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Rachel Rising Characters Were Secretly in Strangers in Paradise

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Rachel Rising #17, out today.The shared universe that Terry Moore’s […]
Terry Moore's Strangers in Paradise/Rachel Rising Crossover

Warning: Spoilers ahead for Rachel Rising #17, out today.The shared universe that Terry Moore’s characters exist in got a little closer-knit today, as Johnny and Carol were revealed to have appeared in an issue of Moore’s Strangers in Paradise nearly a decade ago.Strangers in Paradise #65 from April 2004, to be exact. In the issue, Katina Choovanski (Katchoo) holds one of her first major gallery shows, and among the numerous splash pages of people responding to her art, or simply captioned looks at her paintings, you get the page seen at right (in the book), which was copied over again in this week’s issue of Rachel Rising (#17, inset on the Nook).What’s it doing in Rachel Rising? Those women holding hands in the Strangers in Paradise sequence are Rachel’s Aunt Johnny and her partner Carol.

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