(presentation by Ulf Lunde)

Francine is a woman
who is a little short on self-confidence, and everyone will nod in recognition at her nervous way of thinking, which we have experienced so many times either in ourselves or in people we know.
Francine's self-image does not improve from the fact that she time and time again finds herself in situations where she somehow manages to put her foot in it and get laughed at, usually as a direct consequence of her unsureness of her own capabilities.

SiP is published by Abstract Studio in Houston, Texas. It started out as a 3-part mini-series, and grew to become the mature story about the lives of Katchoo and Francine that the readers have come to love so dearly. The first three issues are available from Abstract Studio and from comic shops everywhere in the album titled The Collected Strangers in Paradise. That was my first encounter with Katchoo & co. The book also contains some other neat Moore stuff.

Then came I Dream of You, a story which sortof reached a conclusion last fall in It's a Good Life!, but still continues into the new (color) series which is coming out now, issue by (near-)monthly issue.