Growing up always presents us with things to confront with each day bringing us closer to maturity—the whole things scares and saddens me sometimes, but that’s another time and place for that. Lost at Sea is a graphic novel with a difference, it’s a simple tale of growing up, finding out who we really are, the confusion of it all and coming to term with life’s great wonders.

The tale of Lost at Sea is simple but makes for a nice change from hyped up samurai, mecha or violent manga action (yeah that is sweet I know) but just a simple tale of the main character (Raleigh) who’s on a road trip back home to Vancouver—the road trip allows her character to change along the line of finding the cat that stole her soul and figuring out the confusion in her life.

The main character (Raleigh) has this relatable element to her from how we learn a lot about her, but somehow we never get enough to firm character—it bothers me in that way of incompleteness to fester at the back of my mind till I end up gaining some sort of critical hate of such characters….but thankfully I have a character of another realm to spurn that hate: Bella and every character of the Twilight helps to relieve the problem. All the characters have this cuddly springboard way of likeability in the few panels they appear within.

The humour is like watching a “Slice of Life” anime from the whole natural way everything happens from the discussion of pizza to little bits along the way. Coherent natural fun of something real to what it wants to get across is what this comic does with delicate ease.

I could repeat “The artwork is blah, blah, blah” so I’m going with this: To be honest I enjoy different styles, because with any comic or manga the artwork is what helps get across the genre and mood and Lost at Sea is no different. Bryan Less O’Malley draws it up in a way that helps to convey confusion, loneliness and the characters in a nice well rounded way. Everything has this nice balance to show off the loneliness feel through the characters surroundings (a town closed up for the weekend, out on the road or a roadside stop).

Everything makes Lost at Sea a simple enjoyment of the calmer side of comics, a calmer pace to sit back and breathe thoughts that compliment the little things of life….buy it and enjoy.

Thought of the Day: August 26th:

The War of the Worlds….it’s boring as hell to read and feels more like a chore then literary enjoyment.