The Lonesome Go #[nn]

Tim Lane's The Lonesome Go draws you straight into a moody, lived-in diner scene where a handful of solitary figures — a slick-haired man nursing a drink by a jukebox, a bald man hunched over the counter, a younger man cradling a coffee cup — share a "cash only" space without quite sharing a moment. Lane's precise linework and cool, teal-tinged palette capture the particular loneliness of people in proximity, the kind of americana that feels both timeless and unmistakably 2014 Fantagraphics. If you're drawn to comics that treat quiet, everyday alienation as worthy of serious artistic attention, this one belongs on your shelf.