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 PLEASE,
SLEEP WITH
SOMEONE,
SCOTT. YOURE IT’S BORING
GETTING VERY TO TALK TO
BORING. YOU.

I DON’T
I’M NEED FUN TO
ENJOYING HAVE A GOOD
THE QUIET
LIFE,
WALLACE.

GO HAVE
SEX WITH
SOMEONE
RIGHT NOW,
THEN COME
BACK AND
WE CAN
TALK
ABOUT
THAT.
 YOU NEED
I DON’T TO MOVE ON,
WANT SEX! SCOTT. SOME
NOT HOT DOUCHEY
EVERYTHING GUY STOLE YOUR
IS ABOUT GIRLFRIEND.
SEX! FORGET HER.
GET OVER IT.

WE DON’T
KNOW HE STOLE
HER. SHE JUST..,
HASN’T COME
BACK! YET.

LOOK AT THIS
ANYWAY, BRAND NEW
I HAVE GAMING DEVICE
MOVED YOUNG NEIL
ON! GAVE ME!
IT’S LIKE
THE HOTTEST,
NEWEST,
HOTTEST
THING!
 WHAT? HE
GAVE IT TO
ME, YOUNG
NEIL. HE’S
NICE.

SO I WAS GOING TO
DO YOU A FAVOUR AND
MAKE DINNER, BUT IT
APPEARS THAT ALL YOU
HAVE IN THE HOUSE
IS RAMEN NOODLES
AND CEREAL.

ANYWAY,
LET’S GO OUT!
CHICKEN WINGS.
I'LL HOOK YOU
UP. WE’LL GO
TO HOOTERS.
IT’S YOUR
FAVOURITE!

HOOTERS
IS YOUR GET
FAVOURITE. OUT OF
| THE HOUSE,
GO MEET
 I'VE
JUST NEVER
BEEN GOOD
AT THAT
STUFF,

» THE
SLEEPING
AROUND
STUFF,

HEY, YOU'LL
GET IT, GUY.
IT JUST TAKES
PRACTICE,

ALRIGHT, GO
AWAY. I HAVE
A TINY
WORLD TO

IT’S BEEN
MONTHS,
SCOTT,
MONTHS.
 THERE’S
NO HARD
FEELINGS
OR
ANYTHING.

you
WANT IT.

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LW

YOU WOULD MAYBE

HAVE TO BE AWAKE
DURING DAYLIGHT
HOURS IN ORDER TO
HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
CAREER, THOUGH.
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LISTEN., I HAVE
TL, UH... A NEW
BAND.

I DUNNO. OH DUDE,
I MEAN,
NOT YET 11 SHATTER- ||
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I'VE BEEN |
SAVING
THAT ONE.
 REMEMBER ANYWAY,
HOW YOU WE’RE
BROKE YOUR PLAYING AT
CAMERON
HOUSE ON
MONDAY,
AND, I MEAN,
YOU COULD

| I DON'T THINK
\ IT WAS 4
MONTHS AGO.

OH DUDE.
I FINALLY
BEAT THIS--

I BEAT THIS
ONE GUY..,
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IS OPENING
SOON. MONIQUE
GOSSIP GIRL | SANDRA
SANDRA

GIDEON'S,

OOH, THE
CHAOS THEATRE?
I’M EXCITED!

YEAH,
NICE TO SEE
YOU LADIES
 I’M JUST
SAYING IF
I'VE ONLY WE DIE OUT
THERE, T’LL
BEEN PLAYING MURDER
BASS FOR
THREE DAYS!
WHAT DO YOU
WANT FROM
ME?

REMEMBER? YOU THAT NEVER

THOUGHT HE WAS HAPPENED!!!
GIDEON AND
STUCK A FORK
IN HIS HEAD.
HE PLAYS
DRUMS.
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18 YEARS OLD

WHEN DID
YOU TURN
a) EIGHTEEN?
 DOES THAT
MEAN YOU WERE
PRACTICALLY
SIXTEEN WHEN
WE MET NO WAY! WE
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SEVENTEENTH
BIRTHDAY,
SILLY!

