Over the course of the last two issues, Terry Moore has exploded the borders of Rachel Rising‘s story, with a number of major revelations and some changes to the basic premise that were pretty difficult to see coming. Still, we haven’t talked with him about the title in a while. Today seemed like a good day to rectify that.Remember that these are basically the “director’s commentary.” Many of these questions and answers won’t make any sense if you haven’t yet read Rachel Rising #11 and #12, and even those that do are likely to be spoilers.So go buy those books, then come back. We’ll wait.You like to use snow a lot, especially when something really nasty is coming around the corner, don’t you? We saw it in Strangers in Paradise and Echo as well. Is that a conscious thing, repeating the theme throughout the Terryverse?In Rachel Rising, it’s a metaphor for the nonstop body count of people dying in the world. A constant reminder, because we like to not think about it. I suppose it’s always been that metaphor, even in the other books, but in Rachel it is finally explained.This is a horror book, but it’s very much a quiet book where there are occasional explosions, rather than a book that’s all-action, all the time. I know The Walking Dead has taken some grief for that approach in the past. Do you ever worry about readers having trouble connecting to the slower parts of the issue?Yes, because the people of today have been raised on short versions of everything. But, a cell phone society doesn’t change the deeply human trait of caring more about something if you know more about it. And, it’s hard to feel compassion when you’re running all the time. And, if it’s all action all the time, then it becomes meaningless. It’s death metal. I like to go anywhere from Ravel to metal and back. It’s a more dynamic experience.Donna Fell. Get it?Like Pussy Galore.The seeds have been planted in previous issues, but Malus certainly puts his plans in motion in a right hurry, and dramatically here. Is he up against a ticking clock?I think it’s more of a growing impatience. He has been trying to get out of his situation for a very long time.That machine next to Zoe’s bed, with all the dials and the like, seems a bit vintage. Is that an intentional choice, making the series feel like it maybe has happened in the recent past, or is it just a question of what’s visually interesting? You did something similar in Echo, in terms of the truck. Is it just dull to draw more modern appliances and vehicles now that everything looks the same?I like the look. I have my own weird steampunk thing, but it’s more a blend of 1950’s and now. It’s all over the story, really. I just like it.
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