In Utero out January 23, 2024.
IN UTERO by Chris Gooch
Akira meets Aliens, and Annihilation meets Evangelion, in this coming-of-age monster tale from award-winning graphic novelist Chris Gooch.
Twelve years after a disastrous explosion, young Hailey is dropped off by her mum at a holiday camp in a dilapidated shopping mall. Alienated from the other kids, she connects with an eerie older teen named Jen… but soon dark horrors awaken, and the two new friends are caught up in a cataclysmic battle between two terrifying creatures who have been lying dormant all this time.
One of Australia’s most acclaimed young graphic novelists, Chris Gooch expertly crafts a taut and intimate thriller about mothers and daughters, the monstrous and the mundane, and the power of friendship in the midst of catastrophe. -- a 248-page limited-color softcover graphic novel with 3” French flaps (6.5" x 10")
“In Utero is everything I love about comics. Gripping, heartfelt storytelling and wonderful characters set in a haunting sci-fi world. Chris Gooch might be my new favorite cartoonist!”
— Jeff Lemire, author of Sweet Tooth and Descender.
“Elevated by Gooch's spare, evocative artwork, Under-Earth is an expertly crafted, at times meditative, thriller that will have you on tenterhooks as you follow the protagonists' attempts to survive a brutal dystopian system with their humanity somehow intact.”
— Sonny Liew, author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye.
More Comics…
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UNDER-EARTH
576 pages. Published January 2021 by Top Shelf.
The inmates of an extensive underground prison struggle to build meaningful lives in a broken system, in the most ambitious graphic novel to date from rising indie star Chris Gooch (Bottled and Deep Breaths).
Published in French by Huber Editions.
Winner of the Aurealis Award for Best Graphic Novel. Winner of a Silver Ledger/Comic Arts Award of Australia. One of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for Adults. Shortlisted for Angoulême 2023 Official Selection.
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DEEP BREATHS
208 pages. Published October 2019 by Top Shelf.
A space bounty hunter tracks down a frog princess, a woman finds a condom where it shouldn't be, and a spoiled art student works his first freelance job. Deep Breaths is a collection of short comics about tension, violence, monsters, and moments… including the award-winning story “Mooreland Mates” and nine other tales, rarely or never before seen.
Winner of a Silver Ledger/Comic Arts Award of Australia. Winner of the Lord Mayor’s Creative Writing Award (Graphic Short Story) 2017.
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BOTTLED
288 pages. Published November 2017 by Top Shelf.
Jane is sick of her dead-end life in the suburbs and desperate for a change. Her old schoolmate Natalie made it out, working in Japan as a fashion model. Now, as Natalie comes back to town on business, Jane sees a way for her friend to do her a favor… whether she likes it or not. Young Australian cartoonist Chris Gooch debuts with a haunting portrait of millennial alienation, tinged with body horror and Greek tragedy, glamour and terror.
Published in French by Huber Editions.
Winner of a Silver Ledger/Comic Arts Award of Australia.
About Chris
Chris Gooch is a cartoonist based out of Melbourne, Australia. His first graphic novel, Bottled, was published by Top Shelf in 2017, followed by a short story collection, Deep Breaths (2019) and second graphic novel Under-Earth (2020). All three books received a Ledger award for excellence in Australian comics, while Under-Earth additionally received the Aurealis Award for Best Graphic Novel and was named one of the American Library Association's Best Graphic Novels for Adults. Both Bottled and Under-Earth have been published in French by Huber Editions. Chris Gooch’s new graphic novel, In Utero, will be published on January 23rd, 2024.
