The Collected Strangers in Paradise

Terry Moore’s The Collected Strangers in Paradise is a single-issue prestige compilation from Antarctic Press, gathering the earliest chapters of his acclaimed independent series. First released in 1994, this volume introduces the complex, decades-spanning saga of friendship, crime, and romance between Katchoo and Francine, rendered in Moore’s distinctive black-and-white linework. As the starting point for one of the most beloved self-published comics of the 1990s, it matters as the first collected entry into a story that would redefine emotional depth in the medium.