Rachel Rising Omnibus

Rachel Rising #1-7

by Terry Moore

Collecting the complete 42 issue run of Rachel Rising.

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Fantasy, Mystery, Comic Book, Crime

900 pages, Paperback

First published August 31, 2016

About the author

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]

Reviews

[Ozan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was so much fun to read this book. It took me a little more than a month to finish it. I'm really satisfied about that, such a long read, totally worth the every penny.

My favorite character from the book is definetly Zoe :D that little pyscho's insensitive jokes which were crowned by her being a 10 year old child so she didn't understand just cracked me up. :D She was actually very old because of The demon Malus's possession... an old woman in a child's body and on that she was a serial killer. But i liked her cause she had a child's body and brain and sense of humor lol the last one is kind of unheard of for a serial killer i guess... lol and she knew that she's sick in the head. I like it when the insane ones know that they are insane but that requires a great intelegence and education... but she's a child and knows that kind of fall in the over the top catagory because of that but she had experince on her side too... she was around for a very long time so with some suspend of disbelief, it's pretty ok and fun. :D After all this is a book of mytholgy and fantasy so you need to suspend your disbelief, ofcourse.

I liked how the story started with just Rachel's murder and mysterious return from the death, it was about who killed her ? how did she ressurect ? and the first answer to second question was a diversion... and it was a horrible event that took place in The town of Manson in medieval ages that because of The Witch Lilith, the town people gathered all the girls of Manson above age 15 and hanged them to get rid of all the witches... just incase... you know, you can't take your chances with witches... so they hanged all of them... And Rachel was one of those girls who was actually a witch. She was Lilith's apprantece but Rachel remembered this two times in the book, in the first one she was at the age she died but later one she was just 9 or something... and the second remembering was the correct one so the story puts out some diversions to suprise you like how this gets bigger, at first Lilith wanted revenge from the town of Manson because of this event but Rachel stoped her but later on it turned out that Rachel and Lilith were sisters and Lilith was the first woman created by God and Later God created Rachel as the sister of Lilith... (they mentioned Eve but never showed her and no mention of Adam... wasn't he supposed to be created first as The Man ? i don't know christian religion very well... so i can't really tell, if this is uniqe to the book or in some kind of the bible or bibles right ? there are bunch of them, i don't know) then Lilith slept with Lucifer, the God's favorite angel and banished from heaven with Rachel to eternaly live among Eve's ofsprings the humans on earth and (now) they need to stop the demon Malus before he impregnates Zoe (when she turns 15) to give birth to anti christ to bring the end of the world. Malus is a demon who lives in human hosts and Zoe was one of his hosts before Rachel did a trick (without knowig) and get him out of Zoe. Then it turned out that Malus really liked the little pycho Zoe, even gave her the sword of Satan which was broken and became a knife so Zoe could comit her murders with it...(it's implied that the knife belonged to Jack The Rippler and said that Hitller had it for a whie too) They Lilith, Rachel and Zoe decided to stop Malus cause if he brought the end of the world, God would blame them and send Rachel and Lilith to suffer in hell for all eternaty and they thought they might win the favor of The God and return to heaven... so the story went big like that and then Lilith was like '' i don't need any help to stop Malus, i just wanted your company Rachel...'' (it's an immortal thing) and went and kicked Malus's butt... got him out of his host and stabed him on the chest with the sword of Satan... so that sent Malus straight back to hell, the story pushed everything built big proportions away with lilith kicking the Malus's butt on her own, just like that and went back to -who killed Rachel ?- and i think that was brilliant... starting small, getting big and building for epic and then going back to smaller proportions again. I really liked it since i was also really wondering who killed Rachel in that horrible way...

