Set Description:
My Rachel Rising collection.
Rachel Rising is a 42-issue American comic book series created by Terry Moore and published through Abstract Studios. The first issue was released on August 3, 2011, to positive reviews. Reviewers sometimes criticized the pace later in the run, but the series won industry awards* throughout its publication.
Run: August 2011 to May 2016.
Plans for a television adaptation were announced 17 April 2013, but these were still in the scripting stage two years later.
The story follows Rachel Beck, a young woman who wakes up in a shallow grave after being strangled. She does not remember the circumstances of the attack, but begins trying to solve her attempted murder with the help of her Aunt Johnny and close friend Jet. Their investigation soon gets put on hold when they learn of a plot to destroy their town through witchcraft and demonic spirits. The women ally with Zoe, a young girl who was possessed by a demon for nearly fifty years. Together, the women save the town and Rachel finds her killer.
Late in 2018, there were rumours that Moore might publish a second volume of Rachel Rising starting in 2019.
* Awards: Rachel Rising was recognized by multiple industry award programs:
• It won Harvey Awards for Best Letterer in 2014 and Best Cartoonist in 2015
• It was nominated for Harvey Awards for Best New Series (2012), Best Continuing Series (2012, 2013), and Best Cartoonist (2013, 2014, 2016).
• It was nominated for an Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series (2012), Best Writer/Artist (2012, 2014), and Best Letterer (2014).
• The series was nominated for Best Comic/Graphic Novel by the British Fantasy Society in 2014.
• When it was released in 2012, the first paperback collection was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award in the Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel category by the Horror Writers Association.
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