The strength of Poyiadgi’s comic […] lies in its scale, and subdued humor and charm, making it’s ideological catechism a more engaging prospect.
— The AV Club
A restrained style reminiscent of Chris Ware’s, Poyiadgi illustrates the episode with small panels featuring slightly distant figures in pale, neatly drawn settings. The general premise is an old favorite, though here it gets an inflection that may appeal best to audiences familiar with the accretion of loss.
— Kirkus Reviews
The 24-page comic format works very well as an introduction to an artist's work – in Poyiadgi's case, Lost Property suggests that he is certainly someone to look out for.
— Creative Review
A joyous reflection on taking ownership of the past and grasping the potential of the future, Lost Property marks the moment that one of comics’ best kept secrets was propelled to the next level of, hopefully international, recognition…
— Broken Frontier
Poyiadgi has put the machinery in place to explore how memory brings us back to who we were, who we are and the decisions made between those two points in our own narratives.
— Comics Bulletin
Through his art and storytelling choices, Poyiadgi crafts both a melancholy and beautiful tale that is nothing less than inspirational. What is lost can never be truly recovered, and why should it when you can build something new out of its very fabric?
— The Comic Age
a slightly surreal and charming tale of the loss and retrieval of dreams and ideals. […] Poyiadgi’s drawings are clean and clear, with a subtle palette. His layouts direct your focus from detail to panorama and back again. It’s visually intriguing and a bit of an homage to the beauty of the everyday objects of our lives, and how their presence – or absence – shape us.
— Joy Corcoran
Poyiadigi’s illustrations harken back to an era lost in the past, where gentle colors and soft pastels create the world around us. […] This short books hides a brilliant story and a great introduction to Poyidagi’s work.
—Andrew Shuping, Musing Librarian Reviews
A nice little story about losing everything and being who you want to be. […] If you're looking for a short, cute story, I would highly recommend checking this out.
— Belle's Beautiful Books
2015-04-15
In this short graphic tale a mail carrier's past comes back not to haunt but to inspire him. Gerald's regular, settled life takes a turn for the strange when he receives a call about a misplaced letter opener from the "lost property office." The office turns out to be a storefront on a quiet street—and upon entering it, Gerald not only meets Agatha, a woman with whom he had gone to school years before, but discovers in its large basement every item that he has ever lost or left behind in his life, all dropped off by parties unknown and tidily laid out. Stunned, he becomes such a frequent visitor that he's given a key. One day Agatha comes down and discovers that he has made good on an early ambition to be an artist by assembling old tools and other bric-a-brac into a tall, balletic figure. He makes more, and despite his doubts, people line up to see them. "I realised," concludes his former schoolmate, who serves as narrator, "he had lost one final thing. It was that worried look on his face." In a restrained style reminiscent of Chris Ware's, Poyiadgi illustrates the episode with small panels featuring slightly distant figures in pale, neatly drawn settings. The general premise is an old favorite, though here it gets an inflection that may appeal best to audiences familiar with the accretion of loss. (Graphic short story. 14 & up)
