Just purchased...

"Things I've Learned in My Life So Far" - Stefan Sagmeister

I'm so excited! I just recently read Sagmeister's essay as part of our Design III reading packet and I fell in love! I'll post more about it once I receive it and read the heck out of it! I also purchased his other book "Sagmeister: Made You Look"... and Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Lost at Sea". I love books so much!

I had finally finished Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" comics, a six volume series. I was really impressed by the design and layout of the book. He really executed his placement of text, drawings, and graphic elements very well. The graphic novels were really emotional, something I feel one would have to read for themselves to understand what I mean by that.


But to serve as an example:

 In this powerful scene Scott's ex Envy Adams (formerly known as Natalie before her rise to stardom). Scott shows shock and jittery nervousness at hearing her voice again after so long, and after so much pain he'd been going through ever since. There is also flashbacks of photo-booth memories of happier times for the former couple. It was one of my favorite scenes in the book because of the emotional juxtaposition.

In the final volume 6 he gives the readers a walk through of his process in making Scott Pilgrim, how he step-by-step drew out the scenes and then decided where he would place the text. It's really insightful for inspiring graphic novelists and I suppose anyone who interested in book design. I always really liked comics for their ability to be read through different aspects and directions.

Here is a link to an interview with O'Malley.

And here is another one I liked about the transition of Scott Pilgrim from comic to movie.