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LITTLE LIFE

JULIE’S NEW APARTMENT

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something. Julie shares the small apartment with
three other girls because, although it is out of their
price range, they knew it’d be the BEST place to
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LAST ONE...

IS MY
MEXICAN DAY
OF THE DEAD
PARTY, YOU
RETARD. DIA
DE LOS
MUERTOS!
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EVER SINCE NEXT TIME
YOU MOVED ILL THINK
OVER HERE TWICE ABOUT
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OUR FIRST

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THESE DAYS,
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STUFF,

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STILL BE
PINING FOR

I — I'M NOT!
IT’S JUST... WHEN
HE’S WITH HER, HE
SEEMS SO HAPPY.

YOU BECAUSE
IT WAS EAS».

AS
SOON AS
RAMONA
SHOWED UP,
THAT WAS
THAT.
 HE TWO-TIMED YOU
GUYS, AND HE ACTED
LIKE IT WAS NOTHING.
HE’S MY FRIEND, BUT
COME ON.

ANYWAY,
IS BEEN WHAT,
SIX MONTHS
SINCE YOU
BROKE UP?

YEAH, SEE?
MONTHS ON YOU HAD
MONDAY. A RIGHT TO
KNOW.

WHAT
ABOUT
RAMONA?
DOES
SHE
KNOW?
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EARS ARE
RETARDED.

CAN'T
FACE UP

YOU'VE BEEN
SAYING THAT
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T O H
WANT A R D I T
T V V E H E
O U S A N D
FIVE TH HY ISN’T
TIMES, W HED?
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HALLUCINATING. HALLUCINATING DOWN. WE
WHEN WE HAVE A SHOW,
STARTED A OKAY? THERE,
BAND IN THE
FIRST PLACE.

ae

A
GUYS, I THINK IM
HALLUCINATING. SNEAKY
DEE’S AND
IT’S ON
SUNDAY.
BIG DEAL.

WHAT DID
DO WITH IT, YOU DO TO
ALRIGHT? THAT GIRL?

I THINK
JULIE SET
US UP
IN A PETTY
ACT OF
REVENGE.
 IT ISN’T My
SONG! LEARN
THE FREAKIN’
TITLES
ALREADY.

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HE’S YOUNG! HE’S || YOU KNOW HE
CONFUSED ABOUT | | STARTS ACTING LIKE
LOVE! RIGHT? | | A TOTAL A-HOLE.
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ON ME, TAMARA.
WITH HER.

BECAUSE IT
WAS HER
FAULT.

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BAD GUYS COME
BACK AND THE
PSYCHIC GIRL MAKES
EVERYONE GO
THROUGH THE SIEGE
PERILOUS AND THEY
ALL LOSE THEIR
MEMORIES EXCEPT
WOLVERINE, AND
HE TOTALLY GETS
CRUCIFIED! ON
AN X/
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COME ON.

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 I'M GOING TO THE
GYM, PICKING UP DRY
CLEANING, DEPOSITING MY
PAYCHECK AT THE BANK,
WORKING FROM 4 TO 3,
AND I'LL PROBABLY
GRAB SOME STUFF AT
KENSINGTON.

ALRIGHT, SO I
WON'T SEE YOU
UNTIL LATE.
LOVE YOU!
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 YOU'RE
DOING IT
WRONG.
THEY’RE NOT—
THEY HAVE TO
BE UNIFORM,

IF SOMEONE
KEEPS ONE
SECRET, DOES
IT MEAN THEY
PROBABLY
KEEP A LOT
OF SECRETS?

STOP. I DON’T
WANT TO TALK
ABOUT ANYTHING
EXCEPT KNIVES
AND THE BAND.

KNIVES LIKE
THE ONE IN eae
MY HAND. | SJ 0 SOMETHING
RESTAURANT : LIKE 48
TALK. BAND HOURS, DUDE...
TALK. THAT’S i WHAT’S OUR
ALL. PLAN?
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OH MY

LIKE 48 HOURS
OH, YOU’RE
ALWAYS LIKE

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THIS.

