Name: Mooncop
Rating: 4.222222222222222 (18 reviews)
ISBN: 9788852096310

Tom Gauld

La colonia lunare è in declino, come una cittadina di provincia tagliata fuori da una nuova autostrada. La popolazione è in costante calo, ma il nostro eroe, Mooncop il poliziotto lunare, continua con le sue ronde quotidiane: una ragazzina da riportare a casa, una vecchietta in cerca del cane, l'automa di Neil Armstrong che vaga attorno al Museo della Luna. Soffuso di una languida nostalgia lunare, divertente e malinconico allo stesso tempo, disegnato con l'inconfondibile stile essenziale e poetico di Tom Gauld, Mooncop sa cogliere e illuminare sorprendenti scorci di verità nella natura umana diventando, sotto gli occhi del lettore, una storia sul passato, sul presente e sul futuro. Tutti assieme. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader. *********************** Questo eBook è ottimizzato per la fruizione su tablet; se ne sconsiglia pertanto la lettura sui dispositivi eReader.

Mooncop

The Guardian cartoonist relates the daily deadpan adventures of the last policeman living on the moon "Living on the moon . . . Whatever were we thinking? . . . It seems so silly now." 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. Each day that the Mooncop goes to work, life gets a little quieter and a little lonelier. As in Goliath, Tom Gauld's retelling of the Bible story, the focus in Gauld's science fiction is personal--no big explosions or grand reveals, just the incremental dissolution of an abandoned project and a person’s slow awakening to his own uselessness. Depicted in the distinctive, matter-of-fact style of Gauld's beloved Guardian strips, Mooncop is equal parts funny and melancholy. Gauld captures essential truths about humanity, making this a story of the past, present, and future, all in one.

chloe rae

I just read this in 15 minutes and IMMEDIATELY wanted to read it again!
Whoa, I adored this. 
I feel like I just read something really sweet and precious but also quite sad and also hilarious? I loved reading about mooncop's mundane adventures on the moon and his loneliness. There was just something so sincere about him. I also LOVED the art and simplicity of the story and just...WOW.
What a wonderful story.

Lynette Pedersen

Bergen Anders Nelson Eickhoff

An absolutely gorgeous graphic novel that strikes a perfect blend of Duncan Jones' "Moon", the videogame FTL, Arcade Fire's "The Suburbs" and Hemingway's short stories. The price of admission might be a bit high, as it can be finished in under an hour. But the careful, minimalistic details in each panel warrant multiple reads, and it is the perfect novel for any time in which you're feeling isolated, abandoned, and in need of a purpose beyond a 9 to 5 duty. The way this novel deftly addresses so many existential and emotional themes make it more than worth the cost, and I would recommend this book to just about anyone.

b.andherbooks

Spare in both color and images, we soon find out there is only one Mooncop, and everyone is leaving the Moon. Sad without being in your face and still hopeful, this was a great lunch break read. I also liked how the equipment was a bit retro, giving the story a timeless feel.

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