Somethings left dangling like that profesor who lives with his wife's corpse (and yeah, he has sex with that thing) what was the point of this guy and his corpse wife ? other than being super creepy and cleaning aunt johnny's body of poison. I think their story needed to go somewhere... with the story of what the heckever he planted in Aunt Johnny's neck when she was dead. (and... ewww but did he have sex with Aunt Johnny's dead body...? he seemed like he wanted to and he had the chance when no one but just two of them in the house so may be something off panel... eww, it's mega creepy and gross but one can't help but wonder)

what will happen with Jet and Earl relationship ? i mean Earl was staring at Death on the window when we last saw of Jet and Earl... so that implies Death is waiting for Jet ?

The famous person with mansion garden full of buried dead people and the little girl who can see and hear all of them... I bet that famous person is one of Malus's children.

Those totally deserved more exploration.

I would love to see more of Rachel Rising...

[James DeSantis · Rating 5 out of 5]

I bought this omnibus on two recommendations. One from here, one from my buddy Jimmy. I kept hearing how awesome this series was when it was being made. I never really kept up with it, though the art always caught my eye. Always reminded me of buffy, and man if you know me you know I love the Buffy universe.

So this story is about Rachel. Who's that? Well we get to meet her when she wakes up from a gravenap. You know, like being fucking murdered and coming back to life. Pretty sweet opening huh? but things get even better once the plot starts rolling. A little kid murdering someone really sets the doom and gloom mood this series has for the first half. Once we get more of Jet (Rachel's friend) and the rest of the cast it starts to hit it's groove and this 42 issue series wraps up in a interesting way.

Good: This series has a sense of it's own. The second you get into this world you can feel it's very different than anything else you read. The art is great, and although sometimes made it hard to know who is who without color you soon get used to it. I also love the way the plot moves in unpredictable ways and characters die in ways I never could have guessed. The switch midway to a more humorous series feels very natural and works because of the events prior and how crazy they were. Also the dialog is top notch and always engaging and that goes for the ENTIRE cast of characters.

Bad: The switch between making it have more humor is a little jarring and I can see some not like it. Also the ending is very anti-climatic but that was never the point of this journey however if you are all about the destination this might fall short for you.

There's a couple of series in my life that will always stick with me. I'm glad I can add Rachel Rising to that. A great story with wonderful characters that keep you on the edge of your seat the whole way through. A 5/5.

[The Lion's Share · Rating 5 out of 5]

End to end this is the most eloquent and intelligent graphic novel I’ve ever enjoyed.

It’s slow to start, but once you’re engulfed into Rachel’s world it really does become another world in which to ponder and let your imagination run rampant.

[Lukasz · Rating 5 out of 5]

So, last Halloween, somebody strangled Rachel Beck to Death and buried her in the woods. End of story, right? Mm mm. For her, it was the beginning. She woke up and dug her way back to the surface. Now she wants to get the bastard who did it to her. But, unfortunately, she doesn't remember anything about that night.

Fortunately, she won't have to solve the mystery alone. Helped by a 10-year old serial killer and psychopath, Zoe, carrying the remains of Satan's sword, and a sister who is the first woman ever to exist, Rachel uncovers the wicked secrets of small-town Manson and its role in earth's final days.

I've binged the omnibus in two days. It's great. Longer review to come.

[Maksym Karpovets · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is really something exceptional in my experience as a comic reader. It is impossible to predict in which way the story will be developing, shocking you every single time, confusing and disturbing your soul. Moore mixes thriller, horror, fantasy, and God knows what else, pushing the reader to the limits of consciousness, doing this perfectly and masterfully, so one accepts it as a real story. The first woman on the earth? Done. The reincarnation of a demon into a young girl's body? No problem! The mass killing of witches? Why not! And gosh, what a style! Moore flawlessly depicts a human body, performing the simplest actions due to one or two lines. The huge omnibus (more than 800 pages!) has been read quickly, so I definitely need to read all his books - to the last page, to the last word.

