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Five Years #1
Five Years Vol. 1: Fire In The Sky
The world's nuclear powers are in a race to build the Phi bomb, an apocalyptic weapon that can destroy the earth, Tambi is determined to stop them but she'll have to act fast -- the prototype will be ready in five years. When her team in Russia meets with disaster, Tambi turns to Katchoo with a dire call to arms that requires the ultimate sacrifice. All of Terry Moore's series unite as one epic saga in Five Years. At the center of it all is Katchoo, the haunted woman with a wild past who would do anything for Francine including leave their island paradise to stop the creation of a doomsday device hailed as The Last Bomb.
105 pages, Kindle Edition
First published December 18, 2019
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Terry Moore
849 books651 followersFollowing 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]
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]
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March 20, 2020
Amazing. I became a full-fledged Terry Moore fan with Rachel Rising. I'd tried Strangers in Paradise and decided it wasn't for me, but enjoyed Motor Girl and RR just pushed all my buttons. It's a great story, but I really fell in love with Moore's art: his ability to differentiate characters (not as easy as it sounds), let pictures do the hard storytelling work, and draw literally anything well.
Five Years aims to pull Moore's various series together into one story, which is incredible considering the diversity of genres he's worked in. I just wanted more of the RR characters and planned to be easy to please, but finished this volume flabbergasted at how seamlessly Moore combines characters and plots from romance, science fiction, and horror comics.
The story is far from over and I'm going to get caught up on single issues from here out. I'm also going to check out Echo (the one Moore series I haven't yet tried) as well as give SiP another look.
Five Years aims to pull Moore's various series together into one story, which is incredible considering the diversity of genres he's worked in. I just wanted more of the RR characters and planned to be easy to please, but finished this volume flabbergasted at how seamlessly Moore combines characters and plots from romance, science fiction, and horror comics.
The story is far from over and I'm going to get caught up on single issues from here out. I'm also going to check out Echo (the one Moore series I haven't yet tried) as well as give SiP another look.
October 13, 2020
Moore writes some very funny dialog, but I'm reserving judgment on his attempt to combine all his story lines into one. I enjoyed this book, though.
April 16, 2022
Sigh. They all met up
June 2, 2020
Strong start to this sequel series (a sort of Strangers in Paradise: Endgame, if you will) to all Moore's previous series (Strangers in Paradise, Echo, Rachel Rising, and Motor Girl).
As is right and proper, the central character is Katchoo (who is certainly Moore's finest creation of many and one of the best comics characters of the last half century), but everyone so far (with the exception of Francine) gets their star turn and in the protagonist of Echo's case, an entrance worthy of her superhero status.
I feel a bit sad that Francine's role is mostly staunch wife and mother wanting her wife to come home safe to her, but as Francine is very not the action hero her wife is, it would be out of character if she donned a cat suit and ran off to help. She's also been realistically updated to an older version of herself, her face a bit softer, her hair a bit shorter, her curves a bit rounder.
In that vein, I'm very much liking that Moore is making a real effort to differentiate the looks of his many starring women.
When starring in their own books, all the blondes tend to look a bit Katchoo; the brunettes a bit young Francine, but here -- though it can initially be a teeny bit jarring when one is used to how they looked in their own stories -- everyone has been made to look still themselves but distinct and ever so delicately more realistic with only Katchoo keeping her Katchooness.
Anyone diving into this series without having read the prior books is likely going to be lost as Moore is building on literal decades worth of backstory in his SiP universe. The other books are so good, though, I would recommend just starting from SiP #1 and enjoying the ride to get here.
As is right and proper, the central character is Katchoo (who is certainly Moore's finest creation of many and one of the best comics characters of the last half century), but everyone so far (with the exception of Francine) gets their star turn and in the protagonist of Echo's case, an entrance worthy of her superhero status.
I feel a bit sad that Francine's role is mostly staunch wife and mother wanting her wife to come home safe to her, but as Francine is very not the action hero her wife is, it would be out of character if she donned a cat suit and ran off to help. She's also been realistically updated to an older version of herself, her face a bit softer, her hair a bit shorter, her curves a bit rounder.