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WAKE UP,

AT SNEAKY DEE’S

WE JUST WERE
ON STAGE FOR
SOUND CHECK
AND THE SOUND
GUY HATED US AND
WE SHOULDN’T
EVEN BE
HERE!
DOOMED

IT’S JUST
NERVES, MAN!
PRE-SHOW
JITTERS! PEOPLE
LOVE US.
 HAVEN’T
a PLAYED A SHOW
IN A YEAR OR
SOMETHING...
\
 NO IDEA
WE’RE
DOING
“HERSELF”
FIRST,
RIGHT?

YEAH. FOR I MEAN, IT’S

WHATEVER NOT LIKE SHE
REASON. LIKES OUR
BAND.

DUMBASS, . YOU'RE RIGHT. I GUESS

SHE LIKES I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL
you. OR SOMETHING,

SHE’S YOU'RE DAMN

SUPPORTING RIGHT I'M
YOUR LOUSY RIGHT.
ENDEAVOURS.
DON’T
KNOCK IT.
MEANWHILE, IN THE
LADIES’ ROOM...

KHI¥ES CHAU,
SUDDENLY
 I JUST
WANTED TO
TALK! YOU
STARTED IT BY
BEING ALL
SMUG AND
BITCHY!

FIGHTING ME
FOR SCOTT?
THIS IS YOU STOLE
RIDICULOUS! HIM WITH YOUR
ADVANCED
AMERICAN SLUT
TECHNOLOGY!
YOU'RE NOT
NICE!
YOU MAKE
NO SENSE,
KNIVES. IT’S
KIND OF
AMAZING.

NO,
SERIOUSLY.
I WISH I WAS
EVER HALF AS
FANATICALLY
DEVOTED TO
ANYTHING AS YOU
ARE TO SCOTT
PILGRIM.
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IT WASN’T ANYONE’S
YOUR FAULT!
FAULT,

I TOTALLY
FORGOT MINE

C’MON!

DIDN’T I SAY
I WOULDN’T YEAH, BUT...
LET YOU IN YOU'RE RIGHT
NEXT TIME THAT HERE. I MEAN,
HAPPENED? IT DOESN’T
COUNT IF I'M
WITH YOU,

DOES
 WHAT? NO!
ARE YOU C’MON. I JUST...
KICKING I NEED SOME ME
ME OUT?! TIME, Y’KNOW?

IT’S A SMALL
RIGHT? APARTMENT,
DUDE.

GOOD IDEA. TAKE

ALL THE TIME
YOU NEED.

TLL JUST
SLEEP OVER
WITH ONE
OF MY MANY
FRIENDS WHO
DON’T HATE
ME.

aX
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wi!
 LIKE YOU'D EVEN
KNOW ANYMORE!
WHERE’S YOUR
FANCY PSYCHIC
BOYFRIEND I'M
NOT ALLOWED
TO MEET?

MOBILE?
HE’S ATA
BUSINESS
THING ON
THE ASTRAL
PLANE.

BESIDES, NOW
I HAVE YOUR BODY
TO KEEP ME THIS RAMONA
COMPANY. SITUATION IS
GONNA BLOW
OVER IN NO
TIME!
 so DID
YOU DIG UP
ANYTHING
ON THE
TWINS?

WELL,
SEEING WHAT? IT’S...
AS YOU RANDY AND ANDY...
COULDN'T KATAMARI... OR...
E VEN SOMETHING...
REMEMBER
THEIR
NAMES, MR.
HELPFUL...

I DID YOU KNOW

WORK ONE HOW MANY
MIRACLE, GUYS NAMED
THOUGH. GIDEON
THERE ARE IN
NEW YORK
CITY?
GIDEON
GORDON
GRAVES.

5 <tg
OF PHOTOS
OF THE GUY
FLOATING
AROUND,
 so
ASSUMING
YOU'RE ON
TRACK TO BEAT
THESE LAST
COUPLE GUYS
OVER THE WINTER,
WHAT HAPPENS

LIKE, ARE YOU AND

RAMMY GONNA GET
MARRIED, OR...?
 WELL, WE DID EACH
OTHER’S HAIR FOR

AND STOPPED DOING

DISHES AND NOW
I HATE HER.