[Don Witzel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This Omnibus is the complete run of Rachel Rising. This is amazing story telling by Terry Moore. One of the top writer's in comics today. Terry's charter development is fantastic, from the "smallest" charters to the leads. You feel the wants and layers of these charters. They all add weight to the overall story. His command of dialog is top notch. Also, the humor sprinkled in this "horror comic" is done without being forced. I found my self laughing out loud at some dark very moments. The black and white artwork is spot on with the topic. (witch he draws himself) Terry's drawn expressions are moving and add the the fantastic dialogue. I can't praise Terry Moore enough. His consistent fantastic story telling continues on. Do yourself a favor and pick this up. Also,look into Terry's other Titles. Great !

[Onur Kaya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Terry Moore'dan okuduğum ilk kitaba bayılmış olmam gibi bir durum söz konusu. Erkek ana karakter yok gibi, bütün hikaye kadın ana karakterler etrafında dönüyor ve olayın kökü Genesis'e kadar uzanıyor. Okuması rahat, siyah beyaz çizimler gözü yormuyor ve balonsuz sayfalar bile anlatıma büyük katkılar yapmaktan geri kalmıyor. Balonların kendileri de gereksiz detaylara evsahipliği yapmadan okuyucusunu yormuyor. Başı da s0nu da, arayı kaplayan olay örgüsü de harika.

[Inga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Man labai patiko, kol nepaaiškėjo, kad visa krikščioniškos mitologijos simbolika yra tiesa, kad Lilith yra ta pati Lilith iš žydų mitologijos (aka pirmoji moteris iki Ievos), o Rachel yra jos sesuo. Dievas jas nubaudė, todėl jos žemėj... UGH, siaubas.

Dar, aišku, erzino, kad yra personažė - mergaitė serijinė žudikė, kuri nužudė daug nekaltų žmonių, tačiau veik nieks jos už tai nekritikuoja, ji yra mylima ir ja rūpinamasi. Autorius, matomai, ją irgi labai mėgsta ir netgi buvo padaręs konkursą su šiomis taiyklėmis:

"CONTEST RULES:

1. Put the words RACHEL RISING on display to the public and send me a photo.

2. Do not deface somebody else’s property."

Laimėjęs vyriškis buvo nužudytas komikse.

Šiaip komiksas neblogas, personažai įdomūs, istorija įtraukianti (iki tol, kol sužinojau tai, kas paminėta spoileryje viršuje), tačiau jis nebaigtas - anot Vikipedijos, Terry Moore komiksą nutraukė dėl mažų pardavimų ir dėl to, kad jam pačiam jis pasidarė per daug sunkus ir depresuojantis (komikse daug smurto, mirčių ir filosofijos apie pure Evil. Jei ne vietomis įterpti juokingi dialogai, komiksas būtų iš ties depresuojantis).

[Rumi Bossche · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel Rising by Terry Moore.

Started the year with a absolute banger of a book. 900  pages of Terry Moore Goodness. This is only my second series from Moore After Strangers in Paradise, which i adored. And again a fantastic one. This big compendium reads very fast, it has multiple genres, horror, thriller, who dunit, it has romance and even comedy. Its a story about witches, but also a murder of a girl who comes back to life and looking for her killer, more people Come back to life, and more people get killed, possession, demons and a strange young girl who kills people. It sounds like alot of stuff thrown unto a blender,  but Moore manages this so damn well i am in awe. I need more books from this guy, he is simply amazing.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars.

[Ctgt · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm in the tank for Terry Moore.



10/10

[Maxi Jansen · Rating 3 out of 5]

To be technical, I don’t own the omnibus, but I did finally finish this series after being a fan of it for years. I own all forty-two issues and have finally completed the series, 8 years later

The first nineteen issues of this series captivated me when I was in college. I found it well-drawn, interesting, and featuring a lot of menacing women to gravitate towards, which is a recipe for a series I’m bound to love.

Upon further reflection, Moore did a lot of things that really dampened my initial love of the series.

