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Tim Lane continues his exploration of the Great American Mythological Drama that began with his first book, the critically acclaimed Abandoned Cars. This collection of stories is broadly linked together by the experience of wandering – both literally and figuratively. With compelling verisimilitude, the lives of his characters are depicted by way of rich mixtures of obscure myths and documented facts, dreams and reality, belief and disbelief, throughout a haunted landscape populated by the ghosts of a complex and rich fictional tapestry. You'll witness a young man's dubious quest to discover the myth of the protagonist from an obscure vintage comic strip; encounter sociopathic hobos in boxcars and misled young men whose facial pores sprout worms and who throw up babies into gas station toilets; visit modern ""Hoovervilles""; and experience the life and death of an undocumented immigrant bookstore doorman, former boxer, and expert hustler.

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Disfigured hobos lurch from panel to panel into fresh horrors. The vintage hairstyles of the '40s, nude bodies, a prescription-pill driven freak-out climaxing in much vomit: whatever he draws, Lane's heavily shadowed style is always a marvel. The nighttime scenes -- which are most of them -- rise from seas of black ink. Like a Tom Waits or a Nick Cave song in graphic form, the book is mournful fun.--Bryon Kerman Lane's writing -- as the collection's two extended prose stories attest -- is capable of soaring on its own, but the dark, intense beauty of his drawing elevates his work to a higher plane. ... Although containing Whitman-esque multitudes, Lane proves an American original.--Cliff Froehlich Lane's stories are admittedly dark, but also keenly aware that there is something inherently nostalgic about traveling America, alone or with complete strangers. The result is a book that is, like a road trip, as freeing as it can be unsettling.--Seth Peggler

One of the most original cartoonists working today, Tim Lane makes comics that, while drawing from a similar stylistic well as Charles Burns, John Hankiewicz, and the Beats, are thoroughly his own . In a comics scene rife with copycats and half-baked effort, this book successfully carves its own space, on its own terms. There's never been another one like it. --John Porcellino

At times harsh, but always humane, The Lonesome Go hits you like a smack in the face. It s a graphic novel in the truest sense, meant to be read as much as viewed. It s a rich, substantial work by an artist and writer who is using the medium of comics to its fullest potential. --Harris Smith Lane manipulates the form masterfully at every turn, and consuming the rhythmic, open-ended copy and scarcity of conclusion in The Lonesome Go often left me feeling dizzy. But it s probably nothing that a long road trip wouldn t fix. --Dominic Umile The Lonesome Go takes its title from an old folksong about traveling by freight train. That theme of wandering and restlessness plays out over the stories in many different ways whether Lane is telling stories about contemporary homeless encampments, or haunting, surreal stories that take place in strange corners across America. --Alex Dueben One of the most original cartoonists working today, Tim Lane makes comics that, while drawing from a similar stylistic well as Charles Burns, John Hankiewicz, and the Beats, are thoroughly his own . In a comics scene rife with copycats and half-baked effort, this book successfully carves its own space, on its own terms. There's never been another one like it. --John Porcellino Lane s writing as the collection s two extended prose stories attest is capable of soaring on its own, but the dark, intense beauty of his drawing elevates his work to a higher plane. Although containing Whitman-esque multitudes, Lane proves an American original.--Cliff Froehlich Lane s stories are admittedly dark, but also keenly aware that there is something inherently nostalgic about traveling America, alone or with complete strangers. The result is a book that is, like a road trip, as freeing as it can be unsettling.--Seth Peggler Lane's writing -- as the collection's two extended prose stories attest -- is capable of soaring on its own, but the dark, intense beauty of his drawing elevates his work to a higher plane. ... Although containing Whitman-esque multitudes, Lane proves an American original.--Cliff Froehlich Disfigured hobos lurch from panel to panel into fresh horrors. The vintage hairstyles of the '40s, nude bodies, a prescription-pill driven freak-out climaxing in much vomit: whatever he draws, Lane's heavily shadowed style is always a marvel. The nighttime scenes -- which are most of them -- rise from seas of black ink. Like a Tom Waits or a Nick Cave song in graphic form, the book is mournful fun.--Bryon Kerman Lane's stories are admittedly dark, but also keenly aware that there is something inherently nostalgic about traveling America, alone or with complete strangers. The result is a book that is, like a road trip, as freeing as it can be unsettling.--Seth Peggler The Lonesome Go takes its title from an old folksong about traveling by freight train. That theme of wandering and restlessness plays out over the stories in many different ways whether Lane is telling stories about contemporary homeless encampments, or haunting, surreal stories that take place in strange corners across America. --Alex Dueben

Lane's stories are admittedly dark, but also keenly aware that there is something inherently nostalgic about traveling America, alone or with complete strangers. The result is a book that is, like a road trip, as freeing as it can be unsettling.--Seth Peggler Lane's writing -- as the collection's two extended prose stories attest -- is capable of soaring on its own, but the dark, intense beauty of his drawing elevates his work to a higher plane. ... Although containing Whitman-esque multitudes, Lane proves an American original.--Cliff Froehlich Disfigured hobos lurch from panel to panel into fresh horrors. The vintage hairstyles of the '40s, nude bodies, a prescription-pill driven freak-out climaxing in much vomit: whatever he draws, Lane's heavily shadowed style is always a marvel. The nighttime scenes -- which are most of them -- rise from seas of black ink. Like a Tom Waits or a Nick Cave song in graphic form, the book is mournful fun.--Bryon Kerman

At times harsh, but always humane, The Lonesome Go hits you like a smack in the face. It s a graphic novel in the truest sense, meant to be read as much as viewed. It s a rich, substantial work by an artist and writer who is using the medium of comics to its fullest potential. --Harris Smith

Lane s writing as the collection s two extended prose stories attest is capable of soaring on its own, but the dark, intense beauty of his drawing elevates his work to a higher plane. Although containing Whitman-esque multitudes, Lane proves an American original. --Cliff Froehlich

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Tim Lane lives in St. Louis, MO, with his wife and daughter.

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