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Strangers in Paradise: Treasury Edition
by
Terry Moore
Based on the bestselling comic book and graphic novel series, this is the ultimate compendium of Strangers in Paradise, the critically acclaimed story of two ordinary women whose friendship turns to love during one violent summer.
Author Terry Moore weaves a fascinating director's cut of the entire series from its quiet beginnings to the terrifying climax, compiling the be
...morePaperback, 240 pages
Published
October 1st 2004
by William Morrow & Company
(first published 2004)
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Very nice introduction and overview to Strangers In Paradise, one of the most successful and longest running comic book series to come out of the incredibly fertile DIY self-publishing "alternative" comics movement of the late 80's and early 90's.
Now might be a good time to go to the last remaining used bookstores and buy out-of-print copies of the amazing comics from this time -- Hernandez Bros., Eightball, Lloyd Llewellen, Strangers in Paradise, New Wave Comics, Flaming C...more
Now might be a good time to go to the last remaining used bookstores and buy out-of-print copies of the amazing comics from this time -- Hernandez Bros., Eightball, Lloyd Llewellen, Strangers in Paradise, New Wave Comics, Flaming C...more
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I read this comic book series when it came out and enjoyed it, although Terry Moore's time-jumping sometimes left me confused. This treasury provided a lot of back story as to why he made the story line choices he did. It also had never-before seen artwork and stories. For any SiP fan, it was a real delight.
A behind-the-scenes look at the genesis and development of Terry Moore's comics series, including the unpublished version of the first issue. I first read about this in Moore's interview in the Comics Journal some years ago and enjoyed a look at the process. Recommended.
I doubt this book would mean much as a standalone, but it reminded me of everything I loved about Strangers in Paradise. I might need to reread the series this summer.
I read this before I'd read a single SiP comic... I guess I thought it was some giant one-volume omnibus, but it's more like the book equivalent of a clips show. It did whet my appetite for the actual series, but perhaps took some of the fun out of the actual plot of the whole thing. And it made me feel slightly daunted by the plethora of editions and different collections of this long series... public library systems, don't fail me now.
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Following the examples of independent comic creators such as Dave Sim and Jeff Smith, he decided to publish Strangers in Paradise himself through his own Houston-based "Abstract Studios" imprint, and has frequently mentioned a desire to do a syndicated cartoon strip in the authors notes at the back of the Strangers in Paradise collection books. He has also mentioned his greatest career i...more
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