A party marking the finale of Terry Moore's long-running Strangers in Paradise independent comic book series will be the occasion for a benefit for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.  The event will be held at the Village Pourhouse (64 Third Avenue) on the evening of May 31st with a VIP reception at 7 pm followed by the wrap-party, which begins at 8 pm.  The VIP reception is limited to 50 people with tickets going for $100.  Attendees at the VIP reception will receive a special signed version of a wrap-party SiP print, a limited edition commemorative t-shirt from Graphitti Designs, a SiP cloisonne pin, and a Retailer Incentive cover of the final edition of the Strangers in Paradise comic.

Advance tickets for the wrap party itself, which features live music by the Cangelosi Cards, exclusive giveaways, and a SiP silent auction to benefit the CBLDF, are $20.

Terry Moore's mostly self-published Strangers in Paradise has endured for 15 years, producing 19 graphic novels featuring an unforgettable cast of characters in an impossible-to-characterize slice-of-life saga/political thriller that managed to attract a non-traditional female audience even back in the day when the direct market was much more of a boys' club than it is today.