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Lost Dogs
by
Jeff Lemire
Long out of print, Jeff Lemire's Xeric-Award-winning LOST DOGS now returns in a newly remastered edition, soaked with blood and ink. This 104-page mythic yarn follows a family man who's larger than life... but even he may not be powerful enough to prevent the loss of everything he's ever known.
Bold, brutal, and emotionally raw, LOST DOGS represents an acclaimed storyteller...more
Bold, brutal, and emotionally raw, LOST DOGS represents an acclaimed storyteller...more
104 pages
Published
April 2012
by Top Shelf Productions
(first published 2005)
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Inspired by Scott McCloud’s 24-Hour Comic Challenge from his book “Understanding Comics”, Jeff Lemire set out to draw a 24-page comic in a day but gave up after 12 hours. The result was the first 12 pages of “Lost Dogs” which nonetheless provided Lemire with inspiration to continue drawing/writing what would become his first book.
This is the story of an 8-feet tall farmer who takes his family into the city to enjoy a day of entertainment only to wander into the wrong neighbourhood at the wrong...more
This is the story of an 8-feet tall farmer who takes his family into the city to enjoy a day of entertainment only to wander into the wrong neighbourhood at the wrong...more
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Well, this is raw, rough, flawed work, but it has a kick to it. Enormous, not very bright guy with wife and kid leaves the farm to visit the city, ends up in the bad part of town inadvertently, which leads to the murder of his daughter, rape of his wife, his own beating and rather implausibly plotted involvement with a bare-knuckle fight on which a big wager is placed oh his behalf. And then things get worse. It's straightforward, linear, simple, possibly simplistic, and Lemire's graphic style i...more
'Lost Dogs' is very much the work of an aspiring comic artist, at the time. Lemire has come a long way, but this book shows the potential that Lemire lived up to. The Herculean quest of one giant man to find his family after they are brutally assaulted by a group of thugs on a peer is mythic and crude all in the same light. The art is as barbaric as the story's nature, it certainly aids in effect. Chock it up to inexperience or just pure artistic expression, but it fucking works in this book. In...more
Reason for Reading: I had not yet read anything by Canadian artist Jeff Lemire and have wanted to for ages. This being his first book, and knowing it was a dark story prompted me to finally give him a go.
For a first time reader of Lemire I was fascinated with this short novel. An incredibly dark story with a redemptive ending; the type of book I always find deeply satisfying. This is Lemire's first book and it shows. I was struck rather harshly for the first few pages at how raw the drawing was...more
For a first time reader of Lemire I was fascinated with this short novel. An incredibly dark story with a redemptive ending; the type of book I always find deeply satisfying. This is Lemire's first book and it shows. I was struck rather harshly for the first few pages at how raw the drawing was...more
Me estoy convirtiendo en fan de Jeff Lemire, creo que la mejor manera de empezar con este autor es Essex County, ¿porqué? Pues porqué las historias de Essex están llenas de detalles, guiños, coqueterías y todas esas cosas que embellecen una buena novela gráfica. En cambio Lost Dogs se siente cruda y muy directa hasta ciertos puntos. Pero no es mala si no todo lo contraria.
Jeff Lemire estudio cine y después de estudiar cine dijo "quiero hacer novelas gráficas", y esta al ser su primera novela grá...more
Jeff Lemire estudio cine y después de estudiar cine dijo "quiero hacer novelas gráficas", y esta al ser su primera novela grá...more
In LOST DOGS a tall, eight-foot man with a loving wife and daughter has everything taken away from him. Walking through a strange town he ends up in the wrong part. Even though he’s big and strong, he can’t take on a gang of men.
