Career

Bryan Lee O'Malley started in Film Studies at the University of Western Ontario, but dropped out before completing.

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 comics, including the majority of Chynna Clugston's output between 2002 and 2005.

His first original graphic novel was Lost at Sea (2003). On July 20, 2010, he released the sixth and final volume for the Scott Pilgrim series (2004-2010). All have been published by Oni Press. In July 2014 his graphic novel Seconds was released by Ballantine Books.

O'Malley created the cover art work for 2012 videogame Fez.

The film adaptation of his Scott Pilgrim series, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, directed and co-written by Edgar Wright, was released by Universal Pictures on August 13, 2010.

He is also a songwriter and musician (as Kupek and formerly in several short-lived Toronto bands such as Imperial Otter and Honey Dear).

Personal life

O'Malley is half Korean and half French-Canadian. In 2010, O'Malley married cartoonist Hope Larson, and the two of them moved from North Carolina to Los Angeles, however they divorced in 2014.

Awards

• 2005 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent
• 2005 Harvey Award nominations for Best New Talent, Best Cartoonist, and Best Graphic Album of Original Work
• 2005 Eagle Awards nomination for Favourite Comics Writer/Artist; Scott Pilgrim vs. the World nominated for Favourite Graphic Novel
• 2006 Eisner Award nomination for Best Writer/Artist: Humor
• 2006 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist).
• 2006 Scott Pilgrim Volume 2 nominated for Doug Wright Award for Best Book
• 2010 Scott Pilgrim vs. the Universe Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication
• 2010 Harvey Award Special Award for Humor In Comics

Bibliography

Graphic Novels

• Lost at Sea (2003, ISBN 1-929998-71-6)
• 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 9781932664492)
• Scott Pilgrim vs. The Universe (2009, ISBN 1-934964-10-7)
• Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour (2010, ISBN 978-1-934964-38-5)
• Seconds (2014, ISBN 978-0-345529-37-4)

Comic Books

• Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero (drawn) (ISBN 1-929998-99-6)
• Sex Criminals #11 (cover art)
• Young Avengers #1 (variant cover art)

Short stories

• "Lost At Sea", a two-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)

Discography

Credited as Kupek

• This is Intolerable (2002)
• Nameless, Faceless Compilation (2004)
• Awkward Songz (2005 )
• Before the Beginning and After the End (2006)
• B is for Bupek: Miscellany by Kupek (2007)
• Tries Again (2008)
• Good Time Singles Club (2009)

[ Source: Wikipedia ]