1) Rachel’s increase in inner monologuing after issue twenty-four was unnecessary and uninteresting, very brooding Batman, tbh.

2) Some of the dialogue for the more zany characters just felt unbelievable, namely Zoe. She may be older than she look, but the dialogue she was given felt very much written an older white male, which is the case, but that should never be felt as a reader.

3) The resolution of “Who Killed Rachel?” just feels so limp and removed. Like what is the relation of her murderer to the rest of the story? I mean, you can kind of guess the impact of the reveal will be low when that mystery is put on the back-burner for the majority of the series, but still.

4) Lastly, I say all of this with admiration for Moore, because I’ve read all of Strangers in Paradise and most of Echo, but he needs to stop writing about white women. I don’t know what his fascination is? He is clearly capable of dabbling in different genres and drawing non-white characters, but he never has one at the center of one of his stories. I know his whole thing is it’s his Studio, his art, his story, independent self-publisher, etc., but his work might seriously benefit from a co-writer, editor, or just consultant. Some of his approaches to women issues made me go, “Wait, what?”

Long story short, I am a fan of Terry Moore and really do hope he finds a way to elevate his work, i.e. make it more inclusive, hit the heights of SiP and RR, but something has got to change. I will absolutely still follow his career though, I’ve invested too much lol.

[Michael Sorbello · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel is strangled to death by a perverted serial killer and left to rot in a shallow grave. Not long after that, Rachel rises from her grave in nearly perfect condition. She meets up with her aunt who works as a coroner to discuss her miraculous defiance of death in hopes of catching the man who killed her, but things get even more complex. Rachel finds herself to be caught up in a twisted revenge plot that has been in the making for centuries, a plot that defies time, death and the limits of human existence.

Rachel Rising is a true hidden horror gem in the world of graphic novels. The plot is insanely original, reminiscent of the darker side of Neil Gaiman, China Meiville, Gerald Brom and other writers of morbidly beautiful tales of magical realism. The story starts off as a simple psychological thriller, but gradually ramps things up with elements of paranormal horror, Christian mythology and gruesome surrealism.

Though there are some truly horrifying and grotesque things that happen all throughout the story, it also manages to handle comedy and romance extremely well. I genuinely felt invested in all the friendships, romantic relationships and laughed out loud quite a few times. The comedy is morbid as hell and the romance feels earned. It doesn’t feel out of place with the dark fantasy and horror elements at all. The fine balance of all these qualities reminds me of Preacher a bit.

The art is stunning. The character expressions are some of the most highly detailed I’ve ever seen. I loved all the main characters. My favorites were the mortician Aunt Johnny and a little psychopath girl named Zoe who brutally murders people throughout the entire story while somehow remaining consistently charming, hilarious and empathetic.

Great series!

[Neil · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had not read any of Terry Moore's work previously, and it was onsale pretty cheap, so I picked up the trades. I had heard of Strangers in Paradise, but wasn't aware that was him, until the Many Ads *in-between issues* in these collected editions (C'est un faux-pas, non?), along with ads for his "How to Draw Women" etc guides, which look exactly like the "How to Draw _____" guides of yesteryear that he probably read growing up, i.e. that classic "realistic cartoon" style, similar to Frank Cho's "Liberty Meadows". It was also a little odd that he's made "How to" guides when the art style in this work is a little bit inconsistent. Some scenes were really fantastic, but others (mostly profiles?) just weren't. Note that I can't draw for shit, so all that said, I gotta cut the guy some slack: he wrote, drew, and published hundreds of pages all by himself. Mad Props, and I can understand that in that situation, you simply gotta self-promote, so I forgive the ads.

As for the story... most of the characters had the same corny irreverent forced humor, and there were hints of constraints in the supernatural mechanics (one of which is a personal fave of mine, which I used in an RPG two years ago), but most weren't coherent, so it was hard to feel much tension.

