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 she would tell people if she told people anything. But that would mean talking to people, and the mere thought of social interaction is terrifying. How did such a shy teenage girl end up in a car with three of her hooligan classmates on a cross-country road trip? Being forced to interact with kids her own age is a new and alarming proposition for Raleigh, but maybe it's just what she needs - or maybe it can help her find what she needs - or maybe it can help her to realize that what she needs has been with her all along.
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"...[the] initial stream-of-consciousness approach slowly evolves into a poignant, emotional but quiet climax that serves as a worthy payoff." -- Don MacPherson, TheFourthRail.com
"...an amazingly dense and deep book, with much revealed upon further examination..." -- Johanna Draper Carlson, ComicsWorthReading.com
"Lost at Sea quietly defies easy categorization, in the best possible way..." -- Greg McElhatton, iComics.com
"O'Malley's drawings are simply yummy, and his book captures the clumsiness, isolation, and aimlessness of adolescence." -- Craig Thompson, author of --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"...an amazingly dense and deep book, with much revealed upon further examination..." -- Johanna Draper Carlson, ComicsWorthReading.com
"Lost at Sea quietly defies easy categorization, in the best possible way..." -- Greg McElhatton, iComics.com
"O'Malley's drawings are simply yummy, and his book captures the clumsiness, isolation, and aimlessness of adolescence." -- Craig Thompson, author of --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Bryan Lee O'Malley is a Canadian cartoonist. His six-volume "Scott Pilgrim" series was a New York Times bestseller, an LA Times Book Prize finalist, and won an Eisner Award, two Harvey Awards, a Doug Wright Award and a Joe Shuster Award. "Scott Pilgrim" was adapted into a critically-acclaimed major motion picture (from Universal) and video game (from Ubisoft) in 2010. O'Malley lives in Los Angeles.
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43 of 44 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I came to Bryan Lee O'Malley's Lost at Sea after reading his two other books (Volumes One & Two of the Scott Pilgrim series) and thus, am of two minds about Lost at Sea. This is a very different book in both tone and humour than Scott Pilgrim. It's more somber, the art and feel are less stylized, the main character is prone to multiple page internal monologues about her feelings. In light of the Scott Pilgrim series it is easy to see that Lost at Sea came first. It is obviously an early work.
This does not make it bad.
Lost at Sea is about a girl (Raleigh) whose soul may or may not have been stolen by a cat, going home to her mother with friends that she doesn't even know. It is a story about self-discovery, about finding both yourself and the rest of the world all at the same time. At times heartbreakingly earnest, at times lightly comic it is a 160 page exercise in raw emotion. It would be wrong to dismiss Lost at Sea as cliched, to look at it's basic premise (girl finds herself and her friends on road trip home) and make assumptions about what it has to say and, more importantly, how it says it. O'Malley is an excellent writer, and he handles the obvious moments in Lost at Sea without a wink or nudge, he doesn't make these characters a joke to the reader, he honestly portrays their feelings in the way that they feel them. And that is the best part about Lost at Sea, when you're 18 and lost you think you're the only one and O'Malley write Raleigh as though she is.
This does not make it bad.
Lost at Sea is about a girl (Raleigh) whose soul may or may not have been stolen by a cat, going home to her mother with friends that she doesn't even know. It is a story about self-discovery, about finding both yourself and the rest of the world all at the same time. At times heartbreakingly earnest, at times lightly comic it is a 160 page exercise in raw emotion. It would be wrong to dismiss Lost at Sea as cliched, to look at it's basic premise (girl finds herself and her friends on road trip home) and make assumptions about what it has to say and, more importantly, how it says it. O'Malley is an excellent writer, and he handles the obvious moments in Lost at Sea without a wink or nudge, he doesn't make these characters a joke to the reader, he honestly portrays their feelings in the way that they feel them. And that is the best part about Lost at Sea, when you're 18 and lost you think you're the only one and O'Malley write Raleigh as though she is.
16 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By Nathan Avery
Format:Paperback
I maintain that Bryan O'Malley is one of the few artists actually doing something different that stands on its own merit, and doesn't try to emulate anything else that's being done right now. His art is a refreshing change of pace, and his matter-of-fact storytelling succeeds in capturing the thought processes we all have and puts them on paper. Bryan doesn't mess around. Every panel in Lost at Sea is there for a purpose, and every panel has something to say. There are no computer-colored splash pages or implied action panels, just a wonderful story backed up with a wonderful artistic style. You owe it to yourself to read this book. If you've just been a casual reader of comics until now, this might change the way you look at comic books entirely.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Tim Phillips
Format:Paperback
What really impressed me about Lost at Sea was the effortless way in which Mal blends the angst of his narrator, Raleigh, with the sardonic humour of her companions. The book is by turns hilarious, sinister, melancholy and surreal. There is a wisdom in Raleigh's comments -especially at the end- which transcends the bland self-pity that so many other introspective characters fob off as insight.
Raleigh's friends provide the perfect balance to her introspection, their meaningless arguments and amiable bickering is a constant backdrop, an intensely entertaining soundtrack to Raleigh's car journey of self-discovery. The art is perfect: strangely realistic despite its cartoony style, and unexpected details such as the health warning on the cigarette packet had me laughing out loud.
Mal has produced a compelling story, and its imagery and characters are subtle and charming enough to stick with you a long time after their crummy old car has puttered away into the night. Highly recommended.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
book review
my son and his friend really liked it a lot. my son passed it on to friends to read after he read it
Published 22 days ago by klyde5
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good read
This story touched me in a way that I didn't expect it to, it was a real treat. I recommend this book to young people all the time, its message and the art are great to share.
Published 28 days ago by Suzana H
2.0 out of 5 stars
random wanderings of an existential nature
Having read the Scott Pilgrim series, I saw that O'Malley had written only one other book so I decided to see if it was any different than the Scott books. It certainly is. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Nicola Manning
5.0 out of 5 stars
Weird but you gotta love it
You will go through it in one sitting, it won't take you more than 1 hour to read it but it's so amazing, it has a weird sense of humor, and the drawings are really cool and in the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pablo Soto
4.0 out of 5 stars
Lost at Sea
Brian Lee O'Malley does it again! This is a great graphic novel that captures the heart and soothes the soul.
Published 2 months ago by Becca
5.0 out of 5 stars
Weird but interesting.
this is a story of a girl who is at the teen age crisis time when one has to decide if one is going to grow up or not. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Samuel-Louis Bandy, Jr.
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good but not great
I am probably the hugest Scott Pilgrim graphic novel fan ever so when I bought Lost at Sea, I was expecting to be blown away but I was just left confused. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Brittany W.
4.0 out of 5 stars
You've lost your soul? So has Raleigh...
Raleigh is a soulless girl traveling with a bunch of strange people, somehow they are not that different from her. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Cesar Alejandro Gutierrez Ramirez
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book, but no Scott Pilgrim
To avoid rambling, I'll give you the bottom line first: Don't buy it unless you REALLY want it, and don't expect it to fill up a weekend of time. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Thomas
5.0 out of 5 stars
I read it twice!
It is so unique and vulnerable. this age is great and confused. never wanted to go back and enjoy the dreams about the future
Published 5 months ago by ruslanur
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