When I started colecting comics (age of6) I was the only girl I new who did. Needless to say I felt like an out cast. Aftertime went on I gave them up, due to prices (ever try being 14 and collecting 10 issuse of x-men related comics a month. Lucky for me I have a great friend who intoduced me to your book. Now I am hooked SIP is like my paper crack. I can't wait. I can't even leave the parking lot of the comic store until I have read the book. Now I even have the t-shirts, trades, and posters framed on the walls not to mention a rather famus tatto. Terry thank you for SIP. Thankyou thankyou thankyou. It is the only comic book I have ever read, that deals with realictic, (sometimes far-feched, but still realistic) topics. You are a true genous. I only hope more great bookes keep coming.

not fair! Interesting, but not fair. After all the crap Francine and Katchoo have been through this cant happen.. Francy looses the baby and Katchoo meets someone else? NOOOO! Francine and Katchoo have to end up together, is this not the purpose of the story? so they can end up together?

WAAAAAAA!!!

Dear Terry,
SIP has always been a very emotionally charged book to me, mainly because I think everyone can relate to at least some of the circumstances that have been presented so far. I myself have shared a lot of the same experiences as Katchoo and Francine, so to me, it's like reading about old friends.

This issue hit home with me more than any other so far. I miscarried a son just 5 years ago and it was probably the hardest thing I've ever had to live through. I was amazed at how well you portrayed Francine's reaction, because it was almost exactly the same as it was when I found out. One moment, life is grand. The next....it all falls apart. I have to say, I've been reading SIP from the beginning, and this is by far the best issue so far, just for the emotional aspect of it.
Can't wait to read the next one.

OMG! It was so good. and I almost cried, like twice! Damn you, Terry!

Thank you Terry, not just for being the most creative and intelligent man alive(cause there's not a whole lot of those running around) but Griffin's lyrics just keep getting better, and I loved the picture of Katchoo on the back of the cover, (Peace), ripped it out and hung it on my wall.
I've been reading SIP for so long now, they feel like my family, and I can't wait to see what happens next!
And poor, poor Francine, it will be interesting to see how she handles this. And what is going on with Casey? Someone please explain what actually goes on inside that pretty little head of hers!

Thank you Terry, not just for being the most creative and intelligent man alive(cause there's not a whole lot of those running around) but Griffin's lyrics just keep getting better, and I loved the picture of Katchoo on the back of the cover, (Peace), ripped it out and hung it on my wall.
I've been reading SIP for so long now, they feel like my family, and I can't wait to see what happens next!
And poor, poor Francine, it will be interesting to see how she handles this. And what is going on with Casey? Someone please explain what actually goes on inside that pretty little head of hers!

The sequence of Francine silently screaming was really amazing comic art. The best I have seen in a while. Its emotional impact brought to mind some of the scenes from Bryan Talbot's The Tale of One Bad Rat. (A must read, for those who haven't!)

I read some people's posts and now I am also wondering: If the cell phone message was erased, what about the recent call list?? My phone keeps track of all incoming calls with the # or name; won't Katchoo realize Francine did call if she has that list? Maybe she will think F didn't leave a message. Hmmmm.

I had the pleasure of attending ComicCon in San Diego last weekend, and getting to meet our very own Terry Moore. Because of his comments on what is to come next issue and how heart felt the Francine's saddness page was, I am happy to say I love this issue. Terry is an amazing guy and if you haven't met him, you're missing out. The only thing I regret about ComiCon is not getting a picture of Terry to add to my SIP collection. There's always next year.

Thank you to all the awesome people at ComiCon and the devoted SIP fans who I will forever have a special friendship with. You all rock!!! And if you need something else to read cuz Terry is killing you with the wait... try Jane's World, it's light and humorous, but fun.

Katchoo fan,
audrey ----;--@

Dear Terry and Editors,

I gotta tell ya, the first time I ever read SIP, I thought it was the dumbest comic written. I thought the storyline sucked, and I didn't think that it could ever get better. Needless to say, I was not a fan after the very first episode.
However, my girlfriend asked to me give it a chance, and I did. Now I am a fan. I have a subscription for your comics, I even buy the trade paper backs. I buy the posters and hang them on my wall, and I even share the comics with my friends.
Terry, this comic is the greatest. I get every issue I can, even if I am a late reader, but when's the next issue coming out. I've been looking for it and checking the site and looking for it: I'm almost stir-crazy waiting for the next issue. It's almost like an addiction, I NEED IT.
*breath breath breath*
Okay, I think I can go check my local comic store to see if they have the next trade paperback yet. Keep up the good work. I'll keep waiting for the next one.

--Stir Crazy Loyalist.

Dear Terry and Editors,

I gotta tell ya, the first time I ever read SIP, I thought it was the dumbest comic written. I thought the storyline sucked, and I didn't think that it could ever get better. Needless to say, I was not a fan after the very first episode.
However, my girlfriend asked to me give it a chance, and I did. Now I am a fan. I have a subscription for your comics, I even buy the trade paper backs. I buy the posters and hang them on my wall, and I even share the comics with my friends.
Terry, this comic is the greatest. I get every issue I can, even if I am a late reader, but when's the next issue coming out. I've been looking for it and checking the site and looking for it: I'm almost stir-crazy waiting for the next issue. It's almost like an addiction, I NEED IT.
*breath breath breath*
Okay, I think I can go check my local comic store to see if they have the next trade paperback yet. Keep up the good work. I'll keep waiting for the next one.

