![]() ![]() ![]() What do I do now? Seconds is very much about reaching out for the next thing after you've figured out the first thing." "You come of age and then you're like, wait a minute," says O'Malley. But instead of returning to familiar ground, Seconds-which goes on sale tomorrow-takes a step forward and delves into the question that looms unasked at the end of every story about growing up: If adulthood is the endpoint of your adventure, what happens after the adventure is over? Now, more than 10 years after the first Scott Pilgrim book came out, O'Malley is back with Seconds, his first new graphic novel since the series ended. Peppered with flip humor, naturalistic dialogue, manga-influenced art, and old school videogame references, Bryan Lee O'Malley's tale about a slacker hero learning to finally face reality was the perfect confluence of old and new for the children of the '80s, particularly as they found themselves edging closer to 30 than 20. For a certain subset of comic book fans, Scott Pilgrim was the coming-of-age story. ![]()
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