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STEPHEN
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YOUNG NEIL'S
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WHY
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HERE ANy-
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BAND
PRACTICE?

WHAT IM
SAYING?
IS THIS GOING
TO BECOME
A REGULAR
OCCURRENCE?
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SURPRISED?
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WE HAD A
SLEEPOVER?
ME AND
KIM!

AND
THE NIGHT

I DON’T AT THE RISK

HAVE TO fF OF SOUNDING
ANSWER INSENSITIVE,
RAMONA,
WHAT'S WITH
YOUR
HEAD?/?
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GLOWING. cums
S GOING
WITH IT,
DEFINITELY.

AFRAID
GLOWING? IT Is,
ACTUALLY.
NUH-UH,.

NO.
SCOTT'S HEAD
GLOWED ONCE.
I SAW THAT, BUT
NOT MINE.
OKAY. HA HA.
FORGET IT.
TRICK OF THE
LIGHT OR
SOMETHING,

I THINK
YOU SHOULD

TONIGHT,

YOU GUYS
DON’T
EVEN LIKE
JULIE’S

AT
LEAST THEY
GIVE US
4 SOMETHING
Cc OMPLAIN
| ABOUT.

HAT
 \ & al

JULIE’S YOU WISH,

APARTMENT: YOUNG
NEIL.

another WHO'S
friggin’ THE BROAD?
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE
party DATING
KNIVES CHAU,
CHAU? THAT is

SHE’S OBSESSED
WITH CAPTAIN
HOMO THESE
DAYS...

# 1

HE’S AN I’M YOUNG.

ASSHOLE. YOU. I'LL GROW
,) OUT OF IT.

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(TINGLES WHEN
SOMEONE SATS
SCOTT'S HAME}

HAVE YOU
MET KYLE AND
KEN? THEY’ VE
BEEN HELPING AND HOT. AND
ME WITH EVENT JAPANESE!
PLANNING,
 PUT THE BOTTLE CUERVO SOUNDS
BACK, THIEF! THAT’S ESPECIAL? LIKE OUR
FOR LEGITIMATE FRIEND
PARTYGOERS! RAMONA
PICKED THE
POISON.

WHERE’S THAT’S SUCH

THIS MYTHICAL A UE! SHE JUST—
RAMONA HIDING, SHE BRIEFLY KICKED
ANYWAY? ME OUT, BUT THAT’S
I HEARD SHE ANCIENT HISTORY!
FINALLY DUMPED AND IT’S ALL GONNA
YOUR SORRY BE PEACHES N’
ASS, PILGRIM. GRAVY ONCE I
WHUP THOSE HOT
JAPANESE GUYS’
ASSES!

YOU'RE I DON’T
NEED HELP,
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CARE OF
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RAMONA,
TWENTY
MINUTES RAMONIA...
DRUNKER...
DATED
ANYONE
WHO WASN’T
 YEAH, ONCE.
NOT THAT THIS GUY
FIGHTING DOUG.
HARDER AND
HARDER BATTLES I
FOR YOUR LOVE HE WAS UNCEREMONIOUSLY.
IS GETTING OLD, KIND OF
OR ANYTHING... A DICK,
THOUGH.

4 WE SHOULD
THINKING I A GO TOGETHER.
SHOULD GO WHAT WILL WE
BACK TO MAJOR IN?
SCHOOL.

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A WHILE
MORE sERiGUSLY
DRUNKER LOVE YOU...

YOU GUYS,
SERIOUSLY...

I SERIOUSLY
WISH I COULD...
LIKE... BE YOU,
RAMONA.

KIM PINE,
WHERE HAVE
YOU BEEN ALL
MY LIFE?
LET'S TAKE
SUBSPACE.

KIM, YOU THANK

SHOULD COME YOU, BUT, IF I
SLEEP IN OUR DO SUBSPACE
BED! RIGHT NOW,
I WILL MOST
CERTAINLY
PUKE.

I SHOULD I CAN
GO HOME, STILL GET THE
ANYWAY. LAST BLOOR
TRAIN...
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I DON’T THINK WE’VE
BEEN PROPERLY...
INTRODUCED.
DID YOU
CHEAT
ON ME?
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YOU’RE A TO BE BETTER,
LIAR AND RAMONA. IM
A CHEAT... TRYING TO CHANGE.
OR YOU.

