Bryan Lee O'Malley Quotes
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I really like the look of old '70s and '80s Japanese comics, so I think that style is something I will continue to draw.
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Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them.
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I don't really have a metaphor for how I write, but it kinda feels like chipping away at a big dark object that I can't really see.
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I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes.
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Tumblr culture and the whole reappropriation-without-context thing are a double-edged sword in that they both raise awareness of my work and also kind of devalue it at the same time.
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The places I've been, or passed through, or seen at a distance, have had as much an impact on my life as the people I've known.
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I've certainly played games that provoked a real emotional response or serious thought processes.
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I think it's natural as you get to the end of your twenties to start thinking about what you could have done differently - whether they went well or whether they went terribly.
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I've always been open to the idea of an adaptation that does its own thing, that freely diverges from the original as long as it's true to the spirit.
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'Seconds' is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing.
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I'm a firm believer in stories with arcs and beginnings and endings and all that. 'Scott Pilgrim' is sort of one long novel, and it's so long that I get confused and sort of tread water sometimes. But there's definitely a goal to it. People who just dismiss it as shallow, that's their prerogative, but it's not really my intent.
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After a long period of not drawing, you have to, like, relearn how to draw. It's not very fun.
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I'm always exploring other people: trying to figure out myself, trying to figure out everyone.
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'Seconds' is all about spaces, and I guess spaces are kind of like people in that they can be haunting and alluring before we even really get to know them, and after prolonged exposure, they can become mundane or oppressive.