‘Strangers in Paradise’ Archives
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 6
It took me a long time to get to this last book (even longer to write this review). On one hand I was slightly disappointed by the last book, on the other I didn't want this series to end. I also knew what would happen to David, so I was also afraid of reading that. But once I finished it I was glad I did. First of all we get the reconciliation [...]
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 5
(It took me a long time to write this, and then a long time to post this) SPOILERS!!! This book is slightly unfocused, with many different story threads running in parallel. The first story arc is about David's past. It's been hinted at many times, but we finally get to see what happened to him. I was obviously really happy to read this [...]
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 4
SPOILERS FOR BOOK 4!! I really enjoyed this series so far, every book had its own little arc and the characters kept growing and their past was slowly revealed. This book was a bit of a departure for me. I admit I didn't understand the story correctly, but I do blame the story telling for confusing me. Here's my problem. On top of the two [...]
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 3
SPOILERS FOR BOOK 3!! This book is structured similarly to book 2. We start with normal life in the present, we see another glimpse at the future, and we go deep into the big crime story arc. The future story line sees Katchoo going back to see Francine. Even though I haven't read how they split up, I felt emotional seeing them together [...]
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 2
If you haven't read SIP yet I would suggest you pick up these pocket books. From now on, I will talk about each book in detail, so be warned. SPOILER WARNING!! This book starts collecting the third series of SIP, which re-started at #1 published by Homage Studios at Wildstorm. There's no surprise than that Jim Lee draws the first few pages [...]
Strangers in Paradise: Pocket Book 1
This first volume of SIP read very quickly. This story is so compelling that I cannot put it down. I am surprised how much story is in this volume already. Even though I read all this before, I'm just surprised that all the major elements of this series are already in place. At the core is Francine and Katchoo's relationship. We already know [...]
Strangers in Paradise
SIP is a classic long running indy series. It is one of the few series that is actually concluded, like Cerebus and Bone. Just for that it deserves a special place in a comics collection. But the reason it lasted this long is thanks to its quality art and story. Terry Moore is a master storyteller, and this epic story is his masterpiece, so [...]