Bryan Lee O'Malley
Scott Pilgrim, a comics series by Bryan Lee O'Malley, stands as the work most closely associated with his name — a sustained achievement in graphic storytelling that brought him recognition across the comics community.
O'Malley was born on February 21, 1979, in London, and holds Canadian citizenship. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School and later the University of Western Ontario. His creative practice has extended beyond the page: alongside his work as a comics artist, he is also a musician. The Scott Pilgrim series emerged from this career as a cartoonist working in English, and it became the central body of work through which he built his reputation.
That reputation earned him several awards within the field. He received the Shuster Award for Outstanding Cartoonist, the Special Award for Humor, and The Nipper — three distinct recognitions that mark his standing among his peers. The Shuster Award for Outstanding Cartoonist, in particular, names him directly as a practitioner of the art form rather than honoring a single title, placing the distinction on O'Malley himself as a working comics artist.
Quotes by Bryan Lee O'Malley
I'm too young to have experienced firsthand the '70s rock, but when I was in high school, me and my friends were super into Neil Young. That was the grunge era, and he was considered cool again.
I’m sometimes sort of in touch with the readership, and they seem to have perceptive questions, for the most part.
Dude... Things never were the same. Change is... It’s what we get. I guess that’s my problem – I’m always trying to beat the clock; outrun the universe... Like nothing can change me, as long as I change first. I feel like I’m in this river, just getting swept along... And if I hold on to anyone, if I’m holding on for dear life, I’m not getting anywhere. I’m stuck... I never wanted to get stuck.
Maybe all these desperate clashing feelings I’m feeling are just random brain activity, maybe I’m just delusional. But there are things that I miss, and things that I feel like I should be seeing and feeling every time I turn around, and I just keep turning and turning and turning, and there’s nothing.
I’m everyone everywhere with you without you unbound set free in limbo lost at sea.
There are things we can’t change, and we just have to accept that. And maybe that’s some kind of grace.
My readership seems to be the sensitive people, for the most part. Then there are the occasional fans who are like, “Ah, video games!”