--Stir Crazy Loyalist.

i'm sorry francie but i can't hate casey for what she did. esp. sicne kat called you a million times before. i'm not saying it's right, but i understand, and part of me hopes my friends love me enough to do the same (intent counts a lot to me).

i swear, if you had told me 5 years ago i'd end up relatingto casey this much i would have punched you.

and i know sara's a cop, but she just so darn cute in "parker girl" mode... i just hope lindsey doesn't hurt her....

well,to tell you the turth i havn't really seen the issue! but i'm hopeing that it should be great.

Terry, how could you!

Katchoo needs to get over Francine, understandable, but having Casey do such a heinous, immature thing when Francine is in her worst hour? It happens, I know, but we all hate to see the great divide between Francine and Katchoo get any bigger. And where's David? Hasn't he escaped Tambi's dominatrix grasp yet?

We need more story, do 30 pages each issue! I'm dying at the end of every single issue with this, "yeah, okay, now what are they gonna do about it!" feeling. Casey has got to go, David needs to make a new entrance, and Francine needs to go on a sabatical, all by her lonesome, and work herself out.

But no matter what happens, I still read on and on and on because you really do know how to tell it, Terry.

One last thing, is Sara a redhead? because every love triangle needs a feisty redhead to spice things up.

Tootles~
Red

I do NOT frikkin believe it. The ONE issue of SIP I still don't have and this issue references to it! Someone send me SIP #21. PLEASE!

I am beggin y'all.....

ok back to the issue....

I do NOT frikkin believe it. The ONE issue of SIP I still don't have and this issue references to it! Someone send me SIP #21. PLEASE!

I am beggin y'all.....

ok back to the issue....

SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER


S P O I L E R



Brad ages 20 YEARS in just one panel....when he answers the phone and puts his hand onto the wall. Man the pain he must feel for himself and Francine.

And to see Katchoo smile so much, WOW, I forgot how beautiful she was...

ok, back to finishing the issue.

Oh no, I saw it coming. It's not possible for both of them to go on happily.
The page where Francine imagines how the life of her child could have been and her inner screaming made me almost cry. That was a bit too real.
And now Sarah is properly introduced. I have the baddest feeling she soon will hurt Katchoo (like everybody else already did).
And as for Casey. WHY? Okay, from her point of view it was a gesture of friendship thinking to spare Katchoo the 'usual' ramblings of Francine. But I think Francine won't bother to call a second time, so there goes the mess again.

Oh no, I saw it coming. It's not possible for both of them to go on happily.
The page where Francine imagines how the life of her child could have been and her inner screaming made me almost cry. That was a bit too real.
And now Sarah is properly introduced. I have the baddest feeling she soon will hurt Katchoo (like everybody else already did).
And as for Casey. WHY? Okay, from her point of view it was a gesture of friendship thinking to spare Katchoo the 'usual' ramblings of Francine. But I think Francine won't bother to call a second time, so there goes the mess again.

OH MAN! after spending a family vacation in hawaii reading the surprising story arcs from tropic of desire and brave new world, but without a copy of child of rage to bridge the gap, i FINALLY found a new copy of the missing TPB in my collection at my local comic store the other day. GLORY HALLELEJUAH! i hope u appreciate that "i cleared my schedule", as veronica did, to find scrape up enough money that day and buy the TPB in place of a few other errands. i went home and slept, i was so happy.

anyways, i dont have a copy of #52 (groan) to bridge between unread copies of 53 and 54. HOWEVER, i must say, i have never laughed so loud in a while as i did when i saw the aforementioned panels:

"GET BACK IN HERE YA LIL' STUD MUFFIN!"
"MY GOD....THE WOMANS AN ANIMAL!"

LMAO poor david...well at least he gets some lovin that katchoo didnt give him. haha every guys dream-have sex or die. thats so funny. I still know and retain faith that Katchoo will realize an equal amount of love for David that she has for Francine, and i hope David continues searching for Katchoo. I mean, according to Sanctuary, theyre getting married somewhere down the line, right? *sigh* David loves her so much, he reminds me of me-one of the nice romantic guys. brads so cool too...i wish katchoo could at least give him a chance as a person.

btw, do something nice for freddie and chuck. yes-freddie. i can see hes starting to turn a corner in his maturity. i wish he was a regular member in the cast cuz he and katchoo spell each other so well. I like Caseys new bf, Joe, and they seem perfect for each other, but I could also see Freddie being the husband that he wasnt before if he only got another chance.

ANYWAYS, hope i find a copy of 52 somewhere and i cant wait for the next graphic novel to come out. i have skimmed a few of the comics up to date, and it looks like sara bryan gets more pub, so thats kind of cool. im getting tired of katchoo being so close-minded with remaining a lesbian and related issues, but youre the author. its your world, so ill let you be the curator. im just here for the always smooth ride. thank you so much for making a difference in my life personally and professionally with your book.