All that aside, the overall premise was really cool (executed witches returning from the grave, seeking revenge, then realizing they've possibly gone too far), and there were some impressive panels and some endearing ones. So despite some pretty big flaws, I ultimately actually enjoyed this.

[Reg · Rating 5 out of 5]

2nd read: 4.5 Hm. Kind of frays out in the back half, doesn't it? Still hard to put down.

[OmniBen · Rating 3 out of 5]

(Zero spoiler review)
I've literally just finished the final page of Rachel Rising. To be honest, given that this one absolutely did not stick the landing, and even though I was never going to hold this thing up on a pedestal, the ending (and every plot thread left unanswered) has pissed me off enough to know that writing a review right now is only going to go one way. But hey, it's how I'm feeling right now, so it's going out there.
It was quite clear Moore had no idea where this one was going. Or if he did, he decided to keep pushing the boat out further on this one, seemingly as it was a bit of a hit for him. Despite the many flaws I had with this story, and I'll go into them, I was hanging around to the end to see how it all wrapped up. He's thrown so much shit at the wall over the previous 41 issues, I wanted to see how he was going to wrap it all up. About three or four issues out, it became painfully clear it wasn't going to wrap up in any sort of a satisfying (or expected) way. Instead, we got the rug pulled out from under us in more ways than one. One of the worst endings to a long running independent series I've read. Made all the worse for everything still left up in the air. It really was some piss poor writing.
The one positive you will always be able to say with a Terry Moore book is it looks good. The man's art is, for the most part, stunning. When the narrative was flowing along, and the more annoying characters took a back seat, or were toned down, I was having a good time, but it really was the art that dragged me through to the end, even though now that I'm there, I'm not sure I wish I'd stuck with it.
Why are most of the characters in this book virtual clones of SiP characters? Am I missing something? He didn't do this with Echo, or Motor Girl. Am I missing something? Either way, that pissed me off. A few other things to quickly rattle off that irked me. Most of the characters were unlikeable. The more annoying aspects of the book were dialed back in the last third of the series, but before that, I lost count of the times I'd sighed, rolled my eyes and kept reading out of some stubborn necessity. This, and there is always a vague whiff of disdain for men running through Moore's work. It's very much there, and it irks me.
Then there's the plot holes. Big crater sized buggers. Half the cast just disappear, never to return, mainly because Moore wrote himself into any number of corners and didn't know what to do. Moore's 40 year-old cat lady humour grates on my like nails on a chalkboard. It's never funny, and it shattered the immersion of every scene it came in. Lighter moments in a dark story are fine. Stupidity and silliness are not. And all those faults come screaming to the fore with the ending... God damn it's bad. I was shocked at how high this book scored and the praise being heaped upon it, given how poorly this one wrapped up.
Yet despite the flaws I've briefly touched upon, mostly because I'm too annoyed and apathetic to go into them in any real detail, this was still a very readable story. I've struggled through books that annoyed me less than this, never turning the pages as quickly as I did with Rachel Rising. A long running indie horror series is something that doesn't come around too often, so I savoured it for that at least. A better ending would have glossed over a lot of these indiscretions.
Yes, this thing pissed me off. It was littered with annoying characters. It was poorly planned and atrociously ended, but it was also pretty alright too, I guess. Go figure. 3/5


OmniBen.

[Jiří Pavlovský · Rating 3 out of 5]

