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:: Boneyard volume 1 by Richard Moore ::
by William the Bloody
Michael Paris has just inherited some land from his grandfather in a small town he's never heard of or visited. Paris isn't interested in becoming a land owner, so he's agreed to sell it to the town. So, he's off to sign some papers, collect a check, and never look back. However.... when he arrives in the small hamlet of Raven's Hollow, something just doesn't seem right. The townsfolk seem way too eager to acquire this property that it borderlines on the creepy. It turns out the lot of land Paris inherited is a graveyard and the townsfolk consider it evil and want to level it. Why do the people think this place is evil? Well, it seems this cemetery is the home to a small cadre of "evil" beings: a vampire, a werewolf, living gargoyles, a witch, a demon, a sea creature, a living skeleton, a talking raven, and a monster straight out of Frankenstein. But as Paris quickly learns, one should not be so quick to judge by appearances and in fact true evil lies among them well hidden.
The Good: The art is great. It has it's own style, and Moore is right at home working it like a pro. He has a fine attention to detail and very rarely scrimps on the backgrounds. The storytelling isn't so bad either. The characters immediately have their own unique personalities. Many of them even seem like they could be real people, if they weren't, you know, undead. Most of the jokes are genuinely funny and actual make you chuckle. The sketchbook in the back was a lovely bonus.
The Bad: The plot "twist" at the end seemed for reasons that are vague, but this could have been intended. Quite a few of the jokes have a sort of sexual slant on them. A couple wouldn't be so bad, but it can get to the "enough already!" point.
All in all, it isn't "heavy" literature, but I enjoyed it enough to keep on reading and buy the ongoing issues.
B+