Love,
Henry Nichols

Issue #58 kicked butt just like all the previous installments. I was quite disturbed that KaChoo is moving on with her life and career (might be another lover along the way) and that Francine is in such a spot with the loss of baby and all. I hope that Francine attempts to contact KaChoo again as I know that they really, really need to talk. Come on Gals drop the small stuff and get together, life is too short for anything else.

i think it was good because it tells you things you don`t and you get to learn more stuff and it tells you more

My gods.

I have to say... I didn't want to see this coming. Am feeling very badly for Francine, as her hopeful child was something-- perhaps the only thing-- she had as an anchor after finally making (as she thought) the decision to find happiness with Katchoo. Now that is gone, and thanks to Casey (separate rant) the move she made to contact Katchoo for emotional support seems as though it'll come to nothing. And I gotta say that was a goddamn *brave* move, if you ask me.

Casey. Gwynnethina Casey Bullocks. If it were physically possible, I would rip her implants out. Not even the dubious ground of 'protecting Katchoo' will excuse what she did. All together now: Erasing other folks' messages IS. NOT. OKAY. Lather, rinse, repeat.

As always, Terry (since I can't call you Mr. Moore, a title of *respect*...) your art is superb, your language masterful (Katchoo used "muliebrity"! Woohoo!) and the pacing... excellent as always. I think the multi-panel montage of Francine's heartbreak and loss should go down as one of the best representations of pain the comic art world has to offer.

Am also worried for Katchoo. As someone who's trying to get back to what makes my soul sing (music and cooking) I totally understand what Katchoo's talking about as she's unpacking her studio. Unfortunately, Sara's on the horizon... perhaps a derailment? Or... something else? [sinister eyebrow] I can't wait to find out. You might as well know I'm hoping that Sara gets subverted and lured away from The Dark Side, little chance though there is of that happening. Sigh. Perhaps it's just the way Sara's drawn... but there's just that little hint of Francine there. Maybe it's just me.

Terry,
What the heck is up with Casey!!! *arg* I fully understand why Casey did what she did, but she had no right in my opinion to do so. That is Katchoo's call, not Casey's. They have developed a friendship that is exactly what Katchoo needs right now, but friends shouldn't have to hide things from eachother. More then ever, Katchoo can only provide the comfort she needs.
In this last issue, I was forced to buy another issue because of the tears that soaked the pages. Although I knew it was coming, I was just flabergasted to see it happened. I believe it was inevitable. One more Marble in the bag, eh?
Another question I would like to propose, is some display of your art. Ever think of putting together a print book for the ten year anniversary? Each cover is such a thing of beauty. I can only imagine having it sitting on my coffee table, people picking it up and sitting there in awe. Not like you don't have everything else in the world going on!!
On a more personal note Terry, I have been a reader for four years ever since my boyfriend/mentor Jonah hooked me. The characters themselves all have some sort of attribute that I can relate to, Even Darcy! :( .... My nickname in highschool was Katchoo, but not for my lovely figure.
Stating for the record, I would like to thank you for your dedication and hard work into the SIP series. I can only dream and hope that the next ten years are going to be just as inspiring and exciting. See you at Comicon in San Diego!

Terry,
What the heck is up with Casey!!! *arg* I fully understand why Casey did what she did, but she had no right in my opinion to do so. That is Katchoo's call, not Casey's. They have developed a friendship that is exactly what Katchoo needs right now, but friends shouldn't have to hide things from eachother. More then ever, Katchoo can only provide the comfort she needs.
In this last issue, I was forced to buy another issue because of the tears that soaked the pages. Although I knew it was coming, I was just flabergasted to see it happened. I believe it was inevitable. One more Marble in the bag, eh?
Another question I would like to propose, is some display of your art. Ever think of putting together a print book for the ten year anniversary? Each cover is such a thing of beauty. I can only imagine having it sitting on my coffee table, people picking it up and sitting there in awe. Not like you don't have everything else in the world going on!!
On a more personal note Terry, I have been a reader for four years ever since my boyfriend/mentor Jonah hooked me. The characters themselves all have some sort of attribute that I can relate to, Even Darcy! :( .... My nickname in highschool was Katchoo, but not for my lovely figure.
Stating for the record, I would like to thank you for your dedication and hard work into the SIP series. I can only dream and hope that the next ten years are going to be just as inspiring and exciting. See you at Comicon in San Diego!

