**Deluxe hardcover edition of the Hugo and Eisner Award winning graphic
novel! Exclusive extras include a chapter of Okorafor's script, a new
cover and never-before-seen art from Ford, a behind-the-scenes look at
the creation process, extensive process art section, and more!
**
On a planet Earth bursting with integrated extraterrestrial life,
pregnant doctor Future Nwafor Chukwuebuka is fleeing Nigeria under
mysterious conditions. Her fiancé doesn't know she's left, and she's
smuggling an illegal, sentient plant into NYC. There, she'll be thrown
into a vibrant immigrant community of humans and aliens, fighting for
social justice and facing her past and her unexpected future.
But to come to America, you must come through LaGuardia Interstellar and
International Airport... and it's still under construction.
"Science fiction, fantasy, YA, short stories, novels... and now comics.
Nnedi Okorafor does it all. LaGuardia is a powerful, entertaining
story about an important issue, beautifully drawn, with fun aliens. Read
it!"
-George R.R. Martin
"Prescient and profoundly inventive, LaGuardia is a tale of hard-won
hope in a world that is both familiar and freshly reimagined. Okorafor
and Ford bring unique characters together to tell a story about what it
takes to live by your principles, and to create a different - and
better - world with the family you choose."
- G. Willow Wilson
Nnedi Okorafor expands the comics medium with her innumerable talents,
stirring vital conversations about race and immigration. LaGuardia
explores how the macro scale of interplanetary exchange and the micro
scale of plant consciousness can unlock the solutions to global
politics, cultural clash, and refugee crisis. Tana Ford's ink line
imbues all species with warmth, empathy, and playful sci-fi detail."
-Craig Thompson
"Okorafor at her best; both timely and weird. LaGuardia jabs pointed
fingers at here-and-now paranoia centered around borders and race, while
having wild fun creating some of the best extra-terrestrials ever." -
Nalo Hopkinson (Sandman: House of Whispers, Sister Mine)
"LaGuardia is unique, playful, heartbreaking, empowering and full of
hope for the future. The wisdom Okorafor imparts in each panel pushes
back against the darkest urges of our human nature and creates a space
that lets us all live." - John Jennings
Instead of tossing around volatile political issues like a knee-jerk
twitter debate, LaGuardia imagines them through the lives of authentic
and engaging characters, placing them into a surreal, but shrewd,
reflection of our current reality. Ford's art deftly balances the unique
mix of intense personal drama and cool alien worldbuilding" - Sean
Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, Batman: White Knight)
"The best of Okorafor's prose-- personal, political and deeply
relatable."
--Newsarama
"With Laguardia, Nnedi Okorafor continues her work of bringing a
unique, insightful Black African science fiction aesthetic to
audiences." - Black Nerd Problems
