Have you always loved Bryan Lee O’Malley’s bestselling black and white Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, but were curious to see it in full color? Well, Oni Press and O’Malley can read your mind. They plan to reprint the series in six full-color hardcover editions beginning in August 2012.
In August Oni Press will release Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Life, in a deluxe hardcover edition, with full digital color by Nathan Fairbairn and selling for $24.99. Oni Press plans to publish two hardcover volumes a year until the original six volume black & white series is republished in six full color hardcover volumes. Volume 2 of the new color editions will be released in October 2012.
Each hardcover volume will be 6 x 9 inches and volume 1 will also include previously unpublished extras and bonus materials, said Oni marketing director Cory Casoni. “It's been eight years since the first Scott Pilgrim book was published,” Cory Casoni added, “Since then, the series has seen over twenty first reprints of the original format, with over a million copies of the first volumes sold. Scott Pilgrim Color Hardcover, Volume 1 takes the familiar story from the original Scott Pilgrim series and gives it a new look.”
“Everybody loves Bryan's black-and-white artwork,” series editor James Lucas Jones explained, “but after seeing the few color stories he did with Scott and the gang, it was hard to avoid imagining a 'what if?' scenario. Now those wild dreams have come true. And to have one of the best colorists in the industry at the helm, that just seals the deal.”
“We're upgrading the presentation in every way,” Jones said. “The traditional black-and-white versions will be there for those who still prefer that option, but now everyone can have a choice. One, the other, or both!”
