Lost at Sea

by Brian O'Malley

Bryan Lee O'Malley (Artist)

Bryan Lee O'Malley before Scott Pilgrim.

Eighteen-year-old Raleigh doesn't have a soul. A cat stole it. Or at least that's what she tells people. Or at least that's what should tell people if she told people anything. So how did she end up on a cross-country road trip with three classmates she barely knows?

Bryan Lee O'Malley's first graphic novel, published eight months before Scott Pilgrim Vol 1, has become a quiet classic for anyones who's ever been eighteen, or confused, or both.

• ISBN10: 1932664165
• ISBN13: 9781932664164
• Publish Date: 24 July 2012 (first published 22 December 2003)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Oni Press,US
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 168
• Language: English

Reviews

[luddite]

Had a better appreciation for the depiction of anxiety when I read it the second time. I still think the ending is a bit abrupt, but the underlying theme is illustrated well.

A 3.5 rounded down.

[celinenyx]

Lost at Sea is the debut graphic novel of Brian Lee O'Malley - you might know him from his Scott Pilgrim books. Lost at Sea is more whimsical and lyrical in its writing. Text floats throughout the panels, sometimes a page only has one image, and most of the text is internal monologue. I loved the idea of this book, and it's incredibly quotable with amazing haunting images. The four-colour scheme adds to the ethereal quality of the book. My only gripe is that the ending was too abrupt. It was almost as if he ran out of pages to make his point, and squished them in the last two instead of making a proper final climax. For a debut, Lost at Sea is pretty amazing.