Strangers in Paradise Vol 2 TP I Dream Of You Terry Moore 6th print Abstract

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Strangers in Paradise Volume 2 I Dream of You TPB
Published Jan 1998 by Abstract

Volume 2 – 6th print
Collects Strangers in Paradise (1994 Abstract) #1-9

Story and art by Terry Moore

Strangers in Paradise (SIP) is the story of three friends, Francine, Katchoo, and David and the people they fall in and out of love with. It’s a tale of dark pasts and hopeful futures, double-crosses and true friendship, love, and hate. In other words, it’s a story of real life, kicked up a notch, a sometimes-heartwarming, sometimes-heartbreaking look at life and the relationships that we stumble through.

The entire story of Katchoo’s encounter with the decidedly wicked Mrs. Parker, the death of Emma, and the unrequited love of David. From its quiet beginning to the terrifying conclusion, this beautiful collection includes the first eight issues of the critically-acclaimed series.

Softcover, 168 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.95.

The science fiction writer Harlan Ellison says this about Terry Moore and Echo: “Terry Moore does an acre more straight-up memorable storytelling in one black & white issue of Echo than either of the two comic’s giants’ in a years’-worth of their prolix, boring, barren crossover ‘events. This, ECHO, is what we long for, would die for.” A totally different book but Harlan Ellison was also a huge fan of SIP!

This is the extraordinary graphic novel taught in university classrooms across the nation as a leading example of contemporary literature. From its comic beginnings in the first book, SiP takes a dramatic turn in I Dream Of You. Katchoo returns from a mysterious three-month trip to Canada to find her trusted friend David and roommate Francine angry and demanding answers. But Katchoo can’t tell Francine the truth: that she was once a highly paid call girl working for the wicked and powerful Darcy Parker.

Now, after two years of hiding within Francine’s quiet domestic life, Parker has found Katchoo and threatens to take away the one thing Katchoo holds most dear, the secret love of her life, Francine. In this touching story of unrequited love set against the backdrop of organized crime, writer/artist Terry Moore delivers an unforgettable love story that has become a graphic novel classic, winning the Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series.

The cover of this book says volume II but in reality storywise THIS is where it all starts. Where the ‘real’ volume I (named “The Collected”) gives you a brief introduction to who the main players and Terry Moore (the creator, both artist and writer) are, here is where the story as we know it today really begins. So see this as volume I and see “The Collected” as a big intro-special because that’s basically how it is. The book starts of with some mild-mannered interaction between two of our three main-players, named Katchoo and Francine, who haven’t seen each other in years after Katchoo took of all of a sudden and unexplained years ago. So it’s all fun and jokes at first.

But then it turns out that both girls/women have some skeletons in their closet. Problems and emotions which NEED to be worked out for their relationship to be ever as good between them as in the past. Francine turns out to be an emotional wreck and Katchoo turns out to have got herself in quite some problems in the years she was gone. And all the while this is all going on they’re also involved in this sort of love-triangle with the third main player named David, who turns out to be a major factor in the story later on. And that’s mainly what this first self-contained volume is all about.

I think it’s great and for me it was the start of what is up to this day one of my favorite series around. I think everyone who isn’t too stuck on just superhero comics has a great opportunity to explore something really good in purchasing this volume. THIS is the essential book for this series. If you like it you’re probably hooked. When you don’t (which I can hardly imagine, but it happens) this series is not for you.

Terry Moore’s Graphic Novel ‘Strangers In Paradise’ On Way To Big Screen

Terry Moore and filmmaker Angela Robinson are partnering to adapt Moore’s long-running graphic novel Strangers In Paradise for film. The comic follows Katchoo, a beautiful young woman living a quiet life with everything going for her. She’s smart, independent and very much in love with her best friend, Francine. Then Katchoo meets David, a gentle but persistent young man determined to win Katchoo’s heart. The resulting love triangle is a touching comedy of romantic errors until Katchoo’s former employer comes looking for her and $850,000 in missing mob money. As her idyllic life begins to fall apart, Katchoo discovers no one can be trusted and that the past she thought she left behind now threatens to destroy her and everything she loves, including Francine.

“Angela and I have known each other for years and I greatly admire her creative vision.” said Moore. “From day one our common goal was to bring Strangers In Paradise to the screen. It’s a complex story that took years to write and Angela gets it on every level. I can’t wait to get started.”

Robinson’s Professor Marston And The Wonder Woman, an origin story of the man who created Wonder Woman and the women who inspired the character, stars Luke Evans, Rebecca Hall and Bella Heathcote and is premiering at the Toronto Film Festival. The film, which Robinson wrote and directed, will be released by Annapurna on October 13.

“I’ve been wanting to adapt Strangers In Paradise for over a decade, since the first time I read it and couldn’t put it down. Terry Moore writes real female characters with such breathtaking sensitivity,” said Robinson. “With Strangers In Paradise he pulls off the nearly impossible — a sexy, stylish crime story with tons of heart. I look forward to our collaboration.”

Moore is the Eisner Award-winning creator of the Strangers in Paradise series. His horror series Rachel Rising was nominated for a 2012 Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category by the Horror Writers Association.

Some wear along spine. Few spots on back cover. Binding is excellent. 6th printing.