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Echo: Moon Lake (Echo #1)
by
Terry Moore
Julie Martin is in the wrong place at the wrong time when she finds herself under a strange explosion in the desert sky. The resulting fallout covers her in a mysterious silver metal that brings her more trouble than she can ever imagine, and a friend to die for. Collects issues #1-#5. Bonus pages include development sketches and design notes.
Paperback, First Edition, 112 pages
Published
September 15th 2008
by Abstract Studio
(first published 2008)
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May 07, 2013
David
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
photographers, park rangers, and test pilots having a really bad day
I was a fan of Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise, though that series went on way too long and began recycling storylines every volume. He writes real, human, messed-up but endearing characters, and then puts them in extreme situations. His stories are like taking the characters from one of the more intelligent rom-coms and suddenly sticking them in a gangster or sci-fi movie.
Also, his black and white art has a lush, hubba-hubba quality to it that's almost cheesecake (he likes decidedly "well-r...more
Also, his black and white art has a lush, hubba-hubba quality to it that's almost cheesecake (he likes decidedly "well-r...more
Plot-driven.
Government experimentation with liquid armor goes awry when they test the armor's effectiveness against missile attacks. The resulting airborne explosion results in the armor raining down on a pair of people, giving them a partial coat of the armor. This armor protects them from hostile attacks or touching. For Julie, a soon to be divorced struggling photographer, this means being worried about anyone touching her and trying to figure out why the military is trying to kill her. For a...more
Government experimentation with liquid armor goes awry when they test the armor's effectiveness against missile attacks. The resulting airborne explosion results in the armor raining down on a pair of people, giving them a partial coat of the armor. This armor protects them from hostile attacks or touching. For Julie, a soon to be divorced struggling photographer, this means being worried about anyone touching her and trying to figure out why the military is trying to kill her. For a...more
Primo volume di Echo, la nuova serie di Terry Moore.
Che sarebbe l’autore di Strangers in paradise, che però non ho mai letto. Quindi non posso fare paragoni con altre sue opere.
Ho preso questo volume -a proposito, è uscito ora e in copertina reca la data di un anno e mezzo fa… favoloso!- proprio per provare qualcosa di questo autore, senza però dover recuperare chissà quanti volumi.
La protagonista è Julie, una ragazza normalissima. Vita sentimentale a rotoli con un divorzio non voluto in corso,...more
Che sarebbe l’autore di Strangers in paradise, che però non ho mai letto. Quindi non posso fare paragoni con altre sue opere.
Ho preso questo volume -a proposito, è uscito ora e in copertina reca la data di un anno e mezzo fa… favoloso!- proprio per provare qualcosa di questo autore, senza però dover recuperare chissà quanti volumi.
La protagonista è Julie, una ragazza normalissima. Vita sentimentale a rotoli con un divorzio non voluto in corso,...more
Strangers in Paradise remains one of my favorite comic series, in part because Terry Moore managed to create some complex, likable characters who I wound up really caring about over the course of their relationships. Francine and Katchoo were the primary characters, but of course the cast of other characters who interacted with their lives were also well developed and very interesting to read about. The end of that series was bittersweet, because while Francine and Katchoo finally wound up toget...more
The first thing you should do when reading this comic is to try not to think of Moore's other work, Strangers in Paradise. I know, I know. It's hard to separate yourself from his other work- especially since occasionally you'll see whispers of some character traits in this book. It's difficult, but not impossible & it's very important that you don't compare it to SiP because otherwise you'll feel a teensy bit let down in comparison.
Echo is about a freelance photographer, Julie Martin. Julie...more
Echo is about a freelance photographer, Julie Martin. Julie...more
A woman wearing an experimental liquid-plutonium bodysuit is shot down by an off-the-books government agency over the California desert, and the suit rains down on an unsuspecting photographer (as well as a deranged homeless man). Now the agency is hunting the photographer, who wants nothing more than to fix her shattered marriage, help her sick sister, and play with her dog.