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MOVING
AWAY SOON!
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MCGILL AND
UBC AND I'M
GRADUATING
IN THREE
MONTHS/Y
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YOU SO FAR AWAY YOU'RE...
MEAN YOU'RE IT’S TIME FOR
FROM ALL MY EIGHTEEN
GONNA... STOP A CHANGE IN
FRIENDS, BUT YEARS MY LIFE.
BEING A HIGH I FEEL LIKE OLD?
SCHOOLER? IT’S THE RIGHT
THING TO DO,
Y'KNOW? A BIG
CHANGE.

DO
YOU WANT
TO HAVE
SEX?
I THINK
WE SHOULD
HAVE
SEX. CASUAL
SEX.
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TRY TO BE
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OKAY?

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IT’S WALLACE’S
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N F U S
MADEVICCEO! HOW I I N G YOU, L I K E , C H E A T E D
HATE HIM.

BOYFR I E N D , I N
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I DON'T
WANT YOU IT
ANYMORE.

YOU LIKE
STEPHEN
STILLS,
DON’T

I’M HAPPY BEING

ALONE RIGHT
NOW, SCOTT.
I’M TRYING TO
LEARN TO LIKE
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HERE?

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THIS WAS MOVED TO
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ENVY ADAMS
WAS HERE.

APPARENTLY
SHE LOOKS I’M TOTALLY
AMAZING. GAY FOR

MONIQUE
AGAIN? SANDRA
LIKE, WHAT
THE HELL

WHAT THE SHE DOES

HELL, YOUNG LOOK AMAZING.
NEIL. IS THIS YOU SHOULD
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SCOTT,

UM... WHAT ARE

YOU DRINKING?
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OF WITNESSING
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THE DEAL
WITH HER, MAN??
I SWEAR TO GOD!! GIDEON’S
SHE’S GOT PROBABLY IN
SINISTER MOTIVES TOWN, TOO!
OR SOMETHING! THEY'RE IN
GIDEON SENT HER CAHOOTS, MAN!
TO MESS WITH MY WHAT THE HELL
HEAD!! DO I DOP?

OH MAN! MAYBE PSSH. SHE’S

SHE WANTS TO SCREWING
GET BACK GIDEON,
TOGETHER! OBVIOUSLY.
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NO, WELL, THE SO LIKE, HER BIRTHDAY
RAMONA’S ME AND WAS IN
SCREWING ENVY ARE FEBRUARY.
GIDEON... LIKE 24
NOW,
RIGHT?

I READ ABOUT
THE PARTY IN
ITALIAN VOGUE.
I THINK DAVID
BOWIE WAS
THERE.

AND THEN
MOVING WALLACE MM! IT’S
BOUGHT HIM GOOD!
GROWING
UP A BIT,

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MESSAGE.

I JUST SAW
A GUY WITH
A PARKA
EXACTLY LIKE
YOUR STUPID
PARKA YOU'VE
HAD SINCE
YOU WERE

THAT’S LITERALLY THE

MOST INTERESTING OVER YOUR
THING THAT’S HAPPENED EXTREMELY
ALL WEEK. IT FRIGGIN’ BORING
SUCKS UP HERE. DEPRESSION
AND COME
VISIT ME
SOMETIME,
ASS-CLOWN,.
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UH,
HAPPY
BIRTH-
DAY.

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WEEKS AGOW
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BOWLING AT
MIDNIGHT. JULIE
AND STEPHEN

A TERRIBLE
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YEARS?

BEFORE...

SCOTT, DO YOU
REMEMBER
ANYTHING?
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STUFF, SOME
STUFF, LOTS.
LOTS OF
STUFF,

WHAT ABOUT
NEW YEAR’S A FIGHT
EVE? DO YOU aay THAT YOU
REMEMBER 7 7 STARTED.

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REMEMBER
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PARENTS,
DON’T THINK
THEY WERE
BORN

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WITH RAMONA.
YOU'RE SO, LIKE,
UNCOMPLICATED...
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THE ONE q

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MY LIFE.

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REMEMBER
HIGH
SCHOOL?
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HIGH SCHOOL
SWEETHEARTS.
BUT I HAD
TO MOVE
AWAY.

YOU’RE
MOVING TO
TORONTO?

