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The Lonesome Go

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The lonesome go

Un viaje a la deriva por el sueño americano.

Adéntrate en este viaje sórdido que atraviesa América y sus mitos fundacionales sin solución de continuidad. El perdedor nato, la actriz fracasada, el bluesman ambulante, el rockero salvaje.

Mediante cartas que se pierden en el camino, canciones escritas en papel de fumar y poemas que derrochan una tristeza infinita, las narraciones de esta gran novela gráfica americana se solapan con los ambientes y paisajes que Tim Lane refleja a la perfección con su afilada tinta.

Inspirado en las revistas pulp de los años 50 y el cine negro, el trabajo metódico de Lane invoca unas suerte de espíritu que aúna lo mejor de Edward Hopper y de Charles Burns en cada viñeta de esta joya del cómic, convirtiendo cada relato corto en un panegírico de la América agonizante.

Citas

“Tim Lane es el Raymond Carver del cómic.”
New Yorker

“La narrativa de los beats, de Bukowski y de Tom Waits en una joya sin precedentes.”
Heroes Online

“Tim Lane es la nueva voz del paisaje literario norteamericano.”
Print Magazine

“Sus historias transcurren en algún lugar encantado por los fantasmas de Kerouac, Marlon Brando y Elvis.”
The A.V. Club

“Su estilo hard-boiled y noir lo convierte en heredero directo de Robert Crumb.”
Juxtapoz

“El bello trazo de Tim Lane combina un ojo magistral para el detalle y la predilección por lo grotesco, dejando al lector meditando sobre lo trágico de la existencia con una sonrisa incómoda.”
Booklist

“La influencia de las historias cortas, las novelas epistolares y el retrato psicológico hacen del cómic de Lane una obra magna que no puede pasar desapercibida.”
Hyperallergic

296 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2014

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Tim Lane

43 books11 followers
Tim Lane is a licensed paraglider pilot and a registered nurse. He has a BS in biology and an associate’s degree in nursing.

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111 reviews23 followers
March 20, 2016
Relats hereus de Ramon Carver i un dibuix que toca a Robert Crumb. Però la depressió americana ha pogut amb mi, costant-me sang, suor i llàgrimes la lectura. En aquest cas no és un problema de l'obra (depriment, noir, cinematogràfica, excel.lentment editada), és un problema de l'estat anímic-lector. És una lectura que no entra amb facilitat, de les que cal trobar el "mood" i el moment.