In that vein, I'm very much liking that Moore is making a real effort to differentiate the looks of his many starring women.
When starring in their own books, all the blondes tend to look a bit Katchoo; the brunettes a bit young Francine, but here -- though it can initially be a teeny bit jarring when one is used to how they looked in their own stories -- everyone has been made to look still themselves but distinct and ever so delicately more realistic with only Katchoo keeping her Katchooness.
Anyone diving into this series without having read the prior books is likely going to be lost as Moore is building on literal decades worth of backstory in his SiP universe. The other books are so good, though, I would recommend just starting from SiP #1 and enjoying the ride to get here.
April 25, 2023
Terrific. Moore seamlessly brings all of his characters into one book. That's way more difficult than it sounds given his different comics have conquered the worlds of romance / espionage, sci-fi and horror. Until this comic came about I just assumed all of his comics just appeared in their own universes. Now they are all working towards stopping the next bomb from being created. The one that will destroy the earth in 5 years time. This is not the series to start with for new readers. You can and should start with whatever other Terry Moore series you want though. He's on my all time favorite list of comic creators.
June 22, 2023
At first it is a fast-paced story, where the characters begin to intertwine their stories very well. We see Tambi and Katchoo come up with an old-fashioned plan and have you on the edge of your seat. However, suddenly everything is solved too easy and too fast. Katchoo's participation dissolves into nothing and only gives an excuse to see David a moment that could have been saved for me. I would like more stories of this type cross over, but with more plot. Even so, they are the characters that I love and will always follow.
January 8, 2020
Terry Moore, 'nuf said.
I rated Fire in the sky 5 stars because it's truth from a master. Truth telling is precious and rare nowadays. Illustration cuts through the fog. You hold it close. The "thousand words" method is economical and eloquent. Moore has few equals and no one does it better. 'Nuf said.
I rated Fire in the sky 5 stars because it's truth from a master. Truth telling is precious and rare nowadays. Illustration cuts through the fog. You hold it close. The "thousand words" method is economical and eloquent. Moore has few equals and no one does it better. 'Nuf said.
March 14, 2024
How the heck did this dude bring together characters from all these different kinds of books and make them work? Magic? By making them all seem very normal and human? I still feel like a lot of his women look samey and you have to figure out who is who from hair style, but if that's the biggest complaint I have, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
May 25, 2023
Recent Reads: Five Years Vol 1 - Fire In The Sky. Terry Moore continues the crossover between his many graphic stories, with Tambi bringing them together to stop the construction of a universe-destroying bomb. Can a handful of women save the world? Moscow rules apply, indeed.
January 18, 2020
It's the big crossover series! Hurrah! You'll need to read what comes before it but if you're a fan of this world then it's a glorious moment.
January 17, 2022
Fun read. Good ending to the series.
June 21, 2022
So many great characters! The art is beautiful. Terry Moore has done a great job of weaving all the threads together.
May 27, 2024
Old home week. But the stakes are so high we don't get as many of the character moments we love.
January 1, 2022
Wow! I’ve forgotten how much I have missed SiP.
I’ve read pretty much everything Terry Moore has produced since Strangers in Paradise and it is interesting how he has ravelled (opposite of unravelled - is that a word?) all the subsequent books together to this point.
This first chapter has really got the ball rolling in fine fashion and I am looking forward to seeing where it is goes, with no idea how long it will last (Five years?).
However long, I’ll be there.
2022: I’ve now got the conclusion so read this again and it was just as good as before. Zoe is my favourite so here solo adventure will be straight after part 2 of this.
I’ve read pretty much everything Terry Moore has produced since Strangers in Paradise and it is interesting how he has ravelled (opposite of unravelled - is that a word?) all the subsequent books together to this point.
This first chapter has really got the ball rolling in fine fashion and I am looking forward to seeing where it is goes, with no idea how long it will last (Five years?).
However long, I’ll be there.
2022: I’ve now got the conclusion so read this again and it was just as good as before. Zoe is my favourite so here solo adventure will be straight after part 2 of this.
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