About the Book
Lost is the 2nd book in the silent graphic novel series 'Light' by Rob Cham. When the two best friends, Backpacker and Tear from the first graphic novel Light, fall through a magical portal. They find themselves LOST and far from home in a strange dimension. Once again they find themselves on a dramatic adventure through a land of strange creatures and magical wonders. Eventually Backpacker and Tear must split apart so when they reunite they are able to find their way home together. LOST won the National Children's Book Award in it's home country of the Philippines, following its predecessor National Book Award in the Philippines and it's ALA nomination. It is Rob Cham's second graphic novel.
About the Author :
Rob Cham is an illustrator, comic book creator, artist, and friend. He received the National Book Award for his first graphic novel Light and the National Children's Book Award for the follow-up, Lost. He is part of the core team of Unnamed, a South East Asian Comics Collective, Former web designer, teacher, art director, and editor for Abangan: The Best in Philippine Komiks. Rob has done work for various clients including: Young Star, Scout, Philstar Supreme, Rogue Magazine, Grid Magazine, Adobo Magazine, Smile Magazine, Esquire Philippines, Rappler, CNN Philippines Life, The Philippine Daily Inquirer, The Manila Bulletin, Hong Kong Tatler, Adarna House, Anino Comics, Visprint Publishing, ABS-CBN Publishing, Pepper.ph, National Bookstore, Fully Booked, Comic Odyssey, Komikon, Uniqlo, Doc Martens, Oishi, TBWA/SMP, Dentsu Jayme Syfu, DDB Philippines, Artillerie, Indie Pop Films, BuwanBuwan Collective, Attraction! Reaction!, Meiday, Deus Sex Machina, Muni PH, Belle and Dragon, Center for Culinary Arts, A-HA! Learning Center, and many more.
Review :
The author uses corrupted images as inspiration, getting trippy but also conveying that this is not where they are supposed to be. To one person, it might be something to poke at, and to another it might something you want to run away from. The beauty of the way Rob tells this entire comic is that it is told from two perspectives; his white, boxy character (who at this point I shall call Box), and the dark, tear dropped shaped one (henceforth Tear). The comic is still silent, and both of them are still nameless. However, once they are split by a portal they fall into, the whole comic unravels into two contained spaces where things change into something isolated and lonely. - Raging Tomato, What A Geek