He’s beaten and left for dead in the water, and his wife and daughter are also assaulted. After he’s rescued a stranger presents him with a choice. If the tall man fights the toughest boxer in town the stranger will tell him where his wife is, but he doesn’t want to fig...more
He’s beaten and left for dead in the water, and his wife and daughter are also assaulted. After he’s rescued a stranger presents him with a choice. If the tall man fights the toughest boxer in town the stranger will tell him where his wife is, but he doesn’t want to fig...more
I read Lost Dogs as a way to help me frame out Underwater Welder, and I have to say that I get the feeling that Lemire is really fascinated by the concept of loss. In Lost Dogs, A giant of a man loses his wife and daughter by being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Barely surviving the brutal attack, he is fished out of the water by some fishermen, and is press-ganged into bare knuckle fighting to gain closure. This is not one of those action packed adventures where he steels his resolve an...more
Ok, wow, after reading this i totally understand the Sweettooth series by him better. The unrelenting sadness and sense of injustice obviously started long before Sweettooth (a good series in its own right). Lost Dogs really has nothing new in it - its an age old story of innocence, tragedy, loss, and finally... even more heartbreak. This is not a "pick me up" read. The art style is definitely one of the things that make this work go beyond a simple retelling or an iconic tale. The dialogue of t...more
Lost Dogs is a stark graphic short story. Jeff's art using just black white and bits of red portray a story where bad things happen to a good man. It's stark in it's portrayal of the casualness with which men do horrible things given the opportunity. His protagonist is very easy to like and to feel for and hope for things not to be as bad as they seem. The story is sentimental without taking any easy outs. I enjoyed the uniqueness and raw ness of the art and the reality of the last century setti...more
I think I broke my brain. I have a huge pile of amazing books just waiting for me to dive in and all I can read is graphic novels. That being said, if you are going to read OGNs (Original Graphic Novels) you could do far, far worse than choosing a work by Jeff Lemire. Lemire is one of Canada's best. His seminal work "Essex Count" was named one of the five essential Canadian novels of the decade, and he is revolutionizing the modern super hero epic. That being said the reissue of "Lost Dogs" is a...more
This book is pretty much a curio. It was Jeff Lemire's first published comic and it shows; it's rough and ready and lacks the finesse of his more recent works. Lemire has written an introduction for this new edition that puts the book firmly into context and gives some interesting background details into his creative process for Lost Dogs and how he got it published. I think having this context makes the actual comic more enjoyable but it's still not a masterpiece by any stretch of the imaginati...more
Lost Dogs is a sympathetic story about a tall man visiting the city with his family and who is attacked and left for dead. He has to fight for a man in order to get informations about his family's whereabout. This is a quick, short story presented in a really raw style. Strong dark strokes with just a bit of red in an otherwise black and white graphic novel. I liked the introduction by Jeff Lemire himself, remembering the circumstances of the creation of this (his first) graphic novel. It is a s...more
Dec 09, 2012
Eman
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommends it for:
anyone
Shelves:
graphic-novels
This is the second book by Jeff Lemire that I read after reading The Underwater Welder. The Underwater Welder was exceptionally good so I wanted to try Lemire's first ever OGN.
Lost Dogs is a short story telling about a father's loss. The story's pretty short that I don't even want to tell the synopsis for the fear of spoiling the whole story.
But in all honesty, I love the story. The artwork may look too crude, but it lends itself to the story, fitting the black, white and red theme of the book....more
Lost Dogs is a short story telling about a father's loss. The story's pretty short that I don't even want to tell the synopsis for the fear of spoiling the whole story.
But in all honesty, I love the story. The artwork may look too crude, but it lends itself to the story, fitting the black, white and red theme of the book....more
The story and storytelling here are not entirely fantastic; it's definitely clear that Lemire was just starting out (indeed, this was his first published graphic novel). The artwork, though, is kind of amazing. It's much rougher than his later work, but there's this incredible *life* to it -- it feels like it's going to spill off the page in all its tangled, chaotic glory. It literally looks as though it was painted directly onto the page with a brush or perhaps his fingers, with very little in...more
You know how Schindler's List is an incredible movie in terms of acting , directing , writing but its a movie that can't be watched again because of the subject matter and tragic story. Jeff Lemire is outstanding in his story telling ( if you like Walking Dead , go check out Sweet Tooth) and Lost Dogs is an incredible experience BUT its a heart breaking tragedy. I would give this book 4/5 , Im penalizing it caz it left me on a downer. Its definitely a must read/own if you like Jeff Lemire like I...more
Nabbed this off the recommended reading shelf from Speeding Bullet in Norman and quickly fell in love with it. It was the story where Jeff Lemire found his voice and it started out as a 24 hour comic that expanded into something much more significant. The art is rough and rushed, but the heart is very sound. Its a terrific example of why illustrated storytelling should be taken seriously as an art form.