ARE YOU
KIDDING?
YOU DIDN’T I DIDN'T
EVEN TELL TALK TO
ME YOU HER FOR
WERE A MONTH
LEAVING! AFTER
I HEARD THAT!
IT FROM

YOU'RE
MOVING TO
TORONTO?
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MENTION YOU
SCREWED OVER
POOR SIMON
LEE...

YOU'RE
FINISHED!

DATING
HIM, SCOTT,
I MEAN,
I THINK HE
HUGGED ME
ONCE.

YOU'RE
ZAZzzz==ZF_s«DOWN, GOING
SIMON!
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ALREADY!

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PERSONAL!!!
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LOSE THE
SHOULDERS.

GIDEON GRAVES
(31 YEARS OLD)

OCCUPATION:
ASSHOLE

AND HAIR,
PEOPLE, MY GOD.
PLEASE. I WANT
YOU TO BUILD A
BONFIRE IN HER
HAIR. THAT IS A
METAPHOR.

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CAN WE

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WHAT?

I’M JUST CAN'T

TIRED! I'VE WE JUST SIT
BEEN TRAINING DOWN FOR
AND LEARNING AN HOUR AND
CHOREOGRAPHY HAVE A DRINK?
FOR WEEKS. THE OUTFIT IS
I'VE TRIED ON FINE. I’M
71 DRESSES.
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OPENING OF SOME VERY KNOW THAT
MY SPECIAL PROMISING DRESSING
NATALIE. PLACE IN YOUNG YOU UP LIKE
IT’S YOUR TORONTO. DESIGNERS A DOLL IS VERY
DEBUT. YOUR OUTFIT LITERALLY FULFILLING
IS IMPORTANT. CHAINED TO FOR ME
SEWING SEXUALLY.
MACHINES FOR
A MONTH.

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IT’S ABOUT THE
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RAMONA? DOING WELL,
AND YOU?
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MESS, MAN.
WOULD YOU
LOOK AT
YOURSELF?

IGOTA
FEW OF
THESE
HEY. LEFT. VIRAL
MARKETING.
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(LONG-SUFFERING
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LOOKED JUST LIKE HER
LIKE HER! SOLO
ALBUM?

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IT LEAKED
MONTHS
AGO.

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SEEN
RAMONA.
OR GIDEON
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THE THIRD
PERSON TO
SAY THAT!
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LAID A
FINGER ON
HER, AMIGO.
SHE’S
PROBABLY IN
THE LADIES’
ROOM.
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THROUGH TO THE
END ASSUMING
YOU'D AT LEAST
BE COMPETENT
ENOUGH TO
KEEP HER
AROUND!

YOu SHUT UP! IT’S

DEFEATED
pls ere
COMPLICATED!
HER EVIL EX-
BOYFRIENDS
AND SHE LEFT
YOu?!

IT’S QUITE
SIMPLE,
ACTUALLY!
 I DON’T
EVEN WANT
WELL
GIiBbEOH ere tay ‘OU!
UNFORTUNATE
STOLE THE TURN OF CHARACTERS
POWER OF EVENTS. MADE ME
DO IT!
LOE! WHAT
a DICK!
 THAT MAKES THE
YOU THE LEAGUE
NEWEST OF EVIL
MEMBER OF EXx-BOY-
THE LEAGUE, FRIENDS?
DOESN'T IT?

JOIN ME,
SCOTT, AND I
WILL COMPLETE
YOUR TRAINING!
TOGETHER WE
CAN RULE
RAMONA’S
FUTURE
LOVE LIFE!

I’LL
NEVER
JOIN
YOU!
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NO HARD
FEELINGS.
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FORA
WHILE, I
GUESS..,
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LEAST YOU I MEAN
WEREN'T ‘
WITH HIM.

I’M SORRY I DIDN’T

I LEFT. WANT KINDA
THOSE LAST you MESSED UP
FEW DAYS... TO GET ANYWAY.
I WAS PRETTY MESSED
MESSED UP TOO,
 I WOULD L.. HAD
BUT I
CAME
HAVE TOCOME Back
STAYED, BUT BACK.
I THI
NK FOR
THAT MIGHT ME.
HAVE BEEN
WORSE.

