Terry Moore (cartoonist)

Terry Moore (born 1954) is an American cartoonist, known for the series Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, and the founding of Homage Comics.

For other people named Terry Moore, see Terry Moore (disambiguation).
Terry Moore
Terry Moore at Heroes Con 2006
BornTerry Moore
1954
Texas
Notable works
Strangers in Paradise
Echo
Rachel Rising
Motor Girl
Awards1996 Eisner Award
(Best Serialized Story)
2003 Reuben Award
(Comic Books Silver Reuben Division Awards)
2014 Harvey Award
(Best Lettering)
2015 Harvey Award
(Best Cartoonist)

Early life

Moore was born in Texas and he grew up in the Southern United States, Africa, and England. His younger sister was born while his family lived in Africa. He began drawing in sketchbooks when he was eight, and when he was thirteen, he learned to play the electric guitar.

While living in England in his early twenties, Moore was a contributor to the British comics fanzine BEM; his humorous comic strip Thundermole was a regular feature in BEM from issue #13 (May 1977) to issue #34 (July 1981).

While working as a musician, Moore met and married his wife. When they decided to have a family, he took a more stable job as a video editor. He moved into cartooning when he became tired of editing.[1]

Career

Following the examples of independent comic creators like Dave Sim and Jeff Smith, Terry Moore decided to publish Strangers in Paradise himself through his own Houston-based "Abstract Studio" imprint. He has said his greatest career influence is Peanuts' Charles Schulz.[2] 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.[3] The following year, he began writing Runaways vol. 2, also for Marvel.[4] This run lasted for 9 issues.

The first issue of his next self-published series, Echo was released on March 5, 2008.[5] 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.[6][7][8][9][10] It was also nominated for an Eisner Award in the categories Best Continuing Series (2012), Best Writer/Artist (2012, 2014), and Best Letterer (2014).[11][12] His next book, Motor Girl, ran for 10 issues between November 2016 and November 2017.

Moore was featured in The Cartoonist, a 2009 documentary film on the life and work of Jeff Smith, creator of Bone.[13] Moore was nominated in 2016 for the Inkwell Awards All-in-One Award.[14]

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 has been published in Paradise, Too! and as a second feature in select issues of Rachel Rising.

Bibliography

References
  1. Stryker, Jonathan (November 15, 2017), "Interview: Cartoonist Terry Moore," Horror News. Retrieved 2017-12-14
  2. IGN: Dirty Dozen Starring Terry Moore
  3. "Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane (2008) #5". Marvel.com. Archived from the original on 2012-04-26.
  4. Rogers, Vaneta (2007-07-27). "SDCC '07: TERRY MOORE/HUMBERTO RAMOS NEXT RUNAWAYS TEAM". Newsarama. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-07-27.
  5. Terry Moore » Blog Archive » First look at new series! Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  6. (July 12, 2012), "2012 Harvey Awards Nominees announced Archived 2012-07-29 at the Wayback Machine", Baltimore Comic-Con (accessed January 10, 2016).
  7. (July 15, 2013), "2013 HARVEY AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016)
  8. (September 7, 2014), "Your 2014 Harvey Award Winners," Comics Reporter (accessed January 10, 2016) .
  9. (September 26, 2015), "The 2015 Harvey Award Winners," Tech Times (accessed January 10, 2016).
  10. (July 5, 2016), "2016 Harvey Awards Nominees Announced," Newsarama (accessed July 15, 2016)
  11. (April 4, 2012), "Nominees announced for 2012 Eisner Awards," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016).
  12. (April 14, 2014), "2014 Eisner Award Nominees Announced," Comic Book Resources (accessed January 10, 2016).
  13. Ken Mills (Director) (July 21, 2009). The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE and the Changing Face of Comics (Documentary). Mills James Productions.
  14. Inkwell Awards 2016 Winners
  15. Burlingame, Russ (May 8, 2019). "Terry Moore Talks Five Years: "I Think I've Set Myself Up For This"". Comics. Retrieved May 10, 2020.
Preceded by
Chuck Dixon		 Birds of Prey writer
2002		 Succeeded by
Gilbert Hernandez
Preceded by
Joss Whedon		 Runaways writer
2008–2009		 Succeeded by
Kathryn Immonen
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