GOOD JOB, YOU’RE JUST

YOU TRICKED ANOTHER EVIL
ME INTO EX-BOYFRIEND
THINKING WAITING TO
YOU WERE HAPPEN,
A DECENT AREN’T YOU?
GUY.
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE
BETTER
THAN THAT.

I’M SORRY SOMETIMES

SORRY
FOR BEING ISN’T GOOD
BAD ENOUGH.
PERSON.

I'MA FIGHT THE STARTING

TWINS AND GIDEON TOMORROW.
AND MAKE
EVERYTHING
BETTER.

DON’T BREAK
UP WITH ME.
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OKAY?!
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somethi
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REMEMBER?
TEQUILA?

THAT
TEQUILA?

KIM PIHE
(COLD, BORED
AND STILL A
LITTLE DRUNK}

US TEACH
YOU SOME
RESPECT
AND HOW IS
FINE, AND I THOUGHT YOU
japirae” YOU GUYS ARE WERE SUPPOSED
CHEATING! TO FIGHT ME ONE
T A TIME!
 HA! | [] | WHATEVER.
CHEATING |1\
IS WHY
WE JOINED

rage IN
SHE AND SINCE
PLAYED US THE DAY WE
CHEATED AGAINST DISCOVERED HER
ON YOU? EACH TREACHERY, WE
SERIOUSLY? OTHER. VOWED ALWAYS
TO WORK
TOGETHER!
 YOU I JUST
GUYS ARE HAVE TO
I MEAN, TRYING TO DEFEAT YOU
I CHEATED, BRING ME AND GIDEON
AND SHE- Al DOWN! AND THEN
WHY’S | | EVERYTHING
SHE... | WILL BE
PERFECT!

DID
YOU AND
RAMONA DAMN IT,
HAVE A SCOTT,
FIGHT? YOU WERE
DOING SO
WELL LAST
 TALK ABOUT
SOMETHING
ELSE?

LET’S TALK
ABOUT YOU SOMETHING
LIBERATING ME ELSE
FROM THIS RAMONA-
STUPID CAGE, RELATED.
ALRIGHT?
HERSELF. GIDEON.

SIMUL-PUNCH!
 SHE’S
A RUNNER
PILGRIM.,

STOP
LISTENING
TOS THEM,
COTT!

AND HER
SERVICES
ARE
MISSED.

HANH
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SHE '@ \ '

DONE WwWITH TLL SHO
THAT, YOU ) OU HO
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FIGHTING
FOR HER.
 YOU THINK ‘
SHE’D DO THIS SHES coe
HER B
FOR YOU? RIGHT NOW.
 SHE
CAN’T WAIT
FOR YOU
TO COME
HOME.

ea
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 GIDEON I'VE GOT
MAY HAVE A MESSAGE
UNDERESTIMATED FOR GIDEON,
YOU IDENTICAL
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TWIN BOHUS: 32.00

ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!
DEFEATED THE TWINS SIMULTANEOUSLY
After Scott solved
the puzzle of the WHATEVER.
dangling cage... eee

IM
SORRY YOU
HAD TO GET
INVOLVED.

I AM WHAT
Oe SO READY ABOUT
TO HOP YOU?
INTHE ARE YOU
SHOWER, | GONNA BE

ONE MORE
ASSHOLE TO
GO, RIGHT? IT
SHOULD REALLY
RUN HOME,
THOUGH.
 YEAH,
OF COURSE.
GO GET
HER, WORK

YOU CAN
GET HOME
ON YOUR
OWN,
RIGHT?

GGG HEAVY INDUSTRIES

CHAOS THEATRE
TORONTO:
J, WY
 HEY, SO, UM, I DON’T CARE WHO
I TOOK CARE OF YOU ARE, OR WHERE
THE TWINS! THEY HAD YOU’RE FROM. OR...
KIM, BUT, UH, SHE’S WHAT YOU DID.
FINE. AND THEY TOLD RAMONA,
ME SOME THINGS... L.. I LOVE
NOT THAT EVERYTHING YOU, OKAY?
THEY SAID WAS I LOVE YOU
NECESSARILY HERE AND AS LONG AS
TRUE, BUT... NOW, YOU LOVE
ME.
 I'VE
DONE BAD
THINGS.