Dear Terry,

In twenty pages, you manage to achieve what other writers and artists spend a lifetime attempting to create: a masterwork. Each and every issue of SIP is an individual chef d'oeuvre.
It reminds me of that old beer slogan, "what beer drinkers drink when they're drinking beer." Well, Terry, SIP is what artists aspire to when they aspire to art.
Perpetually producing polished prose and picture perfect portraiture, on a monthly basis for ten years, is nothing less than potent proof that perfection can and does exist, and that you Terry are a paragon of perfection in the graphic arts. J. F. Millet said art is "a treating of the commonplace with the feeling of the sublime." The art of SIP elevates everyday earthly endeavors to ever hopeful heavenly heights. Thanks for the lift!
That said, allow me to comment specifically on SIP Issue #58. Katchoo's moment of self realization captivated me instantly. "Yes, Katina!" I murmured triumphantly to myself.(I did not wish to disturb my husband reading quietly beside me.) Next, I smiled and breathed a barely audible "aaaww" as Francine spoke to her baby during the sonogram. Then, out of nowhere, WHAM! a full-fledged crying jag. Francine's baby died. This I know, to a woman who has prepared months to bear a child, there is no way to prepare for unbearable grief.
My aforementioned, aforeresting husband sat up, traced the route of a trickling tear along my jawline, and said, "Damn that Terry Moore for making my wife cry.":0)
On August 22 my husband Scott and I will celebrate our first wedding anniversary. He lovingly supports me as I struggle to earn a living doing what I love, while he can only pursue his art after the 9 to 5. Still, he never complains. Scott wisely introduced me to comic books via SIP; for he knows I am a lover of literature! He also knows that silicone bearing, costume wearing, prepubescent male sharing bimbo encrusted comic books would have turned me off completely! SIP to the rescue! Now, I educate as many people as I can about the comic book art form.
My husband is a graphic artist and I am a writer. Though struggling, we spend our discretionary income to support other artists. We are sorry to see the end of Paradise Too, however, we will support any of your upcoming endeavors. Heres to dreams and visions...yours, mine and ours.
Worshipfully, albeit realistically, yours,
Becca Challman
P.S. Scott and I look forward to meeting you in Baltimore.

Oh my God! Wow!

More Terry More! :)

This was a great issue- and I am so glad to see the storyline picking up again! I may be the only person to mention this, but poor Casey! She doesn't realize that she is about to be dumped. Frankly, Katchoo is being a bit shallow toward her. "Not the deepest well on the farm?" Casey may not be rocket science material, but she's been a good friend.

As for Francine... I'm sorry for her loss, BUT, I think in some cosmic way it's appropriate. Francine seemed to be looking to motherhood to answer all of her questions and frame her identity. It was as if becoming pregnant made Francine more sure of herself- and gave her a long-awaited personal goal (to be a mom!). Now that the baby is gone (very sad), Francine is left facing herself again.

i must say, i liked seeing Katchoo move on in a healthy way. She's taking the break-up much better than Francine, suprisingly.

Now, if David can only stay safe and zen on his mountaintop- we'll have no problems.

What are the chances of that?

You are my favorite writer, and I always said I would never turn on you for the choices you make in SIP, but this last issue really made me rethink that statement... So I am going to take a moment to vent.

Fired Terry!!! FIRED!!! NOT OK!! ALL BAD!! FIRED!!
If I didn't know that these are postpartum hormones talking I would probably never forgive this issue. As it stands I am pretty distraught, but will probably recover after I have gotten some sleep... In 18 years...
I am very glad that I just had my baby and did not read this issue when I was still pregnant, but it was still very traumatizing. I have spent so much time loving and identifying with Francine, and we were pregnant at the same time, it was very cool... Not good Terry, BAD!!! Very bad!!

I am very happy to see Katchoo doing so well, and Sara is a cutie, but still FIRED!!

We now return you to your regularly scheduled fan,
~Janise

Stunnig work, Terry!! Thank you very much..

Terry, that was the first time I think I've been visually deafened by a book. It was lovely, thank you.

Something tells me we're seeing the beginning of the plot for the NEXT ten years of SiP. Sarah's intro, her coming into Katchoo's life could be the biggest thing to get Kat to move on after Francine, until they reunite ten years later. And Brad is there for Francine, as he should be. He may not be the love of her life, but she's the love of his. I just wonder how David will fit into everything again. Something bad's gonna happen to him, isn't it? :-(

Finally an issue where something happens! The Francine part was horrible, but I can't help feeling that she deserved it; she really fell out of favour with me after #54.
Katchoo is at her best, independent and more or less happy. She's finally grown up - now if just Francine would do that too...
Please don't make me like Sara Bryan. She looks like Margie McCoy now, only prettier - she may be able to get past Kat's guard, and no good could come of that. I fear for Tambi and Cherry.

Terry,

Okay, so with every issue that comes out, I either laugh, cry or get really mad because you left us hanging again. And, invariably, I end making some comment (good, bad, or otherwise) about you and how I am going to write. My husband laughs at me every time. Well, issue 58 finally did it.

After a couple of years of trying to conceive, I am now 6 months along with my first child. This issue was absolutely heartbreaking for me to read. I actually had to put it down and come back to it later because I was so overwhelmed by it. I am thrilled to say that everything has been going smoothly with my pregnancy but you managed to draw/write all of my worst fears in a matter of just a couple of pages. I could completely sympathize with Francine because I can imagine (all too vividly) how that would make me feel.

I have managed to escape writing you a huge book of complaints about how much I hate you for your cliffhangers but I could not leave it alone this time. THANK YOU so much for writing such a wonderful story and introducing us to such wonderful people. I really only hate you for the wait between issues most of the time if that helps!

