Comic-Con News: Ballantine Books has announced Bryan Lee O’Malley’s new graphic novel Worst World.
According to EW, the story is set in present-day Los Angeles and follows a 30-something named Benny and a 20-something named Aubrey. The book is the first in a planned trilogy, which will each clock in at over 300 pages. O’Malley will write and draw, but have assistance from art assistant Jason Fischer and colorist Nathan Fairbairn, the team who assisted him on Seconds (see “Review: 'Seconds: A Graphic Novel' HC”). Specific release date was not announced.
O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim graphic novels have been huge hits, and the property still ranking in the Top 500 bestselling graphic novels in 2015 (see “Top 1000 Graphic Novels--2015, Part 1”).