EVERYONE
HAS!

PEOPLE
CAN CHANGE,
RAMONA.
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LET IT ALL OUT. HEY!
IVS THE
ONIONS!
I’M NOT
EVEN SAD,
I'M JUST
CONFUSED!

YOU MIND YOUR

STAYING CONSTANT
ELSEWHERE NIGHT-
TONIGHT? YOWLING IS
INTERFERING
WITH MY
SLEEP.

WANNA GRAB NO THANKS.

A DRINK, TALK GOTTA DO
ABOUT THE A THING.
 YOU
DOING?

UH,
THIS IS KINDA
EMBARRASSING,
BUT, UM,
HOLLIE
SOLD OUR
COUCH.

YEAH, I CAME
HOME AND IT WAS
GONE, SHE SOLD
IT FOR RENT
MONEY, I GUESS.

IT WAS HER
COUCH, SO I
CAN’T REALLY...
SAY ANYTHING...
 WELL...
MAYBE
TLL... UH...
SEE YOU...
AT BAND
PRACTICE?

SO WHY I LEFT
AREN’T YOU MY KEYS
SLEEPING IN INSIDE. IM
RAMONA’S LOCKED
HUGE OUT.
EMPTY BED,
AGAIN?
THINKING
ABOUT IT.

COOL, ILL
MAKE A
NOTE OF
THAT.
 THEY’RE
DIRTY
AND THEY
LEAVE HAIR

SO YOU DON’T WHY ARE

KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT CATS. ASKING
ME?
 ,
I DON’T SHE
KNOW, I LEFT, SHE
ABANDONED
HER PET.

NEXT TIME
MAYBE LET’S

THE GIRL WITH

ELEVEN EVIL
EX-BOYFRIENDS,
OKAY?

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SHE LEFT
YOU FOR A
REASON,
SCOTT, AND
UNTIL YOU
FIGURE
OUT THAT
REASON,
YOU'LL
NEVER BE
\ A MAN.

THANKS.
 WHAT'S HE GUY, CHILL.
TALKING IT’S MOBILE.
ABOUT? MY BOoy-
FRIEND?

I DON’T
HE CONFUSES UNDERSTAND
EASILY. CAN YOU HOME FROM HIM. I THINK
DO THAT PSYCHIC A HARD DAY HE’S CASTING
SOOTHING AT WORK TO A SPELL.
FIND YOU IN
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NEED ANYTHING,
JUST CALL.

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EXACTLY! LIKE
A NEW APARTMENT.
DO YOU WANT A
CAR? HOW ABOUT
A PONY?
 DON’T GIVE UP YOU
THOSE DREAMS, SPOIL HIM,
BUDDY. THERE’S AND THAT’S
A MILLION GIRLS WHY HE’S
OUT THERE SCREWED
DYING TO UP. IT ISN’T
MEET YOU. MY FAULT.
 OH,
LAWRENCE. LAWRENCE...?
I FORGOT j
ABOUT YOUR
GUITAR,

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BROTHER.

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WHEN DO
YOU WEAR
GLASSES...?
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SO SHE MUST HAVE
MEANT IT... BUT... SHE
NEVER SENT IT...?
 HEY,
SCOTT. I
JUST THOUGHT
I'D CHECK UP,
SEE HOW
THINGS ARE

I DON’T
WANT ANY
HARD FEELINGS,
SO I FIGURED
WHY NOT BE
THE BIGGER
MAN AND GIVE
YOU A CALL.

