THE HARD TOMORROW (Hardcover)

Un graphic novel plus actuel que jamais sur ce que demain peut nous apporter, de bon comme de mauvais. Un coup de coeur.

Hannah is a thirty-something wife, home- health worker, and antiwar activist. Her husband, Johnny, is a stay-at-home pot- head working on building them a house before the winter chill sets in. They re currently living and screw-ing in the back of a truck, hoping for a pregnancy, which seems like it will never come.

Legs in the air, for a better chance at conception, Hannah scans fertility Reddits. All the while Johnny dreams about propagating plants to ensure they have sufficient sustenance should the end times come. Which, given their fragile democracy strained under the weight of a carceral state and the risk of horrible war, doesn t seem so far off.

Helping Hannah in her fight for the future is her best friend Gabby, a queer naturalist she idolizes. And helping Johnny is Tyler, a conspiracy theorist driven sick by his own cloudy notions of reality.

Told with tenderness and care in an undefined near future,this book blazes unrestrained, as moments of human connection are doused in fear and threats. Davis' astute projections probe at current anxieties in a cautionary tale that begs the question: What will happen after tomorrow?

The Hard Tomorrow - Eleanor Davis - 9781770463738 - 25€