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This macabre, transcendent, Catholic iconography was my upbringing; in my youth, it was all normal. I loved it so much! It resonated with me like nothing else, because I believed in it. It’s still beautiful. But [expletive], it’s so profoundly surreal to me now. I don’t say that with disrespect—it’s powerful. It’s moving. It’s harrowing. It hurts me deeply and makes me feel distant. It’s like I can’t recognize the world I’m in, or it’s me who doesn’t belong here. That sense of newness, that unhindered creativity, that insatiable striving, that unashamed individuality I see in every artist I love, that’s what I want to tap into here in FALL SUNRISE.

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TRADD MOORE: Hmmm, I’m not sure. I’m not too worried about retreading familiar ground here—I’m in my own world putting down what comes. Don’t get me wrong, I steal from other art flagrantly and often, but I think that if you filter inspiration through yourself thoroughly enough, it comes out the other side changed and unrecognizable. You have to learn how to put it down—I’m still learning. It’s a practice you have to learn just like anything else. It’s impossible to maintain a clear sense of objectivity because you’re too close to the work, and it’s hard to see the value in anything sometimes. So yeah, you do the day’s work, you put it down, you move on. That’s what we got! Enter the world of DOCTOR STRANGE: FALL SUNRISE alongside Tradd Moore with issue #1, on sale now! Moore graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010. [1] While still in college he was discovered on DeviantArt by writer Justin Jordan, who pitched him the script for a new comic. [2] Their first collaboration, the six-issue action-horror series The Strange Talent of Luther Strode, was published in 2011 by Image Comics. A sequel, The Legend of Luther Strode was released the following year. [3] TRADD MOORE: In FALL SUNRISE, Doctor Strange wakes up in a distant, medieval land called Pleoma in the midst of a terrible crisis. It’s the final day of the year, The Day That Is Seven, when the Sun stays in the sky for seven days. On this day, the walls of reality grow thin, allowing entrance to otherworldly entities, and a deadly ritual sets all of humanity at odds. Doctor Strange must uncover why he has been sent to Pleoma and what he must do to stop the ritual at the heart of this land’s torment. Beyond these more overt religious references, the Moores continue to pay homage to the more psychedelic roots of Doctor Strange, complete with plenty of third eyes. Further, the art’s looser styling gives it a dreamlike quality, though perhaps it would be more accurate to call it a nightmare for Strange. His conflict through the middle portion of the issue is fittingly fluid and nigh-weightless, though as the fight progresses, the weight of the situation figuratively and literally bears down on him.

TRADD MOORE: That was all included in my pitch! It has long been my professional goal to be a writer/artist, so here we are. Go for broke! Moore's writing is grand, poetic, and eloquent. He paints a picture of desolation and despair on the fringes of reality. Questions of faith and purpose are juxtaposed with descriptions of unreality unfolding around Doctor Strange. The issue keeps Strange and the reader confused about what exactly is happening. This tenuous grasp on reality works in favor of the overall experience. Readers can easily relate to the sense of dread and uncertainty Strange is experiencing. TRADD MOORE: Some things just fit, you know? I think me and Strange fit. He feels like my own; I’ve certainly tried to make him my own in FALL SUNRISE. In early 2020 it was revealed that The New World would be adapted into a movie by Warner Bros., with Jeremy O. Harris on screenwriting duties. [12] Later that year he wrote and illustrated a short story for the milestone issue #850 of The Amazing Spider-Man. [13] At 2022 San Diego Comic-Con it was announced that Moore's next project will be Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise, a four-issue miniseries that he will be both writing and illustrating. [14] Bibliography [ edit ] Interior work [ edit ] Image Comics [ edit ] I love fantasy, and philosophy, and abstraction, and extremes—that’s the attraction of Strange to me.Issue #3 of Tradd and Heather Moore’s Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise is yet another rollercoaster ride through an expansive and vibrant hellscape, with plenty of delightfully detailed illustrations to accompany the story on display. Moore returned to Image comics in 2018, co-plotting, penciling and inking the five-issue sci-fi action romance series The New World with writer Aleš Kot. [9] TRADD MOORE: You know, I don’t recall discovering Doctor Strange. There are a lot of characters like that: they exist before you, and you’re introduced to them at such an early age that there’s no moment of discovery; they’re just a part of the world. Armitage, Hugh (2012-11-08). " 'The Legend of Luther Strode' unveiled". Digital Spy . Retrieved 2020-03-02.

And the story showcases my art because it is my art—there is no separation. Every concept, every figure, every tree, it’s all coming from the same place, and it’s what I want to be drawing. FALL SUNRISE is colored by the amazing Heather Moore—her colors on this series are stunning; I can’t wait for everyone to see what she has accomplished—and lettered by the estimable Clayton Cowles. I’m very hands-on and conversational with those processes, so I still get a lot of collaborative energy on the series. TRADD MOORE: I’ve tried, but I can’t connect all the dots right now. There’s too much! There are pieces of FALL SUNRISE spread out across my entire life. I’m trying to set a lot of unlikely pieces on the same canvas to see what they look like together. It’s like a collage, but then you pour molten lava on it, then you bury your face in it and scream, you know? TRADD MOORE: The thing I love about Ditko and Lee’s STRANGE TALES is how off-the-wall creative it is. You never really know what’s coming next, because I don’t think Ditko himself knew what the hell was coming next. [ Laughs] He was letting his creative whims pour out and be. I love that.TRADD MOORE: Yes to both! You don’t have to spend as much time on the explanation of an idea; you can just do it, which is creatively freeing. It’s a lot more work, but there are fewer concessions along the way. I mean, there are always concessions if your work is being published—you never make what you thought you would even if it’s only you making it—but it is what it is. Succeed or fail, it’s on you! It feels pure, in a way.