{"product_id":"mooncop-9781770462540","title":"Mooncop","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"At once hilarious and achingly melancholy, [\u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e] 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.\"--\u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Living on the moon . . . Whatever were we thinking? . . . It seems so silly now.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist \u003c\/i\u003estrips, as well as his previous graphic novel, \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMooncop\u003c\/i\u003e is told with Tom Gauld's distinctive, matter-of-fact storytelling and dry humor \u003cb\u003e-- \u003c\/b\u003ean approach that has earned him fans around the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTom Gauld\u003c\/b\u003e is a cartoonist and illustrator. He has weekly comic strips in \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew Scientist\u003c\/i\u003e and his comics have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to his graphic novels \u003ci\u003eGoliath\u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eYou're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack\u003c\/i\u003e, he has designed a number of book covers. Gauld lives and works in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Drawn \u0026 Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516342014226,"sku":"9781770462540","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bea249a8-9304-4359-8650-9ed487c5ca37.jpg?v=1731023697","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/mooncop-9781770462540","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}