The A.R.C.: A Virus That Kills When You Lie -- A Satirical Sci-Fi Graphic Novel

A satirical sci-fi graphic novel about a virus that kills when you lie -- in a world built on lies.

The A.R.C. is some of the best satire you will find. It's smart, funny and ruthless. No prisoners are taken. It's also physically stunning. I am angry that I was not invited to participate in the making of this book, but it's clear that the artists knew exactly what there doing. This work appears now when we need it, in the tradition of MAD, National Lampoon and Ramparts, it is humor for thinking people. And for folks like me, too.
- Percival Everett - Pulitzer Prize Winning Author

A lethal new virus is wreaking havoc across the globe, but this time hand sanitizer isn't going to fix it.

It begins at the Concordia Center in the Amazon, where global elites have gathered for the Global Reinvestment For Tomorrow Conference (GRFT), promising to solve climate change once and for all.

Very little problem-solving occurs before the GRFTers are infected with Amazonian Recombinant Cytoneuropathy -- the A.R.C. virus.

The virus is wildly contagious, undetectable in its dormant phase, and 100% lethal. The kicker? It's activated by lying. The GRFTers board their private jets and spread it worldwide. Chaos ensues.

The story plays out on a "sustainable" cruise ship called The Veritas, where an unlikely crew -- a single mom and her teenage daughter, a born-again preacher, a grizzled Norwegian ship captain -- must learn to survive in a world where every word could be your last. As they stumble, confess, and reach for something like honesty, the A.R.C. asks: is truth a destination or a direction?

Perfect for fans of: Don't Look Up, Contagion, The Liar Game, Y: The Last Man, and Black Mirror.

Tim Disney is an artist and entrepreneur with extensive experience in the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Fine Arts. He lives on a hill in Los Angeles with a cat, a tortoise, and a teenage human.

JC Lacek is a comic writer and playwright whose professional works include the critically acclaimed Scout Comics' Jazz Legend, as well as The Polish Ambassador to Space, Abomination on Bolt Mountain, Andy Griffith Must Die, FRACK!!, and A West Virginia Story. The A.R.C. marks JC's and Vincent Dubourg's third graphic novel collaboration.