Bryan Lee O'Malley writes and draws graphic novels that combine romance, comedy, music and video-game logic. Scott Pilgrim begins with a Toronto musician dating high-school student Knives Chau before becoming interested in Ramona Flowers, whose seven evil exes he must defeat in increasingly absurd battles. The series treats fights, extra lives and character statistics as ordinary parts of its world while keeping band rehearsals, jobs and relationship mistakes equally important. Seconds follows a restaurant owner who discovers a supernatural way to revise past decisions, only to make her life more complicated with each attempt. O'Malley's work is fast, visual and self-aware, fitting graphic romance, comic fantasy and game-influenced comics, especially for readers who enjoy everyday relationships filtered through genre mechanics. Read more Less