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There was never any butter in our home. Just margarine. My parents acted like butter was lethal. I don't think I ever saw either one have a piece of butter. I would go over to friends' houses and down sticks of butter. Bruce Eric Kaplan

'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. Bryan Lee O'Malley

When I was in the middle of the 'Scott Pilgrim' series, and it was slowly becoming more popular, though still not financially solvent, I had this real bratty instinct to turn around and do something super arty and dark. I felt dismissed by comics culture, stuck in between the artcomix world and the nerdcomix world, and I was cranky about it. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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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. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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Doubt yourself all you want, but you have to make choices in life and live with them. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I don't really picture anyone when I'm drawing. They just become their own completed person with googly eyes. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Eyes Picture Become Own Completed Drawing Person Just Anyone Really

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. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I just don't think I can write someone drastically younger than me. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Me Think Drastically I Can Someone Write Than Just Younger

I do get the sense sometimes that if I draw things too nice, maybe I won't be indie-rock enough anymore. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Sometimes Sense Nice Too Enough Draw Get Maybe Anymore Things

I guess I've always been kind of obsessed with food. I always liked drawing food, and I always liked stories - I think I probably just read somewhere that stories are better if someone's eating in them. I don't know where that came from, but it really stuck, and I always try to put food in. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I lived in London for a long time, and that's a pretty white town. In Toronto, I just ended up in this circle of indie rock kids who happened to be white, too... Really, it was just when I started getting out there and meeting more people and seeing more fans that I went, 'Oh, actually, I'm not white.' Bryan Lee O'Malley

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Culture is evolving, and I'm along for the ride. Bryan Lee O'Malley

Culture Ride Evolving Along

I'm always exploring other people: trying to figure out myself, trying to figure out everyone. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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'Seconds' is grounded in the reality of this restaurant environment, and I did do plenty of research, so there's that. It takes place in a town that is like a kinder, gentler fairy tale version of reality. Then it takes off into a story that is very strange, very mental. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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'Monkey Island 2' was a huge game for me. It kind of taught me all about comedy. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I grew up in London, Ontario, and moved to Toronto when I was 22 or 23. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I didn't expect 'Scott Pilgrim' to be successful. I just made this weird comic to entertain my friends. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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I've certainly played games that provoked a real emotional response or serious thought processes. Bryan Lee O'Malley

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