Strangers In Paradise: It's A Good Life (Bk. 3)
by Terry Moore
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Author: Terry MooreArtist: Terry Moore
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-05-01
ISBN: 1892597020
Number of pages: 152
Publisher: Abstract Studio
Book Reviews of Strangers In Paradise: It's A Good Life (Bk. 3)
Book Review: It's a good life and it's a good book
Summary: 5 Stars
We have left Francine and Katchoo in the aftermath of emotional and physical trauma, caused by blast from the Katchoo's past, and now is the time to deal with it. Katchoo is recovering, David is back in their lives with dire news, and Francine's ex-boyfriend becomes progressively more obsessed with her. All in all it's an average day in life of these two girls that we grew fond of. Terry Moore writes an excellent dissection of life and life's peculiar wonders. It's a story about those almost neglectful events that we pass by each day, events that make us happy or sad and which make this bothersome burden of living so worthy. There are no superheroes here, only average girls (or young women if you like that phrase better), average boys and interaction full of confusion. Somehow, reader is familiar with all of this, despite never reading this book before. Terry Moore managed to capture the essence that works so well in any part of the world, despite the civilization and cultural boundaries present everywhere (of course, this is sort of a generalization but you get the picture). We all grew up in the similar manner, we all dreamed similar dreams and Terry Moore pulled them out from our collective consciousness and drew them on the paper. And because of them every reader can insert his own story into the lives of Francine and Katchoo, every reader can identify himself with a certain aspects of their lives, and most important of all, every one of you out there will manage to read through the story with a queer feeling that you're looking into the lives of close friends that you never have met before. "It's a good life" closes a story line which began with "I dream of you", though closing might be relative term here. Real story and real troubles are yet to begin. Everything that we have witnessed before is just setting of the stage for larger drama, and dramatic it will be. This drama doesn't have anything to do with soap-operas and those afternoon movies of Danielle Steel, you may picture it rather as a story about everyday survival, le combat ordinaire as Manu Larcenet said in his work.
There are action bits here and there, there is dash of noir sprinkled on the pages, but story does not suffocate from these elements. Katchoo and Francine are still independent, troubled women which hate this world of male dominance and try their best to live in it. Be warned, this is not a book about feminist activism, though it has been hailed by feminists as a positive example of male writing on subject of male-female relations - this is the book about your neighbors (peculiar one but everyone had those at some point in their lives) and, in a paradoxical and roundabout way, book about you. Maybe the question that you're asking yourself now is: "Why would I want to read about my neighbors or myself". Well, there is no straight answer to that one, maybe the best one would be that Art always did so. This is not a comic book in a general sense of that word, this is Art speaking through peculiar media - media which, if you never acquainted yourself with it, might surprise you yet. Maybe "Strangers in paradise" won't be so strange after all, and maybe this is the best place for you to immerse yourself into the wonderful world of comics. (That being said, do start from the first volume and not the third one, hope that goes without saying ')
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Strangers In Paradise: It's A Good Life is the continuing saga of three friends, Katchoo, Francine and David. This volume finds our friends chasing each other to Hawaii in the name of love. Francine becomes involved with former beau, Freddie and Katchoo gets involved with everyone!Graphic Novels Books
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