These were never huge, outside of relative flukes like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and The Crow, but many enjoyed cult followings. In the 1980s and 1990s, American independent comics had been previously isolated to small press, but were beginning to pick up nationally thanks to newly formed comic shops. I could probably list any Universal Monster and find at least one queer webcomic made by someone who greatly thirsts for Boris Karloff. While comic books on the direct market keep slowing in sales, the realm of webcomics has brought on fantastic new niches.
If I were to do a quick Google search, I could find webcomics featuring anything I can imagine: gay centaur Westerns, wild overarching epics with diverse casts, and autobiographical tales featuring authors of almost every gender, sexuality, and race. Content Warning: this retrospective mentions abuse and sexual assault Sourced from high-resolution scans from the original art and reproduced at the actual size, this 12" x 17" deluxe volume is printed at 200 line-screen on heavy paper stock to approximate the look and feel of the original art itself.Issue 90 Cover. Also included is an extensive Gallery section containing covers and miscellaneous SIP art from the last 25 years. Included between these "bookends" is a representational page from each of the 105 issues published between issues #1 and #90. The artwork contained in this Smythe-sewn deluxe edition is framed by the original 20-page version of the very firstSIPstory andSIP#90, the series' 2007 finale. The evolution of Terry together with Francine, Katchoo, David and all of the other characters that inhabit theSIPworld is captured in this 248-page, large-format, hardcover edition. Celebrate the 25th Anniversary ofSIPwith this presentation of Moore's art spanning the entire Eisner Award-winning series. Terry Moore's work as a writer and artist (and letterer) are on display for all to see in the newTerry Moore: Strangers In Paradise Gallery Edition.
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