I'M SORRY,
NO PROBLEM, S THIS?
BRO, SEE, COUPLE THINGS epee: Url
I’M NOT SUCH WE SHOULD
A BAD GUY PROBABLY TALK
AFTER ALL. ABOUT, SOME
HOUSEKEEPING
TO DEAL
WITH...
 AHEH. YOURE NOT
YOU'RE KIDDING, KIDDING. OKAY,
LET ME BREAK IT
DOWN FOR YOU. WE HAVE
A MUTUAL
FRIEND, SEE,
AND SHE-
AHH, SCREW
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MORE
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An early draft cover for the original edition of Scott Pilgrim, volume 5. Colors by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
The final cover for the original edition of Scott Pilgrim, volume 5. Colors by Bryan Lee O’Malley.
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These fake video game screen shots were created by Ben Berntsen
for the back cover of Scott Pilgrim, volume 5.
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 CHARACTERS YOU
WALLACE W. SHOULD KNOW
ADVISORY CAPACITY

YOUNG NEIL

STACEY P.
SISTER

KNIVES CHAU
TEENAGER

ha
SCOTT PILGRIM
YOUR HERO
JULIE POWERS
OBNOXIOUS

A TINY RECAP
Scott currently lives with
Ramona. He previously dated
Knives, and used to go out
with Kim in high school. He’s
RAMONA FLOWERS in a band, Sex Bob-omb, with
Kim and Stephen. They have
been recording an album,
produced by Kim’s roommate

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Joseph (not pictured). Scott
used to live with Wallace, but
not anymore. Ramona has
TWIN #1 o peer seven evil ex-boyfriends who
EVIL EX TWIN #2 . want to kill Scott, four of
EVIL EX whom were defeated
in previous books.
PROCESS
The following pages present an unfiltered look at sketches
and development material created during the production of
Scott Pilgrim, volume 5.
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CREATING
=D il PFLOUGRIE
FOR FUN AND PROFIT
By Bryan Lee 0’Malley
SCRIPT
| like to write a full script for my books before | ever start drawing them. It looks kind of like the
screenplay for a movie. A lot of cartoonists don’t script this way, but | feel that I’m, ironically, not
very visual-minded. | like words.

THUMBNAIL
After the script is totally finished (which in this case took a shockingly long time), it’s time to break
things down into comics. First | roughly determine how much content is going to fit on a page,
and then | decide how the information will be laid out on the page. | like to draw these thumbnail
sketches at a ridiculously small size, maybe an inch and a half high, otherwise | fear I'll spend too
much time rendering them. The simpler they are, the better.

LAYOUT
|transfer the layout to a full-size page. I’m working at 9.5" x 14", which involves ruling and cutting a
strip from an 11” x 14” sheet. | use Strathmore bristol and lately | like the vellum finish. | generally
ink all of the panel borders before any actual drawing.
PENCILS
| work pretty roughly, with a light blue
Col-Erase pencil. | like to place my
word balloons as soon as possible — |
already know where they'll be, from the
thumbnail sketch, and often | can just
put a balloon in the corner before | even
begin to draw the figures.

The final lettering in the book is done

with a computer font, and | space out
the word balloons with a combination
of letters, scribbles and straight lines.
It’s not the most scientific method, but
I’m used to it by now.

When the pencils are done and I’m sat-

isfied, | immediately ink in the word bal-
loon outlines, using a cheap Pilot pen.
| like those pens because they have a
sharp point with great flexibility. They
don’t last very long, though.

Sometimes | will end up re-penciling a

whole panel after having inked in the
balloon outlines, trying to keep the
figures in roughly the same location.
Sometimes | have to paste in a new
panel, when things get really bad.

INKS
Mostly done with a brush and ink
(Rosemary & Co, #3 Kolinsky Sable,
with Koh-l-Noor drawing ink). Small
details are drawn with the cheap Pilot
pens again — things like wood grain,
branches and leaves, floor tiles, etc.

| add or change certain things without

re-penciling at all, like the angles of fa-
cial features, decorations and textures
that | left blank, and shadows on the
furniture and floors.
POST-PRODUCTION
Scanning, lettering, and screentones. Like
everything else, these processes have been
cobbled together from years of experience,
tips and tricks learned from all over the
place, and so they’re difficult to explain. |
use a variety of screentone effects, most of
which | created myself in Photoshop, and
which I’ve struggled to master the use of
over the years. I’m definitely still struggling,
and it’d be great if |had about twice as much
time to really do a good job on toning.

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