Terry Moore (cartoonist)

Terry Moore
Terry Moore at Heroes Con 2006
Born	Terry Moore
Notable works	Strangers in Paradise Echo Rachel Rising Motor Girl
Awards	1996 Eisner Award (Best Serialized Story) 2014 Harvey Award (Best Lettering) 2015 Harvey Award (Best Cartoonist)

Terry Moore is an American cartoonist, known for the series Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, and the founding of Homage Comics.

Career

Following the examples of independent comic creators such as Dave Sim and Jeff Smith, Terry Moore decided to publish Strangers in Paradise himself through his own Houston-based "Abstract Studios" imprint. He has said his greatest career influence is Peanuts' Charles Schulz.^[1] His work has won him recognition in the comics industry, including 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".

In 2008, Moore wrote and drew covers for all five issues of Marvel Comics's Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol. 2.^[2] The following year, he began writing Runaways vol. 2, also for Marvel.^[3] This run lasted for 9 issues.

The first issue of his next self-published series, Echo was released on March 5, 2008.^[4] Echo ran for 36 issues and concluded in June 2011. It was followed in August 2011 by Rachel Rising, a 42-issue horror comic which won the 2014 Harvey Award for Best Lettering and 2015 award for Best Cartoonist in addition to several other nominations.^[5] It was also nominated for an Eisner Award in the categories Best Continuing Series (2012), Best Writer/Artist (2012, 2014), and Best Letterer (2014).^[6] His current book, Motor Girl, began November 2016.

Moore was featured in The Cartoonist, a 2009 documentary film on the life and work of Jeff Smith, creator of Bone.^[7] Moore was nominated in 2016 for the Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award.^[8]

Moore has expressed a desire to do a syndicated cartoon strip in the authors notes at the back of the Strangers in Paradise collection books. Some of Moore's strip work was been published in Paradise, Too! and as a second feature in select issues of Rachel Rising.

Bibliography

• Strangers in Paradise vol. 1, 3 issues (1993-1994)
• Strangers in Paradise vol. 2, 14 issues (1994-1996)
• Strangers in Paradise vol. 3, 90 issues (1996-2007)
• Negative Burn #13 (1994)
• Original cover art for Dan DeBono's Indy #12 (c. 1995)
• Lady Supreme #1-2 (1996)
• Gen 13 Bootleg #14-15 (1997)
• Star Wars Tales #5 (2000)
• Paradise, Too! 14 issues (2000-2003)
• Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Willow and Tara 1-shot (2001)
• Birds of Prey #47-49 (2002)
• DC First: Batgirl/Joker #1 (2002)
• Ultimate Marvel Team-Up #14 (2002)
• The Darkness/Vampirella 1-shot (2005)
• Treehouse of Horror #12 (2006)
• Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane vol. 2 (2008-2009)
• Runaways vol. 3 #1-9 (2008-2009)
• Echo 30 issues (2008-2011)
• Strange Tales II #3 (2011)
• Fables #107 (2011)
• Rachel Rising 42 issues (2011-2016)
• Motor Girl (2016)

References

1. IGN: Dirty Dozen Starring Terry Moore
2. "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2008) #5". Marvel.com.
3. Rogers, Vaneta (2007-07-27). "SDCC '07: TERRY MOORE/HUMBERTO RAMOS NEXT RUNAWAYS TEAM". Newsarama. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
4. Terry Moore » Blog Archive » First look at new series!
5. • (July 12, 2012), "2012 Harvey Awards Nominees announced", Baltimore Comic-Con (accessed January 10, 2016)
   • (July 15, 2013), "2013 HARVEY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016)
   • (September 7, 2014), "Your 2014 Harvey Award Winners," Comics Reporter (accessed January 10, 2016)
   • (September 26, 2015), "The 2015 Harvey Award Winners," Tech Times (accessed January 10, 2016)
   • (July 5, 2016), "2016 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced," Newsarama (accessed July 15, 2016)
6. • (April 4, 2012), "Nominees announced for 2012 Eisner Awards," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016)
   • (April 14, 2014), "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016)
7. Ken Mills (Director) (July 21, 2009). The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics (Documentary). Mills James Productions.
8. Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners

External links

• The Strangers in Paradise Website
• Interview with The Comics Journal
• Baker's Dozen with Terry Moore
• Terry Moore's Blog
• In depth interview with Terry Moore on SiP and Echo
• Comic Geek Speak Podcast interview with Terry discussing the end of Strangers (June, 2007)
• Tery Moore discussing SiP Pocket Editions on Comic Geek Speak Podcast:
  • Volume 1 (October, 2007)
  • Volume 2 (March, 2008)
  • Volume 3 (October, 2008)
  • Volume 4 (April, 2009)
  • Volume 5 (October, 2009)
  • Volume 6 (June, 2010)
• Interview on Where Monsters Dwell Podcast (June, 2013)