Adora and the Distance - Graphic Novel

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Marc Bernardin has written about many things in his career as a journalist. Recently, he wrote a cover story for EW about Black Panther‘s journey to becoming a cultural phenomenon and major Oscar contender (it eventually scored Marvel Studios’ first Oscars, though not the big ones). But his new comic, Adora and the Distance, tackles a topic he never thought he’d write about: His daughter’s life with autism.

“There are millions of parents of kids on the autism spectrum and there are millions of children with siblings on the spectrum,” Bernardin says in a statement. “This isn’t a book about how hard it is to be a parent or a sibling, it’s one that imagines the unknowable: What’s going on inside the mind of a loved one who has never been able to tell us?”

Adora and the Distance — which is illustrated by Ariela Kristantina, colored by Jessica Kholinne, and lettered by Bernardo Brice — focuses on the titular young girl Adora, a brave young woman who lives in a fantasy world filled with underground pirates, ghosts, and “The Distance.” As suggested by its placement in the title, The Distance is a mysterious force that is set to play a major role in Adora’s life.
Below, check out exclusive preview pages of the graphic novel, which will debut digitally on Comixology Originals this winter.