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	• Lost At Sea Bryan Lee O'Malley Oni Press, 2006 - 168 pages average customer review:based on 31 reviews view larger image
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Rare Creature Indeed...

Bryan Lee O'Malley masterfully weaves love, loss, and family into a visually delightful and often humorous graphic novel that follows a solemn girl named Raleigh while on a roadtrip with schoolmates.

At first we aren't presented with why Raleigh and the others are on their trip, but as the book progresses we discover a bit more to the simple little girl than we thought. Mentioning most details would ruin the story and moments that are contained within. They're simple, pure, and easily related to.

Sometimes things just turn out the way they do without much reason, and Lost at Sea captures such an occurrence. It is a brief glimpse into the life of a kid with so much on her mind.

A radical departure from the zany action packed comedy fest which Scott Pilgrim offers, Lost at Sea focuses on a softer side of storytelling, yet with similar mastery over the field, O'Malley pulls the reader in and keeps them enthralled from beginning to end.

There's a little bit of Raleigh in all of us, and it would be a shame if you didn't learn a bit about her by giving this novel a read.

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Sometimes It's Good To Give Your Money to Someone Other Than "The Man"...

Lost at Sea manages to capture so many feelings so succinctly that even the shortest review seems long-winded.

A digest-sized graphic novel, the half and full page spreads of Bryan Lee O'Malley's pencils are so gorgeous they suck you in wholly, betraying the actual dimensions of the page - the reader gets as lost in this world as Raleigh, the protagonist, is.

The incredibly apt title says everything about her state of mind, adrift in so many ways: consumed by new love (and the desperate panic that comes with it), literally lost in a foreign land (California), and being completely alone while surrounded by people. She's a character that desperately needs a hug, and she seems so real you want to wrap your arms around her just to lend a little warmth.

Tender as the book is, what I think will make you read and re-read it is how universal all those feelings are. Reading it, memories of similar situations spring to mind: the unlikely events that lead to best friends, late night walks through strange towns, and completely losing it to someone you've just learned to trust.

That's the real gift of Lost At Sea. O'Malley taps into the teenage heart to create an emotional Rorschach, a beautiful, unique experience for everyone who reads it.

Lost at Sea Soundtrack - "Hey Raleigh? Are You Asleep?"
1 - She's A Rainbow - The Rolling Stones
2 - Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
3 - Gigantic - The Pixies
4 - Out of Gas - Modest Mouse
5 - She Don't Use Jelly - The Flaming Lips
6 - About A Girl - Chibo Matto
7 - A Control Group - Mates of Sate
8 - The World Has Gone and Left Me Here - Weezer
9 - Scatterheart - Bjork
10 - Dirty Dream Number 2 - Belle and Sebastian
11 - I Want Wind To Blow - The Microphones
12 - Selfless, Cold, and Composed - Ben Folds Five
13 - Mine's Not A High Horse - The Shins
14 - Jesus, Ect. - Wilco

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Still lost...

Just a beautiful, intelligent, amazing journey of a book. Maybe you've never taken a road trip from California to Canada with three strangers, a trip full of cats, new friendships and lost souls, but Lost at Sea will make you nostalgic for that time you did. And that's a very good thing.

By the author of Scott Pilgrim

This is a very cute and funny book. It tells the story of a troubled teenager who claims her soul has been stolen by a cat. She end up on a road trip with some classmates she hardly knows. A voyage that allows her to discover what "true" friendship is and that oddness is actually normality. ^___-

The author's style is not as mature as in his later series (Scott Pilgrim) but his drawings already oozes coolness :p

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