I CAME
YES, VM BACK
SELFISH. BECAUSE...
I'VE BECAUSE I’M
DABBLED IN ALWAYS THE
BEING A ONE WHO
BITCH, BUT LEAVES.
LISTEN... I COULD
NEVER SAY
GOODBYE.

Ora
mamas
 I DON’T
WANT TO
BE THAT
PERSON
ANYMORE.

I CAME
BACK TO SAY
I’M REALLY
REALLY
SORRY.
 I CAME
BACK FOR
ME, SCOTT.
I CAME BACK

MYSELF
SAY IT.
 TO ADMIT
THAT I WAS
A CRUMMY
GIRLFRIEND AND
I FEEL LIKE AN
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AND
SO THE
PRODIGAL
SON
RETURNS.

TAKE FIVE,
BABY. WE
WON'T BE

HEY, GUY.
APPARENTLY
YOU'RE NOT
DEAD.
 YOU MIGHT
SAY THEY’ RE THE
ONES WHO GOT
AWAY. THEY’RE
CRYOGENICALLY
FROZEN, AWAITING
THE FUTURE DAY
WHEN THEY’LL
ALL GO OUT
WITH ME.
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RAMONA,
ARE ABOUT
TO JOIN
THEMY

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FIGHTING THIS
LUNATIC?

I MEAN,
YOU LEFT,
 SCOTT,
LOOK AT ME.
I’M RIGHT
HERE. I CAME
BACK.

FINISH
WHAT YOU
STARTED!

WHO STARTED
THIS? IT WASN'T
ME!
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ie
MAYBE
THIS
WAS A
MISTAKE.

MAYBE YOU
SHOULD JUST YOU TWO
GO BACK TO ARE ADORABLE.
WHEREVER I CAN SEE THAT
THE HELL YOU YOUR RELATION-
SHIP IS REALLY
WORKING.
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REALIZED SHE
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EXPECTED A
BUNCH OF YOUR
ACTUAL EVIL WHO THE
EX-BOYFRIENDS HELL DATES
TO REPLY! SEVEN EVIL
DUDES?!

Y'KNOW, MAYBE
THEY WEREN'T
SO BAD WHEN
I WAS DATING
THEM! MAYBE
THEY TURNED
INTO ASSHOLES
LATER!

YOURE
THE COMMON
DENOMINATOR,
BABY!
 WHY DO
YOU EVEN YOU DIDN'T MEMORY
WANT ME BACK? WANT ME
YOU SPENT UNTIL I
OUR WHOLE
RELATIONSHIP rou
PUSHING ME obsessed
babby or what
u lite lol
my fire

INSOLENT
WHORE! DON’T
YOU SULLY MY
MEMORIES!
NO KIDDING!
YOU GOT
ANY BRIGHT
IDEAS?

JUST THE
USUAL
ONE.
RAMONA—
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I MADE MY YOU INSIDE AND ONCE YOU WERE,
MILLIONS, BUDDY, YOUR HEAD. YOU'RE HIT, LIKE, A MUSIC
EM
OTIONAL JUST YOU THAT’S IT. NO PRODUCER,
WARFARE. AND YOUR CURE. IT’S OR.., OR
SOMETHING...
ISSUES. CHRONIC,

BUT THIS
BRILLIANT SELF-
HATER, SHE
FOUND A WAY TO
TURN IT TO HER
ADVANTAGE...
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Scott Pilgrim poster and box set artwork, by Paul Robertson.

The original back cover art of Scott Pilgrim, volume 6 by Ben Berntsen.
Bryan Lee O’Malley’s cover for the original edition of Scott Pilgrim, volume 6. Colors by Dylan McCrae.
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SCOTT PILGRIM (24 years old) RAMONA FLOWERS (24 years old?)
Our hero. Dated some girls, kicked some evil ex-boyfriend butt. Dated some evil guys, then dated Scott. Cut her hair off, then
His girlfriend left. His band split up. Currently living alone in a disappeared (literally). Where did she go?
new apartment his parents paid for.

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KIM PINE (24 years old?) ENVY ADAMS (24 years old?)
Scott dated her in high school. Scott dated her in university. She was a nerd, Scott dated her for a little while, when
Drummer. She moved back home but she got cool. Moved to Montreal, formed he was 23. She’s taking her sweet time
with her parents, in the boonies. a band. Scott broke her band up in volume 3. getting over him.