So far so awesome. Solid characters, gripping plot, plenty of tension, good dialogue. I admit to being a little disappoint...more
So far so awesome. Solid characters, gripping plot, plenty of tension, good dialogue. I admit to being a little disappoint...more
Oct 22, 2011
Ian (first person omniscient)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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October is my self-designated sequential art month and I have been catching up on my back log of books I have been sent and collected. Tonight's read is [i]Echo[/i] by Terry Moore.
This isn't a book that I can really sink my teeth into topic-wise so I will just cover the basics. Mr Moore is author and illustrator which is always impressive especially when pulling off both without dropping the ball. He has that very clean sharp style that I always tend to enjoy the most but if there is a fault to...more
This isn't a book that I can really sink my teeth into topic-wise so I will just cover the basics. Mr Moore is author and illustrator which is always impressive especially when pulling off both without dropping the ball. He has that very clean sharp style that I always tend to enjoy the most but if there is a fault to...more
An excellent adult graphic novel: a woman just happens to be at Moon Lake when a special top secret flying suit (think Iron Man, but with a woman inside) explodes in a radioactive cloud. She is showered with little metal pellets, that stick to her skin. And when she touches a big chunk of mysterious metal, all the little pellets flow to that metal and the whole thing bonds to her shoulders and chest in a kind of metal bra! Very weird. Even weirder? Anyone who touches the metal skin in a threaten...more
Terry Moore continues to impress with his ideas, designs, and storytelling in the graphic format. With Echo, Terry introduces us to test pilot Annie, who is maneuvering a new body/flight suit until she is targeted by her own agency. Julie Martin happens to be standing on the ground taking pictures when Annie is killed, raining the metallic pieces of the suit down upon her. Now stuck with a government experiment on her chest, Julie must uncover the secrets behind Annie's death and the mysterious...more
Moore manages to make me interested enough to continue to Volume 2 despite this first volume being short on both action and exposition around the tech. The artwork played a part in keeping me in. Although it gets really sparse in parts, with many panels lacking anything in the way of background, the characters' faces and body language still give your eyes something to study and draw story from. The art and dialogue keep everything moving smoothly enough, so it was only now in retrospect that I r...more
"Lady, I don't know what you did back there, but you better have a good explanation when they catch you!"
"It wasn't me! It was..."
"Yeah, yeah... danger boobs. Got it."
I'd never read anything by Terry Moore of "Strangers in Paradise" fame, but this first look into Echo's life certainly made me want to give it a try. Loved the premise, loved the way Julie's character was fleshed out and especially loved the mystery of what is going on at HENrI. Can't wait to see where the story is going, and I h...more
"It wasn't me! It was..."
"Yeah, yeah... danger boobs. Got it."
I'd never read anything by Terry Moore of "Strangers in Paradise" fame, but this first look into Echo's life certainly made me want to give it a try. Loved the premise, loved the way Julie's character was fleshed out and especially loved the mystery of what is going on at HENrI. Can't wait to see where the story is going, and I h...more
Excellent book! Love the story idea, love the imagery - sometimes quite stunning.
Julie is taking photos in the desert when something explodes in the sky above her. Small pellets begin to rain down, sticking to her skin and to her truck. When she gets home, she finds a larger piece of the same substance in the truck - and it adheres to her skin, pulling all the little droplets together - including those from the truck - to form a breastplate that she cannot remove. It shocks people that touch it!...more
Julie is taking photos in the desert when something explodes in the sky above her. Small pellets begin to rain down, sticking to her skin and to her truck. When she gets home, she finds a larger piece of the same substance in the truck - and it adheres to her skin, pulling all the little droplets together - including those from the truck - to form a breastplate that she cannot remove. It shocks people that touch it!...more
Military industrial complex strikes again and creates a powerful weapon, kills to test it, loses it and is willing to kill to get it back. Meanwhile, the weapon attaches itself to an innocent woman with relationship issues and automatically protects her.
