{"id":425,"date":"2009-11-20T13:51:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-20T18:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=425"},"modified":"2009-11-20T13:51:38","modified_gmt":"2009-11-20T18:51:38","slug":"rip-boneyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=425","title":{"rendered":"RIP Boneyard"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a lot of great comics series wrapping up right now.\u00a0 Rex Mundi<\/em>, an alternate-history look at the Rennes-le-Chateau mystery that puts Dan Brown to shame.\u00a0 Ex Machina<\/em>,\u00a0where a would-be superhero, knowing that with great\u00a0power comes great responsibility, uses his powers to run for public office.\u00a0 And now, Boneyard<\/strong>.<\/p>\n


\nBoneyard<\/strong>, for those of you who didn’t know, was a great comedy-adventure indie series by Richard Moore.\u00a0 The premise was simple:\u00a0 Michael Paris inherits a cemetery, and by default, all its Nightmare Before Christmas-type residents.\u00a0\u00a0Mayhem ensues.\u00a0 Think Berke Breathed and Phil Foglio collaborating on Dark Shadows<\/em>, with all the quirkiness and heart they could muster, and you’ll get the idea.\u00a0 It was well-written, very well-drawn and funny\u00a0as all hell.\u00a0 And since it was an independent series that had nothing to do with superheroes, it’s gone.\u00a0 As Richard Moore himself says in the final issue, “As one grows older, romantic phrases like ‘labor of love’ begin to seem slightly less important than ‘I’d like to eat tonight'”.<\/p>\n

As someone who lost a few grand himself publishing his own indie series, I wholeheartedly sympathize with you, Mr. Moore.\u00a0 All I can offer are my sincerest thanks and praise for a great series that I will truly miss.\u00a0 Hopefully, these\u00a0original, endearing\u00a0characters — Abbey, Michael, Nessie, Brutus, Glump, etc. — will someday return and your story can have the ending it deserved.\u00a0 Until then, I urge our readers to discover Boneyard<\/strong> for themselves.\u00a0 NBM Publishing has collected the entire series in trade paperbacks, reasonably priced for your holiday budget.\u00a0 You can order them direct from the publisher at www.nbmpublishing.com<\/a>, or wherever finer comic books are sold.\u00a0 And if your local store doesn’t stock them, well… that’s why I had to write this\u00a0melancholy post in the first place.\u00a0 Shame.<\/p>\n

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