Mooncop

Mooncop

<p><b>"At once hilarious and achingly melancholy, [<i>Mooncop</i>] reads like a requiem for the future we were promised decades ago that never arrived. A quietly essential read for anyone who grew up reading sci-fi."―<i>Wired</i></b></p><p>"Living on the moon . . . Whatever were we thinking? . . . It seems so silly now." </p><p>The lunar colony is slowly winding down, like a small town circumvented by a new super highway. As our hero, the Mooncop, makes his daily rounds, his beat grows ever smaller, the population dwindles. A young girl runs away, a dog breaks off his leash, an automaton wanders off from the Museum of the Moon.</p><p><i>Mooncop</i> is equal parts funny and melancholy. capturing essential truths about humanity and making this a story of the past, present, and future, all in one. Like his <i>Guardian</i> and <i>New Scientist </i>strips, as well as his previous graphic novel, <i>Goliath</i>, <i>Mooncop</i> is told with Tom Gauld's distinctive, matter-of-fact storytelling and dry humor <b>― </b>an approach that has earned him fans around the world.</p>