It takes place after Ditko and Lee's Strange Tales. That much is made evident early on, but that's the only direct line made to any other Doctor Strange comics. TRADD MOORE: DOCTOR STRANGE: FALL SUNRISE was my pitch to Marvel, and it was a new desire. I never saw myself working on Doctor Strange until the words left my mouth. TRADD MOORE: The original [Steve] Ditko and [Stan] Lee STRANGE TALES comics are the Doctor Strange Bible, for sure. Endlessly inventive and charming! I love that stuff.

It’s not necessarily a bad or depressing ending; rather, it can be taken from multiple angles/perspectives. For Strange, he’s more or less at status quo, whilst the other characters like Yalda and Still Mona are able to appreciate the change in their situation that Strange helped facilitate. MARVEL.COM: Have you always wanted to work on a Doctor Strange project or was this something that was pitched to you? 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. It makes the story even more self-contained than it already was, making this even easier to recommend to fans of the character looking for a modern “in” with no strings attached (despite the art being as intense as it is), not to mention being easy to revisit.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. Doctor Strange stories should compel us to reach beyond what we know, what we expect, what we dream; they should compel us to look inside ourselves and be honest with what we see.

TRADD MOORE: Whew, the hardest part is putting it down and turning it off. It’s in you all the time. MARVEL.COM: Is this project giving you the opportunity to draw other key Doctor Strange elements, like his enemies and allies? SDCC 2022: Tradd Moore Sends Stephen Strange to a Distant World in 'Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise' ". Marvel Entertainment . Retrieved 2022-07-23. 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. Every so often, a project like Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise sneaks out of Marvel or DC (think Catwoman: Lonely Cityif you want to go across the street), and it's a reminder that there can be excellent works with the mark of the creators commissioned by these companies.Doctor Strange: Fall Sunrise #4, written and drawn by Tradd Moore with Heather Moore on colors, is the final issue of what is sure to be regarded as a modern classic story for the character, enjoyable in winter, spring, summer, or…you get the idea. With the benefit of hindsight on the previous chapters, issue #4 crystallizes the themes alluded to in #1 through #3, while delivering truly sublime work in the art department. MARVEL.COM: What about Doctor Strange and his world is most attractive to you both as a reader and a creator? MARVEL.COM: Is there freedom in taking on all those roles yourself? Do you find yourself missing collaborative pieces? TRADD MOORE: At their best, there’s broad creative freedom in Doctor Strange stories, and in that freedom there’s a challenge. Magic makes the world wide open; what do you do with that space? 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.

In 2017 he illustrated the landmark issue #150 of Venom, [8] and continued to contribute covers for Marvel's Secret Warriors and IDW's Revolutionaries.You make a thousand creative decisions every day, and with every one you just have to say, “Be honest, be yourself, move on.” I trust that if I’m true to my intuitions, the book will be unique!