Great illustration despite it being entirely in black and white, great story telling and interesting details and we get to see plenty of breast "shots". To top it off, the story leaves a cliff hanger motivating enough to make the reader predict b...more
Great illustration despite it being entirely in black and white, great story telling and interesting details and we get to see plenty of breast "shots". To top it off, the story leaves a cliff hanger motivating enough to make the reader predict b...more
A secret government project tries to destroy evidence, creating an "incident" at Moon Lake. This is the beginning of the story of the three(4?) people who were unfortunate enough to be at Moon Lake that day, and people who were hired to shut them up.
The artwork is beautiful, and absolutely eloquent and poingnant. A few frames of a comic book can say so much in such a small space. And like Strangers in Paradise, this comic features kick-ass women, and a strong but sensitive male character; basic...more
The artwork is beautiful, and absolutely eloquent and poingnant. A few frames of a comic book can say so much in such a small space. And like Strangers in Paradise, this comic features kick-ass women, and a strong but sensitive male character; basic...more
I'm a Terry Moore fangirl. We should start there.
I did a reread of this series as it's about to draw to a close in a week or two, and it was time to play catch-up with one of my favorite ever authors and his latest series, before it ends and the newest one begins. I love the beginnings of this series. All the people are so defined and yet we don't know how they all work together, why, where it is going.
I love the scientific quotes from the beginning. Referencing the endings and beginnings we'v...more
I did a reread of this series as it's about to draw to a close in a week or two, and it was time to play catch-up with one of my favorite ever authors and his latest series, before it ends and the newest one begins. I love the beginnings of this series. All the people are so defined and yet we don't know how they all work together, why, where it is going.
I love the scientific quotes from the beginning. Referencing the endings and beginnings we'v...more
This book is a whole new experience for me.
I'm fairly new to comics, I read the Disney comics I was a child, as well as the Mauricio de Sousa comics (he is a Brazilian author that writes about a group of 7 year-olds).
I also read some franco-belgian comics.
And then I got addicted to Calvin and Hobbes strips.
But this aren't real super heros. I got my superheroes stories in movie and cartoon form.
Batman and superman movies, spiderman cartoons.
The thing is this is heroes are around for so long that...more
I'm fairly new to comics, I read the Disney comics I was a child, as well as the Mauricio de Sousa comics (he is a Brazilian author that writes about a group of 7 year-olds).
I also read some franco-belgian comics.
And then I got addicted to Calvin and Hobbes strips.
But this aren't real super heros. I got my superheroes stories in movie and cartoon form.
Batman and superman movies, spiderman cartoons.
The thing is this is heroes are around for so long that...more
Terry Moore is best known as the writer and artist of the long-running comics series 'Strangers in Paradise' -- which I haven't read that much of because, as noted, it's long running and all those volumes sitting on the bookstore shelves look intimidating.
But SiP ended, and I'd heard generally good things about Moore's followup project 'Echo'. I was avoiding any specifics because I figured I would want to read it eventually. That was a good move, because I had no idea what I was in for when I re...more
But SiP ended, and I'd heard generally good things about Moore's followup project 'Echo'. I was avoiding any specifics because I figured I would want to read it eventually. That was a good move, because I had no idea what I was in for when I re...more
The art is refreshing--especially in this world of silicone and testosterone-riddled heroes. I've never seen a graphic novelist draw women better than Terry Moore, and few writers write women better. Terry Moore's characters are real and flawed and complicated, and, dammit, down-right fascinating! What happens to them matters. The writing is top-notch and the plot just keeps you turning those pages. I've read this series through at least three times now, and I'm ready to go back for more.
The second of four books I bought on recommendation of my local comic shop. Excellent story, well-told. I wish it was colored though, it makes such a huge difference as anyone who's read Bone in the original black and white as well as the Scholastic color editions knows.
Regardless, the writing is awesome and I'll definitely be picking up the next volume on my next trip to Buried Under.
Regardless, the writing is awesome and I'll definitely be picking up the next volume on my next trip to Buried Under.
Just like Jeff Smith did with RASL, Terry Moore abandoned the genre he made his name with upon completion of his original, long-running indie book and published something in the realm of science-fiction. And like Jeff Smith did with RASL, Terry Moore has surpassed his previous work with his new series Echo, an absolutely stunning effort in which the plot engages and excites the audience at the same time as every gorgeous image of the artwork is taking their breath away.
