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2012 Reread: I got lost in this for a month. My very first full reread since the series hit its ending. Since I knew where it would start and go and end up. It was just as terrible, wonderful, painful, heartbreaking, heart healing, amazing as every other read. I never stop knowing my heart belongs to this. ( )

Questo albo potremmo definirlo "di passaggio": dopo le vicende rocambolesche del volume scorso, ora facciamo un salto nel passato delle nostre amiche per capire meglio la nascita del loro rapporto così particolare. Troviamo una Katchoo già problematica e la solita Francine dolce e pasticciona, ed è molto tenero vedere come siano subito istintivamente attratte l'una dall'altra, anche se dovranno separarsi ben presto. La storia di chiusura è un divertissement ispirato a Xena, a ribadire il fatto che si tratta di un albo più leggero, per farci riprendere fiato dopo le emozioni del precedente. ( )

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Strangers in Paradise is the magnum opus if frustrated comic strip artist Terry Moore. I say frustrated because he’s spent many years trying to break into the Sunday comics pages only to realize that he has a much longer and more involved story to tell. SIP is the story of Katchoo, Francine, and David, three completely different individuals who all love each other and who are all not sure just how to work that out. Between jobs, relationships and even the mob, the three come to depend on each other and in the end can’t help but hurt each other at the same time. ( )