When people tell me romance comics are dead, I shove a copy of Strangers in Paradise in their hands.
–Kevin Smith
Strangers in Paradise has always been more than a “romance comic,” but there’s no question that Moore’s work stands apart from most comic-book offerings. The twelfth Strangers in Paradise trade paperback chronicles the rift that leads to the ten-year separation of the central characters, an event which readers have anticipated or dreaded since the second series.
It also features amusing cameos by Robert Crumb and Kevin Smith.