A key lesson is: try to attach your balloons to the tops of the panels, especially the corners, because that makes everything a hell of a lot easier both for you and the reader.

I got that from a Toriyama how-to-manga book, but you could also get it from looking at pretty much any good comic ever

Anyway, this page from vol 5 has a bunch of panels (ten) but it’s pretty straightforward and readable, I think.

I’m auctioning this art on eBay to benefit Giant Robot, the asian american pop culture magazine.

Scott Pilgrim art auction: cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280460405654

Giant Robot donation drive: www.giantrobot.com/donate/

Another "deleted scene" (well, more like trimmed). Would have been around page 79.

(VAGUE SPOILERS FOLLOW…)
Originally there was more of a transition into Julie’s last party. There was some crowd stuff (like at the first party), and there was this bit with them coming in the door and Ramona asking Scott to get her the bottle of tequila. The art wasn’t really turning out, except for these few panels, so I scrapped the pages (two of them) and just jumped right into the party.

A "deleted scene". It would have taken place after the snow / fishwich scene, but before the bus station scene.

(VAGUE SPOILERS FOLLOW…)
In this scene, Scott and Stills are at work and Stills is wondering when Scott is going to get a new bass.

I just keep sticking links up on Twitter because it’s easy and I’m lazy. But here’s a collection of them:

* Abhay Khosla’s brilliant Vol 5 Young Neil essay (SPOILER-FILLED): bit.ly/wbMG

* Stumbled upon this amusing recap of yesterday’s Scott Pilgrim panel at NYCC: thequarterbin.com/?p=3640

* Didn’t get a chance to post this while out of town: OFFICIAL Scott Pilgrim cubeecrafts – with more to come! bit.ly/dq4Y

* MORE cubeecrafts on the Oni site. Check out the V5 Ramona, wow! bit.ly/4rC8

Oh, hey, I was in the New York Times. Their article on NYCC was actually an article about ME with a sidebar about the convention. Ha ha go me. Also somehow ended up getting Imperial Otter (a long-defunct band of which I was once a member) into the New York Times.

Movie stuff:

* While I was in New York I guess some new movie rumours started swirling, and then I guess I accidentally refuted / clarified the rumours because everyone kept asking me about them. I direct you to the original source’s post about my clarifications, if you’re interested: bit.ly/1rYTuD

* If you live in the Toronto area and want to be an EXTRA in Scott Pilgrim Vs The World (the movie)…

EDIT: I took down this information because I thought about it for a second and realized I don’t want it to show up on every movie blog in the universe. Um, so yeah.

The first printing of Vs The Universe has a sweet foil cover! It’s sweet because it’s foil! It shines like the sun and a million rainbows and a pot of gold and a leprechaun’s cheeks!

Got some other crap to tell you about, too. You may have noticed the pink-and-black band of paper on the book – it’s just a little extra something for the lucky people who pick up copies of the book next week in New York. Here’s a slightly better shot:

Also exclusive is this awesome shirt (it’s $20):

AND, coming next week, our friend “the Cubeecraft guy” has put together a whole whack of Scott Pilgrim figures. You’ll be able to download them online and everything. For free. And apparently the ones in this photo are just the beginning…

Alright, cool! Sorry it took so long for me to post this stuff. I had a busy evening cooking dinner for fifty people etc.

Hello all,

Gosh Comics here. We’re charging our standard cover price of £8.50 for the book; no extra charge for the plate.

If you can pick the book up from the shop, then that’s very much our preferred option. If you can’t, our postage rates are below.

UK 1st Class – £3.00 (post and book £11.50)

USA – Printed Paper Air, Usually 5 to 10 days £5.00 (post plus book £13.50)

EU – Printed paper surface, Usually 5 to 10 days £3.50 (post plus book £12.00)

We’ll email you when the book arrives, and if you’re ordering by post, we’ll collect your address and payment details then. We can take payment by Visa, Mastercard or Paypal.

Hope that covers everything, but if you need any more info just drop me a line.

Will
info@goshlondon.com

The bookplate is this lovely item:

There has been a review of the book. Two reviews for the price of one, actually, at iFanboy. They are really good about not spoiling anything, but you may not want to read anything about the book at all, so you can completely formulate your own ideas when it’s finally in your hot little hands.

I still have New York events coming up the week of February 2nd, ending with New York Comic-Con. Check radiomaru.com for the details and links.

I re-drew the cover image for Vs The Universe a little while back and have been waiting until solicits to show it off. I guess it hit Previews this week (that’s the catalogue where comic stores order their stuff), so here it is. FINAL.

There is still one special thing about the cover that I can’t tell you, and some special things about the release that are being worked out.

Meanwhile, I will make best efforts to finish the insides of the damn thing.

Randomly colored at the end of my working week. For you.