Kupek and formerly in several short-lived Toronto bands).

Prior to having his own material published, O'Malley illustrated the Oni Press miniseries Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero, written by Jen Van Meter. He also lettered many Oni Press comics, including the majority of Chynna Clugston's output between 2002 and 2005.

In 2005, O'Malley won the Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent and was nominated for 3 Harvey Awards. In 2006, he was nominated for an Eisner Award for 'Best Writer/Artist - Humour', and won 'Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)' in the Joe Shuster Awards. He was also nominated for two Eagle Awards and for a second Doug Wright Award. In 2007, he won the Harvey Special Award for Humour.

He currently lives in North Carolina, with his wife, cartoonist Hope Larson.

Bibliography

Graphic novels

• Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero (ISBN 1-929998-99-6)
• Lost at Sea (2003, ISBN 1-929998-71-6)
• Scott Pilgrim series
  • Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life (2004, ISBN 1-932664-08-4)
  • Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World (2005, ISBN 1-932664-12-2)
  • Scott Pilgrim & The Infinite Sadness (2006, ISBN 1-932664-22-X)
  • Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together (2007, ISBN 1-93266-49-1)

Selected short stories

• "Lost At Sea", a 2-page full-color comic in the Oni Press Color Special 2002
• "Monica Beetle" in Project: Superior (ISBN 0-9721794-8-8)
• "Smiling Is Something Other People Do", in The SPX 2003 Anthology (ISBN 0-9721794-3-7)

External links

• Radiomaru.com, Bryan Lee O'Malley's official website
• destroyer zooey, Bryan Lee O'Malley's blog at LiveJournal
• Kupek at PureVolume