Abandoned Cars

Tim Lane’s Abandoned Cars (2008–present, Fantagraphics) is a single-issue, self-contained graphic novella that captures the restless, melancholic spirit of the American road. Lane’s finely detailed, moody black-and-white artwork follows a drifter through a landscape of diners, motels, and empty highways, evoking the classic literary and cinematic tradition of the loner’s journey. Though only one issue deep, it stands as a quiet, resonant artifact of Fantagraphics’ commitment to personal, literary cartooning.