Komiksy sice čtu, ale moc o tom nepíšu. Když se mi něco líbí, tak si to spíš poznamenávám, že bychom to třeba někdy mohli vydat (a navíc nebudu přece radit ostatním, co by měli vydávat)... a když ne, tak zase nechci riskovat, že by se ukázalo, že to bude vydávat někdo jiný a bral by to jako konkurenční útok. Ale občas přečtu něco, co jsem si celkem jistý, že se u nás neobjeví a tudíž o tom můžu psát zcela beztrestně. Třeba série Rachel Rising, kterou jsem četl v mohutném devíti set stránkovém omnibusu. (První knihu kdysi vydali poláci a jelikož to pak odpískali, rozhodl jsem se to dohnat takhle.)
Kdybych to měl nějak popsat, tak tahle série je něco, jako by se Jeff Smith, tvůrce Kůstka, rozhodl napsat horor. Ano, umírají tady ustavičně lidé, jsou tu síly, kterým jde o konec světa... ale ustavičně se vynořuje autorův nadhled a smysl pro humor, zábavné fázování situací, přepálená mimika a hravost. Nehledě na samotnou kresbu, která v sobě obsahuje cartoonovou nadsázku.
Celý příběh začíná dívkou, která vylézá z hrobu a vrací se zpátky domů. Někteří lidé ji nepoznávají, někteří se ji bojí, zvířata před ní prchají. Ale jí přijde, že se vlastně nic nestalo. Jenže tohle není jediná podivná událost, která se ve městě děje. Řádí tu psychopatická holčička, vstávají další mrtví a ulicemi chodí postavy, které skoro nikdo nevidí. Blíží se konec světa... nebo aspoň tohohle města.
Když jsem četl první knihu, byl jsem nadšený. Zajímavá zápletka, spousta záhad, tajemných postav a situací. Když jsem pak dočetl zbytek, nadšení trochu polevilo. Funguje to v detailech, ve scénách, v dialozích. Samotný příběh spíš působí dojmem, že ho autor vymýšlel za pochodu a ustavičně odbíhal k nějakým v té chvíli zajímavějším nápadům. A tak mu to stále bobtná a objevují se stále další a další věci. Čarodějnice, andělé, démoni, reinkarnace, nesmrtelní a tak dále. S tím, že to, co bylo původně startovní výstřel (zabití hrdinky) se ve finále skoro úplně odmázne. A i další velký problém je vyřešený jen tak mimochodem, spíš aby to tam nestrašilo. A je fakt, že kdyby se celá série zkrátila tak na polovinu, tak by se vůbec nic nestalo.
Ale pořád tam bylo hodně věcí, které mě bavily... a autorův lehký styl a cit pro postavy a dialogy mi sedne. Vydávat bych to ale vážně nechtěl.

[Chris Everson · Rating 5 out of 5]

I'm a massive fan of Terry Moore's 'Strangers In Paradise' series, and have all of them in separate comic book form, AND all of the graphic novels. I think he's brilliant. So maybe take this with a pinch of salt... or do yourselves a favour anc check his work out.

This is a brilliant premise. A young woman finds herself dead and buried and claws her way to the surface. People she knows notice a change and a doctor notices she has no pulse, etc. There's the first mystery among others. The mystery and how it grows and gets larger, only to be explained is wonderful. The characters and dialogue is stunning. At times laugh out loud funny, and at others so sad and poignant it can move you (or me anyway) to tears.

The only minus point is the end got slightly convoluted, and some characters that seemed interesting were jettisonned without explanation, and I'd have liked to see what happened with them. They seemed too quirky to be sidelined for no reason (A doctor and a guy on a porch spring to mind). I'm hoping that maybe Moore will revit them one day perhaps.

Normally this would be a 4.5 star read because of the above paragraph, but in light of the awful run of books I've been on, it's a 5.

[Tasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

I don't normally log graphic novels in my annual read list because they're usually so short that they barely seem to count, but I'll make an exception for this 900-page monster, which heads through so many surprising twists and turns that it feels like a trilogy or more of novels. Terry Moore never ceases to impress me as a visual artist — too many of his women look the same (unless he's veering into cartoony caricature, which he often does for comedic scenes), but the elaborate settings and construction of individual pages just floors me, in terms of the time and attention to detail involved. This one's a pretty bizarre story that starts out more or less as a supernatural murder mystery and becomes a kind of cosmic epic faceoff between good and evil — an unusually frank and religious text for Moore, complete with demons and immortals punished by God. I wasn't all that comfortable with the child serial killer character, particularly since she, too, is so often played for laughs, but the surprises of this story are extensive and engaging, and the whole thing kept me immersed and a bit breathless for the full 900 pages.

