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About Terry

Terry Moore writes, draws and publishes through his own imprint, Abstract Studio. Strangers In Paradise is a genre-bending epic comic book series that ran from 1993—2007. Echo, Terry's second series, is a sci-fi thriller that ran from 2008—2011. Rachel Rising is Terry's current series, a horror story about a woman who cannot die. Terry has drawn and written comics for other publishers over the years, including Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image. His work has won many awards, including the coveted Will Eisner and Harvey Awards. Comics is Terry's third career, following years spent working in music and video editing. The three careers combined make Terry fully prepared for coming digital book age.

The Spirit meets SiP

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new art: Francine and Katchoo reading comics

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Rachel Rising 18 and Cemetery Songs

This week I finished Rachel Rising issue 18 and sent it off to the printer. This is the 6th and final issue required for the next TPB, so it ends with a helluva kick. I had a lot of fun working on this issue. I think you’re going to be… entertained. So, RR18 is printing [...]

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Update June 12: SiP Omnibus & SDCC

The good news is, the Strangers In Paradise Omnibus is coming along nicely. Tomorrow I should receive a hand-bound copy to proof dimensions, measurements, box fit, and anything else physical that could go wrong. Once that is approved, the printer will shift into high gear and begin cranking out books. The bad news is, once [...]

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SiP girls cosplay DC for new Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide cover

Francine and Katchoo cosplay as Wonder Woman and Zatanna on the new Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide this summer. There are actually several covers for the book. The SiP girls are featured on the Hero Initiative Edition hardcover, which will have a print run of 500 copies. Price will be $35. They will begin selling [...]

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SiPcast Screensaver full-size jpeg 2560 X 1440

Here’s a SiP screen for your computer at 2560 X 1440 pixels. Click on it once or twice to get to the full size version. I have it faded a bit to provide better contrast for things you have on top of it. Looks great on my computer!

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SiP Omnibus—First Look & Fun Details

Look what came to the studio today: the SiP Omnibus! All I have to do now is draw in all the pages… :)-
We get this dummy book from the printer to check the bookmaking details before they dive and print a ton of them. You don’t want to print a jillion copies then go back to [...]

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SIP Omnibus Update, Iron Man contest, my cover for Grimm FT #85

Update: Strangers In Paradise Omnibus softcover edition
Two days ago I turned in the files for this monster collection of everything SiP. The book is being printed in China, so everything is done via computer and ftp. Once a pdf proof is approved, they will print like mad and send it back to us on, you [...]

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Today’s SiP Fix

Drew this last night for my friend Gary.

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Wondercon Report part 2, Panels & Sketches

My Spotlight panel on Friday was recorded on video. You can watch the entire panel here.  Imagine the smell of napalm in the morning and it’s almost like being there.
Sunday was my panel with Jeff Smith. Jeff and I have been friends since I started working in comics, which makes him really, really old. But [...]

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