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Terry Moore

Echo? What Echo?

About Me

I write, draw and self-publish the comic book ECHO, which made its debut March 2008. I’m also writing 2 books for Marvel; RUNAWAYS and SPIDER-MAN LOVES MARY JANE. No, I don’t know when they ship... they’re not scheduled yet.Before this, from 1993-2007, I wrote, drew and self-published STRANGERS IN PARADISE. SiP was nominated for a lot of awards over the years, winning the Will Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series, the National Cartoonist’s Society Reuben Award for Best Comic Book and the GLAAD Award for Best Comic Book. SiP is published in 11 languages worldwide (which is a funny expression— what, it’s in 11 languages in Louisiana?).Over the years I’ve also worked on other books for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, Image, Top Cow and numerous indy press friends. A complete list can be found easily through Google because I don’t have press sheets ready about things like that. I’m too busy making the new things to be my own historian.I made a band page here on MySpace because there isn’t a comic book creator’s format, or writers, or artists and I’d rather have a music based page than a generic blog. Maybe I’ll get Katchoo to record something for you.When you’re done snooping around here, start checking out my friends below and discover some of the brightest talents in comics. If your favorite is not in here it’s probably because they don’t accept band pages— a grave error.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/2/2008
Band Website: AbstractStudioComics.com
Band Members: KATCHOO — lead vocals and crash guitar

FRANCINE— backup vocals and tamborine

TERRY — lead guitar and zither

DAVID — drums

CASEY — the cute girlfriend

TAMBI — the manager

FREDDIE — the embezzling accountant

VIDEO PAT — groupie

VERONICA — jealous girlfriend with an M14

DARCY — lush and lusty record mogul’s wife

TIFF — assistant in charge of all the money and Katchoo’s Dr Pepper supply

LISA P — somewhat reliable wardrobe asst. to Francine

JOSE M — roadie in charge of driving the gopher-smashing truck

CHRIS M — official boytoy for the girls while on tour

FRIEND OF PLATO — band computer tech who dresses like a leprechaun at shows because it makes Katchoo laugh

OTIS S — tour photographer


JONATHAN C — the token cello player

feats of clay — holder of the autographing Sharpies

MICHAEL AKA HAPPYBUNNY — grouchy next door neighbor complaining about the rehearsal noise

OPTIMUS PRIMATE — that provocative dancer on stage playing the triangle

BRIAN P — visionary illuminator (aka lighting technician)

MROUTT — bass and catering (specifically: David’s sandwiches and art supplies)

SHEILA W — holistic masseuse/band mom

C.A. BRIDGES — wardrobe malfunction technician

KIT — stealthy ninja sound tech/bodyguard

JAZZY JEFF — groupie dude that does nothing but hang around in the background and drink Bud Lights

ROBERT M — hobo who accidentally snuck on the band bus and fell asleep

DIMITRIS N — headbutting bilingual bodyguard for when we need to headbutt people who only speak Italian

SEAN — maracas and "woo-woo"s (I’m really glad we found Sean, I was getting worried about our woo-woos)

KEAU D — band guru

DESHA D — musical director with a brassy french horn

GAIL B — bass clarinet and our secret comics provider

JETGIRL — Tambi’s bodyguard... obviously the most overpaid person on the crew

TASTY-PRAWN — clarinet, but not the bass clarinet, we’ve already got one of those

REG & FROST — kick-ass bodyguards in suits and cheap sunglasses

JOE H — naked guy who streaks at every concert and gets the crap beat out of him by our kick-ass bodyguards

DENISE W —the band’s tough-looking but arachnophobic cook specializing in really good grilled cheese sandwiches

KITTY — wicked keyboard and ocarina. Kitty is flexible. *ahem*

IAVI — Katchoo’s guitar roadie who keeps her gear in shape and hands her guitars one after another as she smashes them on the encores (sometimes a very dangerous job!)

MARTATES — our Dath Vader dressed sax player who also does our taxes and the grocery shopping for the buses

MIBBITMAKER — the one person who heard one of our songs played on Little Steven’s Underground Garage

THE LINSTER — the lucky person assigned the job of Buss Girl. Her sole job is to kiss Francine and Katchoo for good luck just before they go on stage. The Linster is easy to spot at the shows, she’s the one with the biggest smile.

PUCKSTER — Keyboard player who likes to help chef Denise W in the kitchen

LEE-ERIN — her job is to keep Casey from bugging Tambi when Tambi has to work, because you know how Casey gets. Sometimes this job involves swordplay.

DAVID P — the over-zealous accordian player. David has been know to get jiggy with it.

HOO — the token drunk chick in the front row who jumps about, arms flailing like a one-person mosh pit. Hoo is actually on staff and paid to do this because Katchoo thinks it’s funny.

Available Jobs:

—Somebody has to do laundry because Freddie changes underwear several times a day (we don’t know why)

— We need a couple of people to pretend to be locals who hang around the hotel lobby trying to get a glimpse of the band coming out of the elevator. You know, make it look like we’re popular

— We are in desperate need of neglected band wives who show up unannounced in Detroit at 9 AM and catch their mates in bed with 6 comatose groupies (as a bonus, you get to make a scene in a Four Seasons hotel)

— We need a truck driver who thinks we’re all nuts

— We need a mother who supported us back when we were playing parking lots in New Jersey

— and we could use more roadies to blow up the 60’ inflatable Francine that floats over the crowd. Unfortunately this must be done by mouth as we lost the air compressor in a poker game with the back-up band.


Influences: Everybody who makes...

BOOKS (but not those How To books)

ART (but not the current school of fine art)


MUSIC (but not that sleazy guy who sells cheap guitars on the Home Shopping Network)
Sounds Like: ...teen spirit.
Record Label: Abstract Studio
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SiP Wins GLAAD Award

Strangers In Paradise was awarded the GLAAD Award for Outstanding Comic Book this week. This is the second GLAAD award SiP has received, the first on 2001. I am honored and thrilled to receive the awa...
Posted by Terry Moore on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:25:00 PST

ECHO is HEEEEERE!

Echo 1 is sitting on the shelves of comic shops everywhere tonight, ready for tomorrow's new comic day Wednesday. Wow, haven't been this excited/nervous since the first issue of SiP shipped. I feel li...
Posted by Terry Moore on Wed, 05 Mar 2008 07:35:00 PST

Record Orders For Echo 1!

We got our Diamond order for Echo 1 today and and it is the highest order number Abstract Studio has ever received  higher than any SiP order over 14 years (only the Homage books had higher orders, b...
Posted by Terry Moore on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 10:35:00 PST

updated MySpace page

I updated my page today, changed songs, changed my band info (which I've decided to change regularly) and added photos and artwork. The art I added is from my Spider-Man Loves Mary Jane sketchbook. I'...
Posted by Terry Moore on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

Order ECHO this month!

Where else but MySpace can I be close personal friends with Shakespeare and Paul McCartney? It's a wonderful world.So my page is brand new, only a few days old. I'm delighted by how many people I've e...
Posted by Terry Moore on Thu, 10 Jan 2008 09:10:00 PST

Setting up MySpace

I made this page to connect with people who don't know about my website and its blog: www.TerryMooreArt.com. For my daily blog and all updates in my life and work, go there.
Posted by Terry Moore on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 08:05:00 PST