Thanks again for all of your hard and often stunningly beautiful work,

Autumn

Terry,

Okay, so with every issue that comes out, I either laugh, cry or get really mad because you left us hanging again. And, invariably, I end making some comment (good, bad, or otherwise) about you and how I am going to write. My husband laughs at me every time. Well, issue 58 finally did it.

After a couple of years of trying to conceive, I am now 6 months along with my first child. This issue was absolutely heartbreaking for me to read. I actually had to put it down and come back to it later because I was so overwhelmed by it. I am thrilled to say that everything has been going smoothly with my pregnancy but you managed to draw/write all of my worst fears in a matter of just a couple of pages. I could completely sympathize with Francine because I can imagine (all too vividly) how that would make me feel.

I have managed to escape writing you a huge book of complaints about how much I hate you for your cliffhangers but I could not leave it alone this time. THANK YOU so much for writing such a wonderful story and introducing us to such wonderful people. I really only hate you for the wait between issues most of the time if that helps!

Thanks again for all of your hard and often stunningly beautiful work,

Autumn

I can't wait until number 38 arrive in Brazil....

Whoa! This one is a doozy folks! This issue proves that old man Moore hasn't lost a step. I have been looking forward to this moment, when he puts an end to the speculation about how he'll tie up this loose plot thread, or that inconsistent storyline. Things never seem to come out the way that we think they will. & this issue is no exception to that. The pay-off is a really powerful page. The art of Francine's inner voice interspersed with all of her hopes, & dreams, now dashed, is another wonderful( i know it sounds cruel to call it that) moment. I for one have never been forced to face anything quite that awful in my life, thank goodness. However, I have known that moment, that quiet despair, when if feels like your whole world is coming down around you. The buzzing in your brain that you only rcognize later as your own scream. Rage, & shame, & loss made manifest. Terry, you've once more dragged from the depths of your soul a moment so real, & true, that it resonates in every life that it touches. THIS is the reason that I keep reading, even when everyone says that the story is too far gone, this issue proves, this story is right there under our skin. I hope this issue didn't take you too close to the edge to produce Terry. Keep 'em coming man, Cuz I'll still be here.

Katchoo's new beginning... the re-entrance into the art world is great, if only Francine could rejoin "the picture" it would be a dream-come-true!

Poor Francine! Could this not have happened to a better person!?! Losing your first and only child before it even had a chance to live!

Terry, you kept me guessing on what the deal could be between this 'Sara' and Katchoo... But there is so many mixed emotions and passion built up between Katchoo and Francine that the thought of another woman entering Katchoo's life during this turmoil is almost the perfect conflictual situation!

So keep on going with your magnificent talent Terry, you've obviously got your audience on their toes!

It really touched down to the heart! To even imagine losing your child is the hardest thing to do let alone actually having a miscarriage!
Though it is great that Katchoo is pursuing art again. Art isn't just a talent... when you start, it becomes a part of you, like another life that you contribute to with a paintbrush!
I only wish the story carried on longer! Terry, you left me craving the next edition!!!

I really liked it! I'm curious about the new paths that will be revealed to Katchoo in regards to how she is going to move on without Francine.... I've gotten so used to seeing Kat and Francie joined at the 'constantly fracturing' hip...

However, I wonder how the mystery, "Sara", will play out in all of this....

In regards to Francine, I'm sorry about her loss. Believe me, it really sucks....

All in all of the best things, it's good to throw a monkey wrench into the foray of K & F's lives.... Hopefully, however it plays out, I want those 2 girls to eventually end up at each other's side (forever.)

ON A LONG SIDE NOTE:

Terry Moore, You Are A Genius! You should make this 'novella storyarc' into a movie.... Everyone would love something about the fabric of destruction presented in the consistency of manipulation, betrayal, love, and loss through out this graphic novel. (It truly is GRAPHIC!! I mean on a level of the "Real", far beyond what Marvel Comics or DC Comics could ever come up with!)

Mr. Terry Moore, you are an 'unapprehended inspiration'....

Well, I should say a 'hierophant' on the cusp of a new generation..... Rock On, Terry Moore, Rock On!!

WOW! CLEARLY, YOU RULE! Sorry for yelling. Any disappoinment I had with last issue has been swept away! Loved the Arlo Guthrie reference. Love Sarah, love love love Casey! You go, Boy-o!

Normally I don't like to read the SIP letters page becuase it's too sappy and sharey-feely, so I don't expect to see my entry there. But I do have to give credit where credit is due. This has been one of your better, stronger issues in a long time.

First of all, thanks for the "group W bench" reference. I'm sure you pleased many hippy offspring like myself with that one. I also liked Katchoo's narration of her current state in life - I felt really good for her. Her situation is bittersweet, I know, but I think she's headed in a good direction. Then Francine loses the baby - wow! That was heartbreaking. And Casey deletes the message - nice touch.

So it's safe to say that with this issue, I laughed, I cried, and it became a part of me. Keep up the good work, Terry!

