2000 AD #2317

From the desolate flats of some far-future landscape, a young woman — Cyd, bag slung over her shoulder bearing a smiley-face emblem — stretches out a hitchhiker's thumb toward a vast, glowing chunk of floating cityscape drifting overhead. Mark Harrison's cover for this 2023 issue of 2000 AD captures that irresistible sci-fi wanderlust perfectly, pairing an intimate human gesture with an enormous, otherworldly destination. The cover tagline "Cyd Hitches a Ride to the Out" sets the stage for a story with Rob Williams, Arthur Wyatt, Paul Marshall, Dylan Teague, and Annie Parkhouse all on board.