ALICE AND THE MOONS
ABOUT
The idea for this story had been floating around my head for years. Since around 1999. I had Y2K scares, Prince’s first comeback, and Alice all occupying space in my brain at the same time.
Basically, it’s the story of a little girl who goes to the moon to collect the most amazing cheese ever in an effort to get her parents to stop fighting. Along the way, she confides in her best friend, meets some rats, connects with her brother, saves their town, and maybe even helps her folks’ marriage.
Later, I came to see this story as more about relationships and what our responsibility to those relationships is – and what happens when we abandon that responsibility.
When I decided to use the Alice premise for my graphic novel, I began researching NASA and the moon, both historically and in fiction. Quickly, it all came together as pieces to a puzzle I didn’t realize I was trying to solve fell into place.
SYNOPSIS
America’s famed Apollo Space Program ended abruptly. In 1972, two astronauts (a pilot and a scientist) walked the surface of the moon for the last time. While there, they conducted amazing experiments and much to their surprise, discovered something wondrously delicious. Before returning to earth, they said, “...we leave as we came and, God willing, as we shall return, with peace and hope for all mankind.” But they never did return, and, in fact, left something very important behind.
Fifteen years later, ten-year-old Alice Moon and her older brother Greg struggle to find a little peace and hope for their family. Their parents, Beth and Jim Moon, cannot get along, something sneaky’s happening in the garage, and there’s never any damn cheese in the house. Alice’s best friend Lucy Reeves says, “All parents are aliens,” and who knows...she just may be right. Or maybe the answers lie back on Earth’s moon, where three forgotten travelers – Harry, Gene, and Ron, have been waiting.
Take a thrilling journey to the moon and back with Alice and the Moons.