Bryan Lee O'Malley (who is both the best English-language mangaka around and a kick-ass musician) recently made a free, stand-alone installment of his excellent Scott Pilgrim comic for the annual Free Comic Book Day (May 6th- it really should be a holiday worldwide. Free comics, people!) event. For those of us not lucky enough to get a copy of the comic, NEWSARAMA.com has kindly put it up online here. Check it out!
The printed edition of Free Scott Pilgrim also came with a backup story called Fearless Griggs: Victory at Sea. It's drawn/written by Andy Helms and it's totally awesome. Don't take my word for it. Go here and download the entire story.
The artwork is part-manga, part-Mike Mignola (ya know, the brilliant artist who created Hellboy) and the writing is deft and funny. It reminds me of Howard Shum's wildly-entertaining Gun Fu comic- both books feature lead characters who anachronistically speak in modern slang in period settings, to great comedic effect. If the upcoming Fearless Griggs graphic novel can live up to the promise of this preview, it'll be something special. Can't wait to get my hands on it!
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