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Scott’s former Scott’s younger sister. He used to hang out He used to be in charge of She used to go out
roommate. Provides Much, much, much more with the band. Nobody — the band. But Scott broke his —_with Stephen, but it
moral support mature than he is. has really been keeping bass, and Kim moved away... _looks like they really
(sort of). tabs on him lately. so what now? broke up this time.
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Coloring Scott Pilgrim was a unique challenge

because it was originally published in black and
white and already had a legion of fans with of-
ten profound relationships to the work before |
ever had a chance to color a single page. It was
very important to me to respect that. | knew there
would be many fans who'd say that the story
didn’t need color. Hopefully my work has—if not
convinced them otherwise—at least shown them
that color, while not absolutely essential, adds
depth, mood and focus to the storytelling and
can enhance their enjoyment of it.

With that said, let’s walk through my process in

coloring a single page of this book.

To the right is page 145 of Scott Pilgrim’s Finest

Hour as Bryan has inked it. Oni Press sent me the
page along with the rest of volume 6 and then |
got to work.
STEP ONE: FLATTING
The first step in coloring a page is flat coloring (or
“flatting”) the page (using Adobe’s Photoshop
software). This is just what it sounds like: you go
in and separate out all the elements of the page,
breaking it up into solid blocks of color. Not much
different from a child with a coloring book, really.
(Pro tip, kids: staying inside the lines is key.)
On some books (such as Seconds) | do almost
all of the flatting on my own, and on others | do
almost none. On Scott Pilgrim, | flatted the eas-
ier pages myself, but for more complex pages
| turned to a friend, Michael Scott Parkinson,
an Australian illustrator and writer of children’s
books, to help speed up my workflow (| needed
to color around 400 pages of Scott Pilgrim every
year, in addition to working on various other pro-
jects, so speed was crucial.)
It’s important to note here that Michael is not ac-
tually color blind or insane. | specifically ask all of
my flatters to use hideous clown colors. | don’t
like to feel that my color choices are influenced
by the work of my flatters, so the more random
and garish and just plain wrong the flats are, the
better, as far as I’m concerned.
STEP TWO: FLAT COLORS
Once | get the flats from Michael, | can quickly
just drop in my own color scheme in a few min-
utes. Click, click, click.
 Aerwaned Re Mas

STEP THREE: LIGHTING & MODELING

The next step in coloring is my favorite: throwing
light and shadows on the figures and environ-
ments to add focus and drama and volume. For
the first five volumes, | did this all on my own, but
for the original release of Finest Hour, Bryan had
hired a wonderful artist named John Kantz to do
this with grey tones.
On this page, for example, | followed his lighting
almost exactly, with a few minor omissions and
added touches of my own here and there (I en-
courage you to resist the impulse to play Spot
The Difference at this point).

Because | wanted the colored editions to be as

true to the black and white editions as possible,
and because | was such a fan of the work John
had already done, it made sense for me to use
his grey tones as guides for my own lighting
whenever possible.
STEP FOUR: COLOR HOLDS STEP FIVE: FINISHED!

Doing ‘color holds’ is the industry term for color-

Once | had finished, | sent my work along to Bry-
ing the linework itself. It’s not always necessary,
an for his notes and comments. After incorporat-
but there are times | think you simply can’t do
ing those, | uploaded the final pages to Oni Press,
without it. The two main reasons to use color
where lettering was added to word balloons and
holds are to sell special effects and to add depth
the book was composited for print.
by breaking up the planes of a drawing. There’s
a little bit of both going on here.
Coloring Scott Pilgrim and working with Bryan
these last three years has been an absolute joy
and a privilege. I'd like to thank all the fans who’ve
bought these color editions and supported my
work with their kind words online and at conven-
tions. It’s a little sad to say goodbye to Scott and
Ramona after all this time, but it’s enormously
satisfying to leave knowing | added a little bit toa
work that means so much to so many.

— Nathan Fairbairn
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SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD

BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY
Poster given away at conventions to fans who cosplay as characters from the Scott Pilgrim series