This is one of Jeff Lemire's earliest works, and it's a rather moving tale about a man who has everything taken away from him. The artwork is raw, and mostly black and white, but it's got a beautiful touch to it. It's really what makes the book what it is. I'm glad Lemire has kept pencilling as his writing career has grown at DC Comics. He has a cartoonish style that's perfect for the comics medium.
The art is rough, but for me, the story more than makes up for it. Using black, white, and red was a perfect choice by Lemire as red represents and reminds us of so many things. It works perfectly with this particular tale. The book is sad and violent and maybe a little clumsy at times, but it's also beautiful in its own way and worth a read.
This book was a disappointment for me after much high regard. Fellow Canuck takes you into the life of a man who loses everything he loves and has to fight to get it back. Mediocre drawings, dark and somewhat amateur, distract from a story that seems to short on detail and character development. Leave this dog lost.
This is the beginning of Lemire's genius. Every book i've read by him hooks you in emotionally. Lost Dogs is no exception. His art style and his words stir the raw emotions that make your chest tight. The rough art and well placed dialogue really drive home the feeling of desperation and loss.
I'm so glad that Jeff didn't bury this away. Yes, his art has changed, but his heart, his voice, his style exists so profoundly in Lost Dogs. Simple yet complex story. Exquisite frames (the ship at night, the sailor plunging into the sea) pace the novel skillfully. Stands alone even if you've never experienced Jeff Lemire.
Earlier work for him that he apologizes for in an intro, but this is powerful, brutal, shocking, humane in the way you care about his down and out characters. Violent tale told in red, black and white. Moving, in its way, certainly a hard scrabble, sad tale about family, love, loss...
Super raw and straightforward compared to his other stuff, this still hit me right in the gut in a way he'd perfect in Sweet Tooth. The art is definitely much less refined than it would become, but it fits the simple story well. Definitely worth it for any fan of Lemire.
Jeff Lemire tells amazing stories. This is one of them. It's sad and brutal, and is at once hauntingly familiar and entirely new. His art, while raw (pencils and water colors?) in this early work is as essential as the script, and a character unto itself. He's good.
I read Underwater Welder right after reading this one, and the ending to Lost Dogs should clue me in to the real ending of Welder. But I'm going to hold onto my idealistic notions. Lost Dogs is short but it really packs a punch.
Brutal and relentlessly hard-hitting, Lemire's first published work shows the elements of his art and storytelling talents that are further developed in later works such as Essex County, Sweet Tooth and more.
This was good, but you can definitely feel Lemire getting a feel for his art, but there are still some amazing pages. I might have given this four stars if I didn't think he told the same story better in Sweet Tooth.
Jeff LeMire's debut graphic novella is rough, raw, and compelling. While his more recent work is essential for anyone who loves good stories, this one does not disappoint for anyone who loves the medium.
Sep 03, 2012
Robin
rated it
2 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
comics-and-graphic-novels,
read-in-2012
Stark, rough art and a bleak plot. I think it would have benefited from going wordless, but that may be because this is one of Lemire's early works; his dialogue has improved since then.
amazing, just amazing. it may be raw and Jeff Lemire"s earliest work but it is still amazing. what a well done graphic novel. deffintly now on my top ten favorite graphic novels list
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Jeff Lemire is an award-winning Canadian cartoonist, and the author of the Essex County Trilogy, Sweet Tooth and The Nobody. Lemire is known for a his moody, humanistic stories and sketchy, cinematic, black-and-white art.
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