I wonder who the DUCK is! The tension is getting to be too much! I agree with one of the other posters that Casey isn't the DUCK. I'm not sure if Lindsay Noel, the rape victim is, though. I was wondering if the other trainer was. I was re-reading the issues and I noticed that Lindsay mentioned that she was so surprised that the other girl had been able to beat off the attacker while she had been attacked, and the girl hesitated, then gave her response. Could it be something other than "clean living"? Both of them are suspicious, though.

I feel sorry for Francine. The baby seemed to be the only constant in her life so far, since she has been so indecisive. Fran seems to need something to keep her stable, no matter how flighty she seems to be normally. At first it was Freddy, then it moved between food and her friendship with Katchoo. Now that the friendship seems to have been torn apart, she will have to focus on something else. Since Casey erased the phone call, Fran will probably focus on Brad, since he will be the first one to be there for her. Poor Casey. I don't want to be her when Katchoo finds out. Katchoo seems to definately be the type who likes her space, and not having her stuff messed with. After all, she didn't really agree to be Casey's girlfriend-just a roommate.

This current issue should put a lot of the concerns to rest taht some fans have expressed. I think for the first time in some while Mr. Moore has given us a glimpse of how things are about to change. SIP has always been one book I stand by through it's ups and downs, knowing that just around the corner the music will return. It's like listening to the classical radio stations on a road trip, knowing the signal will fade but in a few miles another station will fill the void. That's how I see each arc of Mr. Moore's work, when it seems to lose it's focus, I stay calm and wait for the next song to begin. Unlike other books, where once it ends, I know the music is over.

know i finally understand why you have been putting this of, Terry.

I started reading SiP 4 years ago, right when i started high school. I just picked up the high school edition with the xena spoof in the back one day, and from the first page i was hooked. Showing the contrast of Francine and Katchoos mornings, and family lifes, was hilarious and touching at the same time. That book was so sweet, i wanted so badly to meet a girl like Katchoo or Francine.
Basically what i am trying to say is that you comic has not only brought me a wonderful set of friends and a connection with other people who love them, but also helped me out alot dealing with my own homosexuality. Katchoo and Francine have always been my hope, that there is love that runs deeper than history or gender, and that it can last.
I wish there was some way to change what must happen, but i know that this must be hardest for you, since these characters are much more a part of you than anyone else. I only hope they will learn from mistakes, and be as happy as possible. Its good that Katchoo is learning to live without Francine, no matter how much that sucks it is something she needs to do. I dont really know what Saras goal is with Katchoo, but if she falls for her i hope she is worth it.
Personally i think Kat should hook up with Cherry Hammer. They would have alot of fun, im sure. Unfortunately i think this split means David is back in the picture, and even though i love David to death, him and Kat was never a thing to last..
Well, the end of a long post , i just wanted to say thank you and that your work is amazing and has really effected my life. I wonder what would happen if the teenage Kat could have a talk with the present day one?

Thank you terry, and keep it coming. I look forward to reading the next instalment almost as much as seeing my own love.

Forever a fan
mana

Hello again Terry,
Got my issue Saturday night,..couldn't leave the store until I read it cover to cover. I was stunned. Francine's chilling loss, the compelling introduction of Sara, and Casey's backbone of steel. Oh my.
Great issue Terry! Although, I'm still anxious to know about David and Mary Beth's attempts at conception. And I want to know what Cherry is up to,...*narrowed eyes*

*deep calming breath* Once again, I'm reading the message board and seeing people I want to choke. Not naming any names,..but apparently there are people who still aren't paying attention. The identity of the D.U.C.K. was revealed several issues ago. Lindsey Noel the so-called therapist is the D.U.C.K., she's a surviving Parker Girl and how conveeeeenient that she wants Casey to be her areobics instructor! And *gasp* What a coincidence that she convinced Francine to get closer to Katchoo!
And as for Sara, *cough* Sara Bryan is an FBI agent hunting down former Parker Girls,..she's not one of them!
And Casey is a ditz not a D.U.C.K.!
If Casey was a D.U.C.K., don't you think TAMBI would have suspected her when she met her in Hawaii????
Don't you think Cherry would have stopped Katchoo from staying with her? I mean COME ON! These are highly competent and deadly women we're dealing with, I don't think they would have let Casey live so long if she was a threat. Seriously people,..go back and Re-read the series!

Oh and Terry,...the miscarriage was well timed. Now all we need is for Katchoo to reconcile with David long enough to get married and move back to Hawaii, and for Casey and Francine to have those amnesia inducing accidents for the "flash forward" to come true.
*scoff* Please disappoint me on this one or I may gag on irony.

Man oh man. You have got things twisted more than a dozen twizzlers. I must say that even though Francines development does answer a few questions, It also causes more to surface. such as, there have been some scenes where we see the future and she has a daughter. Francines herself definately looks older so it confuses the heck out of me. Oh well it still keeps the people interested. It also keeps me wondering whats going to happen within the timeline of the book. And then there is Casey's intervention. (Oh the hell it will cause) Also I have a question, how do you or whoever does it find/make panels for comics. I have tried several methods and the results aren't exactly the best.

Wow. I remember when I first got into the series, the guy from the comic store told me that I was going to be waiting for the next issue to come out, but I had no idea!