This is an intriguing start to this series, but so far nothing very special. Government conspiracy, troubled relationships, blah blah blah. I like the sci-fi aspect though, and of course Moore's black & white artwork is beautiful, so I will probably stick with it (but borrow them from the library or work, as opposed to spending 13+ dollars per volume). It ain't no Strangers in Paradise, but of course I know it can't be. Still, I hope it picks up the pace.
I've picked this up before to start reading it, but never got more than an issue in for one reason or another. However, having gotten into Rachel Rising recently I realised I needed to read this.
It's a good, interesting start. Not quite as gripping as the start of Rachel Rising, but good. The art is, of course, magnificent. Looking forward to seeing where this goes next.
It's a good, interesting start. Not quite as gripping as the start of Rachel Rising, but good. The art is, of course, magnificent. Looking forward to seeing where this goes next.
This is a good graphic novel. Amazing black and white artwork, exciting plot, good characters (sci-fi big bad military chasing innocent scientists who are carrying the mystical life-saving/life-ending secret weapon.)
It's not much deeper than a good Hollywood movie, but all the main characters are cool, kick-ass women who are also mothers, scientists, divorced photographers, etc. So Hollywood wouldn't know what to do with it.
It's not much deeper than a good Hollywood movie, but all the main characters are cool, kick-ass women who are also mothers, scientists, divorced photographers, etc. So Hollywood wouldn't know what to do with it.
I needed this. Total escape, such fun. My only beef is the production quality. Felt like he sketched them out (really, really well) and bound them together using computer paper. I would've liked for it to have just a little more oomph to make it jump off the page that much more. I got over it and read numbers 2-5 in less than 24 hours. Am now hungry for the next installment, and I have no idea when that will be. Hrmph.
This new sci-fi series (by the creator of the much-loved Strangers in Paradise) introduces photographer Julie Martin, who witnesses a mysterious explosion and subsequent fallout, which happens to coat her with a strange metalic substance. This of course makes her a living, emotional, unpredicatble weapon! Now on the run from a ruthless organization, she has to find out what this stuff is while juggling her very tenuous personal life.
Wow. I noted a lot of similar stuff between this book and when he wrote/drew for The Runaways series. I was greatly disappointed. Kinda boring plot and, sure, it was like wearing a bra, or really stomach showing shirt, but the main character (woman) was still practically topless... sorta... I was disappointed, as I said. AND IT SHOULD'VE BEEN IN COLOR.
And the 'reviews' on the back of the book made it sound like his best work yet. It wasn't. Truthfully it seemed like any other superhero story sta...more
And the 'reviews' on the back of the book made it sound like his best work yet. It wasn't. Truthfully it seemed like any other superhero story sta...more
It took me a long time to get around to this book. I'd heard very good things from all corners, but I've never been interested in Strangers in Paradise and Terry Moore's Runaways tenure was... sub par at best, so I wasn't sure I'd like his work here. As it turns out, I needn't have worred -- this is brilliant, with a whole bunch of sharp characters and a plot that just keeps getting thicker. I can't wait to pick up the next volume.
I seem to give too many books 4 or 5 stars! Anyhoo...I really liked this b&w graphic novel by the creator of the classic comic series "Strangers in Paradise." BTW...I met him at Wizard World Texas...nice guy! Anyhoo, this graphic novel is filled with great characterization, writing and art. I can't wait to read volume 2...as soon as I find it somewhere.
Nothing happens in this book. Really. It moves so slowly that after the first big event (which in itself doesn't really seem all that exciting) I didn't really get where this was going. Still don't! I know Terry Moore is all about character, but these people are just not that interesting, even with the supernatural/scientific/whatever enhancements.
I haven't read any creator-owned Terry Moore work before this. But reading Terry Moore's sci-fi really has me wanting to read his better known, romance comic Strangers in Paradise. His art is fantasic. He mixed sci-fi with humor in an interesting way. Most imporantly, his characters are real... they're distinct.
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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 influence i...more
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