Strangers in Paradise: Love Me Tender

by Terry Moore

Strangers In Paradise - Collections (4), Strangers in Paradise (Collections and Selections — vol. 3 #1-5 collected)

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Strangers in Paradise 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. His characters live and breathe so vividly that it shows how much he loves them and induces the reader to love them, too. Moore's artwork is consistently gorgeous--darkly cute, conveying emotion with show more subtle grace and a human touch. Strangers in Paradise is one soap opera no one should miss. --Booklist show less

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2012 Reread: I got lost in this for a month. My very first full reread since the series hit its ending. Since I knew where it would start and go and end up. It was just as terrible, wonderful, painful, heartbreaking, heart healing, amazing as every other read. I never stop knowing my heart belongs to this.
Thus us a pretty fantastic installment in the Strangers in Paradise series. The events of this novel hint at interesting story arcs in the future, I never thought this series would suck me in as deep as it did.
Strangers in Paradise is the magnum opus if frustrated comic strip artist Terry Moore. I say frustrated because he’s spent many years trying to break into the Sunday comics pages only to realize that he has a much longer and more involved story to tell. SIP is the story of Katchoo, Francine, and David, three completely different individuals who all love each other and who are all not sure just how to work that out. Between jobs, relationships and even the mob, the three come to depend on each other and in the end can’t help but hurt each other at the same time.
Con questo albo inizia la terza ed ultima serie del fumetto di Moore, molto più lunga e articolata delle precedenti. Si capisce che sarà un'opera di più ampio respiro già dalle prime pagine: prima una sequenza onirica, poi siamo proiettati svariati anni nel futuro e da lì partirà un lungo flashback che ci riporta più o meno dove eravamo rimasti. Ovviamente sarà interessante scoprire come l'autore riuscirà a condurci a quel futuro che ora sembra lontanissimo. Il fumetto ha mantenuto i suoi tratti distintivi anche in questo nuovo capitolo: protagonisti tridimensionali e stile originale e sempre un po' sopra le righe, a volte scanzonato a volte emotivamente toccante. Non se sono io che mi sto abituando, ma ho apprezzato di più show more anche i disegni, li ho trovati più curati
E' stata una piacevole conferma questo numero, con in più la curiosità data da una premessa così spiazzante
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Bernardi, Luigi (Preface)
Ivaldi, Cristina (Translator)

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Canonical title
Strangers in Paradise: Love Me Tender
Original title
Strangers in Paradise Book 4: Love Me Tender
Original publication date
1998
People/Characters
Katina Choovanski; Francine Peters; David Qin; Freddie Femur; Chuck Janson; Rachel Hampton
Important places
Houston, Texas, USA
Epigraph
You know what I like about cars, Andy? You can depend on them. You turn the wheel left, they go left. You always know which way they're going to turn --Pontiac Moon
First words*
Beh, che si fa stasera?
Last words*
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)E dille che non deve più essere un'estranea, mai più
Original language*
Inglese
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Graphic Novels & Comics, LGBTQ+
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741.5973Arts & recreationDrawing & decorative artsDrawingComic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic stripsHistory, geographic treatment, biographyNorth AmericanUnited States (General)
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PN6727 .M5985 .S776Language and LiteratureLiterature (General)Literature (General)Collections of general literatureComic books, strips, etc.
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