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 is Peanuts' Charles Schulz.[1] Some of Moore's strip work can additionally be found in his Paradise, Too! publications.
His work has won him recognition in the comics industry, including receiving the Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story in 1996 for Strangers in Paradise #1-8, which was collected in the trade paperback "I Dream of You".
It was announced on June 15th, 2007 that Moore would be taking over for Sean McKeever as writer of Marvel Comics's Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane series starting with a new issue #1. On July 27th, Marvel announced that Moore would also take over for Joss Whedon as writer of Marvel's Runaways.[2]
On November 19th, 2007 Terry Moore announced in his blog that his new self-published series would be named Echo and its first issue would appear on March 5th, 2008.[3]
I'm giving the whole story 5 stars, even if the final volume was not the strongest. Also, why is Tambi on the cover of Volume four and not Casey?
A big portion of the book is Francine and Katchoo being apart and I hated that. It still was super interesting and kept me glued to the page, of course (stupid Francine). At some point I could clearly see how the ending would play out and I was totally on board with it. And then the book managed to drop a final bombshell, that I didn't see coming; simply marvellous. I just wish, the Francine & Katchoo time along with the resolution would've been a bit longer.
On the other hand all the other characters got to shine one last time & the ending is satisfying. The entire story, that lasts almost 2000 pages among these four volumes is an incredible achievement. I love these characters and I wish I could have more stories with them. I will try to dive into further works of Terry Moore, although I get the impression nothing will top this one.
This is technically my second romance story I've read in graphic novel format, the other one being Sunstone. Both have impressed me immensely.
Bottom Line Up Front: I’m a 34 year old male, and this story about 2 female lovers is simply one of my Top 5 series of all-time. This series has something for everyone. I am just floored about how much I cared about all these characters by the end of this title and I’ll read every other title by Terry Moore because I’ve heard “Terry-Verse” has a lot of reoccurring characters and I need everything I can get of Katchoo, Francine, Tambi and the rest.