Poor Francine-she has some really hard times ahead of her. With Casey deleting the message, she may think that Katchoo may be too angry to talk to her (after all-Fran ignored all of her calls). This may have her thinking that Brad is the only one that cares for her.

I can understand Casey deleting the phone call. She didn't know about the situation, so for all she thought was that Fran was leaving Brad again. However the idea that one of the other posters put was interesting-is the message really deleted? If it is, the what happens when someone else mentions to Katchoo about the miscarraige? Will she think that Fran intentionally didn't call her?

As for Katchoo & Casey, their relationship days are numbered. With the introduction of Sara, and the obvious attraction between the two of them, I can see Katchoo going towards her. It makes me wonder who the DUCk is. It could be either.

It could be Sara, with the FBI-thing, she could keep tabs on Katchoo over a long period of time, but then it would be hard to try & keep a thing like that hidden. It could also be Casey, since she appeared shortly before David's sister did, and honestly, what is the attraction with Freddy?

Anyway, sorry for the long post! I can't wait for the next issue!

Hey Terry-

I must say, before I resume my task of deflowering innocent girls, that I look on your book as the ultimate microcosm of human life of our time. I'd be brave enough to say it is the most pensive comic and "graphic novel" series EVER...even surpassing Maus. I'm in college now in Arizona, and i gave up collecting comics a long time ago (early high school i think) and bought in/sold out to w/e is "cool", but i still read SIP religiously and send TPBs of this series to my lady friends and tell them how the book has affected my life in a positive way and/or how it relates to my current status and late motifs in life. I compare myself to David, Katchoo, and Francine and juxtapose the dichotic personality traits as to where they fit in my life in a yin-yang way. I think i have finally found my favorite poet, and its you. Not that youre as good or better necessarily than Coleridge or Frost, but I guess i identify with you in the same way that rednecks here in nashville take to country music. Two of my favorite poems are "The Black of Your Heart" and "The Danger of the Night".

To conclude, I just want to let you know taht you have had a profound influence on this native Houstonian author, and maybe i can be your merchandising slave one day, who knows? im only up through the early part of "Sanctuary" right now but i plan to have all of it read by end of the summer...im just afraid that if i read it all by then, ill be sad to have to not have much to read of yours anymore. that makes me sad...the thought of not having the great anticipation of what youll say next for another month or so instead of just sitting down and reading something new every issue. well theres always back issues i guess, and im guessing youll continue a long slate of issues until you return to francine reuniting with katchoo again, but i wouldnt mind reading all of this until im dead, and watching katchoo and francine die of old age together, and having david "drop roses by their graves each year"...i want david and katchoo to get married at some point. why? because i said so!!!

lol anyways im really going to go this time, but if i am somehow lucky enough to run you down next time im in houston, ill pay you up to one grand to let me buy a drink for you at a local pub. until then, ill be chilling in hawaii with the fam, reading the stories about SIP while theyre in hawaii. wont that be surreal? ALL HAIL TERRY MOORE! TERRY MOORE FOR PRESIDENT!

What can I say? The Francine screaming sequence was beautifully done. I felt the pain.

Katchoo meeting Sara....very creative. I just loved it.

And Casey growing those balls! Wow.

This is the beinning of the split. You did it well.

No.
*bonk*
No.
*bonk*
No.
*bonk*
No.
*bonk*

Oh, Casey, you dingbat. Whatever your personal feelings on the matter, you had NO RIGHT to delete Francine's message. Not your call to make. Aside from there being no such thing as a completely clean break, by doing this, you now have a secret from Katchoo, and that will strain things between you like you won't believe.

Still waiting on tenterhooks to get more hints as to who the DUCK really is...

--Me

Dear Terry, wow. This was indeed a powerful issue. I've read it three times since I picked it up four days ago and I keep getting stuck on the page where it shows Francine's son growing up inbetween a fading picture of Francine screaming. I've looked it over closely for minutes at a time and I don't know why. I think when I see this page, I know exactly how I would feel if I was in that situation, and I feel a knot forming in my stomach.
As as writer and an artist, we're taught that any reaction from our work makes it successful. Well, this issue is a huge success as four times now, I've just sat on my couch and pondered, and felt sad and hurt for Francine.
You also brought out the overwhelming joy of seeing Katchoo find art again. I rememeber coming back to my art after neglecting it for a few years, and it was like I had found my soul again, and that is exactly what I saw in Katchoo.
Thanks again for a wonderful issue!
Congrats on 10 years.
Can't wait to see you at the conventions when you're celebrating 20!

Joanne Ellen Mutch

This vintage SiP,the human story at it`s best.
I cried when I saw the part about the baby. This is another cruel blow that life has dealt Francine.
Casey is only doing what she thinks is best for Katchoo. I thought what Katchoo thought about Casey was true. The scene in the car showroom was great,loved the car talk.
Loved the meeting with Sara, great build up.

Ok, Terry, you did break my heart last issue, but now all is forgiven. As panful, as this issue is for us, it is definality the makings of the bridge that covers the 10 year gap. Francines scream is beautifully done. The meeting of Sara and Katchoo..very creative. And you gave Casey some b*lls. Thank you.

