We’ve already briefly discussed this week’s issue of Rachel Rising, in which Terry Moore started to do a little world-building in between the character moments. With a connection to Echo (which has its own connections to Strangers in Paradise), the Terryverse is now well and truly integrated into this series, even if we don’t yet know what it means.To help us work it all out, we called in Terry Moore himself, the writer and artist of the series.A reminder that these interviews are meant to be read as “commentary tracks” to the issue. They’re SPOILER-HEAVY and should be read after you’ve read the book. If you don’t have the book, you can go get one now and read along with us.ComicBook.com: Where do you get the quotes from, or do you add one that makes sense after the story? Oppenheimer and Einstein and David Crosby is quite a combo.Terry Moore: Welcome to my head. That stuff just leaks out of my brain. Too much reading.ComicBook.com: The phone call was very cinematic, in terms of moving the “camera” around to vary the angles and giving Johnny a bit to do with the hanger and everything. Is it important to you, in these slower, more quiet issues, that there’s a sense of movement and energy?Terry Moore: Well I see them as moving so i try to portray that. It’s also a way of getting you to look at what i want you to look at. Like Rachel’s expression when Aunt Johnny tells her about Earl’s confession.ComicBook.com: There’s quite a bit of hemming and hawing going on with Earl here. Is it safe to say he’s coming to terms with what he believes he has to do at this point?Terry Moore: Earl is fighting a battle we can’t see. He’s still moving around an issue that hasn’t settled yet, but it takes a surprising turn in the very next issue.ComicBook.com: And I continue to adore Aunt Johnny’s candor.Terry Moore: Yeah, middle-aged women in practical shoes are not to messed with.ComicBook.com: I can’t help but feel like Shelly could be a Parker girl. She’s far too smiley and confounding when talking about the mob. Is that just wishful thinking on my part? I love the Terryverse.Terry Moore: I’m not sure Reuben’s a worthy enough target for a Parker Girl, but I loved Shelly the minute I started drawing her. That’s one of the joys of making your own stories: any given day you can wake up and create a new character to entertain you. You hear lonely kids say that all the time. It does get lonely in an art studio. =sniff=ComicBook.com: Just over six months ago, you told a reader that you didn’t plan on revealing what was in Julie’s box. Now…well, is that the same box?!Terry Moore: Looks just like it, doesn’t it? Huh.
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