[Matthew Ward · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.75 stars. This one was a journey and I did enjoy the journey, but I don’t think this one needed to be as long as it was. There were many times I was frustrated that I wasn’t getting answers to things in the story that seemed to be ignored, but eventually they’d come around again. The characters were done well and the creator of this series does do a good job of making you care about what happens and what is going on with these people. An solid story, but one that could’ve definitely been cut in half at least.

[Tina Katherine · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am just....so mad at the ending.

[Rabbit · Rating 4 out of 5]

Art ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Story⭐️⭐️⭐️

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dark and disturbing, yet at times deeply funny. Beautifully illustrated, highly recommended.

[Adan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jedna z lepszych rzeczy jakie czytałem w tym roku, mimo, że zakończenie trochę nagłe ❤️

[Trish Isiderio · Rating 5 out of 5]

Rachel Rising was, and still is one of my favorite comic books.
Ingenious, witty, creative and deliciously terrifying, not to mention that Terry Moore's pencilled illustrations are to die for.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is 800 some pages of a wild ride. A graphic novel abt witches, Lilith (who can’t die), and a whole bunch of other creepy and kind characters in the weird town of Manson. It was an excellent winter break book. Our new ritual might be graphic novels Christmas Eve.

[Wouter Dhondt · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Death is not the worst thing that can happen to you.” Zo opent Rachel Rising. Horror geschreven, getekend en uitgegeven door Terry Moore. Doorheen de 42 issues lees je ook waarom de eerste bladzijde start met die quote. Wat begint als een redelijk “standaard” verhaal bloeit in een paar pagina’s volledig open. Opwindende horror, afgewisseld met een humoristische noot.

De zwart-wit art van Terry is prachtig uitgevoerd. De sfeer druipt van de pagina’s en werkt enorm meeslepend. Je merkt dat hij ooit als cartoonist begonnen is. Hij kan enorm veel verschillende emoties in zij karakters tekenen. Daardoor heeft hij geen probleem om een duidelijk verhaal te vertellen, ook met meerdere pagina’s zonder enige dialoog.

Rachel Rising zal voor mij altijd de serie zijn die mij heeft laten zien tot wat het medium in staat is. Een heerlijk verhaal met memorabele karakters.

[Mark Schlatter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely not my favorite series from Terry Moore. The cartooning is top-notch, and there's the humor and warmth I expect from his characters (as well as the frightening dark sides). However, the supernatural aspects start out somewhat straightforward, but then get more and more convoluted from issue to issue. (First Rachel is this, then she's that, and then there's another large amount of exposition to explain why she's this other thing.) Add large dollops of violence and dropped plot lines to the already confused storytelling and I'm ready to say no.

[Obligatory confession: Bits of this series lead into Moore's future series where all of his characters come together in adventure. I hate it when an author does this, and that may color my opinion of this series.]

[Sebastien · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yes it's that good. Moore is hitting the right notes on all the key on this . The characters are well written,we relate to them . the supernatural part of the story is in a simplistic and realistic in a way that makes the universe, so believable and characters are not black and white ,so many layers.

I'm so glad I read the omnibus version , because I cannot imagine having to wait for each trade or even less in single issues.

[Koen Claeys · Rating 4 out of 5]

Artwork, dialogue, character development, humor,...all of Terry Moore's strong points can be found in this massive omnibus. The ending felt a bit rushed (but not so rushed as the finale of 'Echo'.) and there are a lot of loose ends.
It's always a pleasure to read Moore's books.

P.S. : he must have done some gruesome research for this series.

[Reece · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best money I've ever spent. Do yourself a favor and buy it.