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911 reviews170 followers
November 23, 2018
Extenso cómic que recopila muchos trabajos de Tim Lane. La variedad es muy grande y van desde lo bizarro a el retrato del crudo sueño americano. Personalmente me gustan más estos últimos y por ello creo que su otro álbum " Coches abandonados" es superior a este. La calidad del dibujo y los guiones es alta y si te apasiona el cómic underground te encantará.
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Author 2 books74 followers
February 1, 2015
4.5 stars - Although it's probably not technically a "noir" title, The Lonesome Go will no doubt appeal to those (like me) who love noir stories and film noir. Lane's various stories weave in and out of each other, creating a wonderful - and sometimes frightening - tapestry of isolation, disillusionment, and darkness. Definitely a mature title.
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964 reviews8 followers
April 16, 2018
A dark, noir-ish collection of comics all vaguely focused on wandering or being lost in America. Boxcar hobos, roadside diners, a search for an old cartoonist, every page of this collection exudes Americana. Phenomenally detailed black-and-white illustrations make this a truly impressive work.
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Author 16 books74 followers
December 16, 2014
I'm very tempted to give this one five stars. It took me longer to get through this book than it die the previous collection, Abandoned Cars, primarily because this one is composed of more, and more substantial, parts. And some of these are brief prose pieces. It carries on from the previous collection, but the centerpiece of this book is the "Belligerent Piano" storyline that focuses on the character Jackie No-Name. Lane pairs this up with a story that is more autobiographical, "In Another Life." The "Lane" character and Jackie No-Name are associated often, making this overall collection more personal than Abandoned Cars. I've now begun my interview with Lane, which I'll eventually published on The Comics Alternative.
177 reviews7 followers
December 20, 2020
Man, I gotta say it was fun going through some graphic lit. Love the artwork, and the motifs in the novel. Deranged, and accurate depiction of our country. Grotesque and yet, sublime. The artwork alone is worth the cost.
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Author 1 book6 followers
January 14, 2026
Compré este cómic a un precio de oferta y me llamó mucho la atención que una pieza tan bien dibujada y de tantas páginas me costara $70 MXN (algo así como 3.5 dólares) y pensé que había encontrado una joya... pero, al ir avanzando en las diversas historias y conociendo los personajes me di cuenta de que me daba más y más flojera seguir avanzando. Las historias son muy parecidas entre sí, son personajes de la era gringa del hiper orgullo americano de la post guerra, tipos marginados que cuentan su historia entre vagones de tren, motocicletas y putas. Casi sin variantes y el único recurso interesante era el uso de una especie de infografías con un diseño a mitad de camino de un espectacular. Repetitivas igual que lo demás, es como leer una historia repetida unas 40 veces en un mismo libro, muy cansado.
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Author 18 books453 followers
June 13, 2017
Malgrat que me l'havien recomanat fervorosament, m'he avorrit com una mala cosa i m'ha costat horrors acabar-lo. M'he saltat algunes de les parts on directament hi havia retallables o instruccions o relats interminables i feixucs que zzz.
Per molt que sigui un reflex del costat fosc del somni americà, per molt que els relats siguin tan contudents com confusos i que el treball de clarobscurs sigui magistral, la majoria d'històries m'han semblat una castanya, palles mentals del narrador que giren tota l'estona sobre el mateix eix però no acaben de dir res.
Ja l'estic oblidant.
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1,282 reviews12 followers
March 31, 2018
What I didn't know when I started reading this is that this book is actually a collection of older and newer stories by Lane. The first third of the collection features older stuff. It's a lot more experimental and stream-of-consciousness and not really drawn too well. I love strange and experimental stuff, but I couldn't really get into this. After the older stuff, we get into a lot of newer stuff; most of which follows a character named Jackie No Name. Now while this is strange as well, there is now a coherent story as well is some very fine art.
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141 reviews
May 20, 2024
Fantastic art (in a style akin to Charles Burns) and interesting stories with a loose theme of loners and drifters. Jumps around a bit, but still some interesting characters and thought provoking stories.
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777 reviews14 followers
November 26, 2022
This was a little too all over the place and experimental for me. I enjoyed some parts but most of the book wasn’t for me.
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114 reviews
September 13, 2023
Pocas cosas me ha costado más leerme en mi vida. No entiendo como un cómic me ha podido parecer tan aburrido, es casi absurdo. Había historias que merecían la pena y atención dentro del cómic, pero para mí se veían engullidas bajo un mar de páginas de anuncios de motos y de cantantes negros idénticos que eran recortables o no sé qué.
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61 reviews2 followers
March 12, 2023
Tim Lane is probably miserable to hang out with. He reminds me of a couple friends in particular I used to have that took "being a writer" way too seriously. The type that hops a single freight train and thinks he's suddenly a part of American History. One thing those people do have in common, though, is a big imagination and an unironic fascination with stories and interesting things they can collect from culture and literature. They think this stuff really matters, and that makes for stories with an unashamed imagination that those of us who know better might not allow ourselves to get away with.

The moments where Lane tries to put himself along these old-timey characters is a bit annoying, but he always puts the imagination and fascination at the forefront, so that I forgive him almost every time. It would be easy to make fun of him, but in the end it's just so much more fun to go along for the ride. The noir-ish inky art meanders aimlessly between interrelated stories, historical interludes, scraps of notebook entries and dreams and it's really hard not to just love the degree to which Lane doesn't give a fuck about making a normal book. It's the perfect thing to keep by your bed and pick up every time you need to kill some time and let your mind wander rather than stare at your cell phone thinking something important might happen.
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