With its initial, establishing arc out of the way, Terry Moore’s Eisner-nominated Rachel Rising takes time with its seventh issue, out today, to focus on its characters and dealing with the fallout from last issue’s catastrophic accident.As always, Terry Moore joined us to talk about the issue.As always, remember that The Whatdead is a commentary track for those who have already read the issue, and should only be read either if you’ve read the issue already or if you don’t mind being spoiled.Terry Moore talked to us about the series’ seventh issue, some of the challenges of “branding” non-spandex characters and how he’s adjusting to the need to create characters more ready to license this time around, than he did with his mega-hit Strangers in Paradise.This is an incredibly dense issue, artistically. you have to average something like 6 or 7 panels per page here. Any reason for that?Just an awful lot of story to tell, really. A lot of dialogue and expressions were used to make the scenes work. It’s a hassle to draw but it reads better than stacking a bunch of dialogue over one main picture.It’s also a very quiet issue. Did you feel like you needed a break after last issue or is it just a matter of starting a new arc?Yeah, it’s like performance dynamics, whether it’s a song or a play or a movie. A comic is no different. The quiet parts make the louds parts louder.That said, those last three pages are a bit…loud. Is it important to give readers a cliffhanger on the first issue of a new storyline?I don’t know if you would want a rule mandating a cliffhanger, but if you can produce one naturally that’s nice.
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