Gone - by Jock (Hardcover)

About the Book

A thirteen-year-old scavenges for food among the ruins of a dying city on a distant planet, trying to keep herself and her pregnant mother alive, in this transcendent graphic novel. WHen a planned heist on the fleet's flagship spaceship goes awry thanks to saboteurs ("sabs"), Abi is trapped on board. Speeding away from her mother and her planet, she hides within the immense ship's innards for months that stretch into years. Hunted by security forces, the sabs and the captain, she must evade a virus-like Entity gradually corroding the ship and zombifying passengers.--From publisher.

Book Synopsis

2024 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE

NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL DEBUT from DSTRLY by JOCK - writing and drawing a creator-owned project for the FIRST TIME!

On an impoverished and distant planet, where menial workers scratch out a living resupplying starships, the best place to be is GONE...and that's exactly where 13-year-old ABI wants to be. Along with her street-tough friends, Abi stows away on a colossal luxury space-liner for a chance at a better life. Unbeknownst to her, some of her "friends'' are not who they seem. Abi suddenly finds herself branded a saboteur as she desperately struggles to evade the ship's deadly crew and to stay alive!

Beautifully written and drawn by JOCK - Eisner Award winning artist of SNOW ANGELS & BATMAN: ONE DARK KNIGHT - GONE is in an action-packed sci-fi adventure where a young heroine confronts betrayal, discovers her true allies, and fights against all odds discovering that nothing is farther away than...home.

Review Quotes

"As epic as it is intimate, Jock has created something very special with Gone." - Lett Garbett, Loki, Captain Marvel

"Gone is simply incredible. Jock has always made work that's immediately compelling, but his first creator-owned work has elevated a craft that I didn't think could go any higher." - Becky Cloonan, Somna, Batman