**P.S. Where is my David. Did he father a child? Where is it?

Keren

OH Thanks for posting my letter in this issue. I feel SO special!

Yeeeeeeesssssssssss!

Yay Casey!

(That's all I have to say about that.)

And wow, Sara really *IS* beautiful. I didn't see it before, but man,... is Kat ever going to fall hard. What a cutie.

I wonder what Casey will think about this new beauty?

Thanks, ya frikkin' boomerang!

-Gem

PS. What the heck are night jumps?

A great issue. And the cover is a beautiful as the image we've been seeing on the web site for so long.

Quick thought on the "police blotter" -- not sure any police officer would reasonably be able to list Francine's "future daughter" and that future daughter's daughter. This looks more like an outline Terry has made for himself -- or, more likely, for us -- in order to keep all the history straight.

Wow, from the filler #57 (sorry, but that's how most of it seemed) to a rollercoaster #58! this is SiP at it's best. a couple points:

-i don't despise casey; she's more and more seeming the most levelheaded person in the series. her exclaimation perfectly sums up the problem with katchoo and francine. lousy timing, though.

-after 10 years, katchoo's misandry isn't as endearing as it used to be.

-don't trust sara, katchoo!! certainly don't fall for her....

-question, how old are K & F supposed to be? because katchoo still looks mid to late 20's, but francine much older.

all in all though, great chapter. luv the work.

well, first I want to give a big thank you and "shout out" to Starbase 21 Comics in Tulsa ok, because the comic store I usually go to(whose name I won't mention becuase they are doo-doo heads) forgot my order!! And said it would be a week!! But I went to the next nearest store and low and behold they had a whole pile!! Thanx guys!!
Now to the issue... you are a cruel, cruel man Terry. I mean, we've all been mad at Francine... but not *that* mad, oi!! Poor Francie... but before anyone goes and jumps down Caseys throat I think she was perfectly right in what she said(maybe not what she did... that's someone else's property hun... but it don't matter, she didn't press ** so the message is still actually there) what she said is quite true, and she has no way of knowing what's going on over there. As to Katchoo and Sara... I knew you would do that!!! I've got your number now Moorebert! You're like the evil HR director cat dangling promises just to see us jump... "ohhh a really 'hot' scene comming up" ~sheesh

I want to cry. Because I don't know what will happen to Fran. And because I know what's coming. And because I hate Casey for what she did and who she has become. This was a very powerful issue, one of the more powerful in a long time. I fear for Fran, not because of some Parker Girls thing, but because of what will happen to her in the next ten years. This is is, I fear: the ten-year split is upon us. It makes me sad for two reasons: First, I didn't want to see this happen to Kat and Fran. Second, man, does this mean that after the split, the comic ends? Is SiP going to last beyond issue 65? Issue 70? If not, hopefully it goes out in a blaze of glory, with tears and laughter and love for us all. But I don't want to see it end, and I'm afraid it will. Any comic that can ddo this, truly is one of the best. Go, Terry, Go.

~Steve

With this issue I fell in love with SiP all over again. The art work was stunning, my emotions were all over the place, from laughing out loud to tears to being really pissed. And as the end neared each time I turned the page I was fearful it was the last one.

Thank you Terry for some of your best work ever!

With my tummy in knots I am anxiously
waiting 6 more weeks.
Vicky

now, terry, you know that motorola v60 will still show a missed call. better make sure casey erases that, also.

for the previous poster, i believe the outline may be notes that sara bryan (fitzgerald, whatever) is compiling as she gets into katchoo's life.

i could be mistaken.

Ok Terry, now that I've had more time to think, I have several questions:

A)What's with all the "police blotters" of Francine and Katchoo at the end of each of the last issues? I sure hope these lead SOMWHERE.

B)What about the Journal entries? Are those part of the past? And the exhibits?

We (or at least *I*) want to know where you're going with that!

The SiP storlyine is slowly and inexorably drawing to its conclusion...the episode wth the truck dealer was amusing, as were Katchoo's thoughts on Casey...

Francine's miscarriage...sigh...i literally found myself crying for Francine myself, at her poor boy lost...I could reall feel her and Brad's pain when they learned the news...

The meeting (hotly anticipated) between Sara "Fitzgerald" and Katchoo was delicious. You could see Sara trying to feel out Katchoo, much like Veronica did to Francine so long ago at lunch. Her dropping of subtle hints to Katchoo has got to have Katchoo on edge...can't wait till she poses at 2 p.m.

Lastly, the call to Katchoo...

SIGH...I WANT to be angry with Casey, I really do, but I find that I understand what she is doing and why she is doing it. She has no way of knowing this horrible thing has happened. I don't see how she can ever look Francine in the eye again after this, especially since they will meet in the future...and it will be interesting to see how Katchoo reacts...

Lastly, Francine also has a police blotter thing at the end, who is that Sorensen lady next to Griffin? Is it Nikki McQueen?

Sigh....

Good issue, good issue, now let's get to Issue 59.

Nobody got it yet? Come on people! Give me data!!!!

Nobody got it yet? Come on people! Give me data!!!!