Friday, January 18, 2008

Bye-bye, Boneyard!
Popular horror spoof goes on hiatus in March;
trade paperback collections to continue

Richard Moore, creator of NBM Publishing’s horror-comedy-romance
Boneyard, is taking a break to work on other projects. But first, he
delivers Boneyard’s biggest issue yet!

Boneyard is a quarterly comic book about Michael Paris, a nice guy who

inherits a graveyard but finds that it’s home to the cute vampire
Abbey, the brainy but inept demon Glump, the evil Mayor Wormwood, and
other bizarre creatures. Boneyard #28, the final issue before Moore’s
hiatus, reveals if our hero can rescue faerie princess 'Lita from
marrying an evil prince. But even if he can save her, who will save
Paris? Could it be infinite copies of his sweetie Abbey?

Moore is leaving Boneyard to devote himself to other projects,
including comic books and children’s books. “I can't say how long I'll
be away from Boneyard; it really depends on how things go. I may do the

occasional Boneyard short on my website (once it's up) to feed the
jones of any hardcore fans. And,one of the other projects I'm
considering is a chapter from Abbey's life going back 400 years. If you

like vampires, werewolves, pirates, or just a scantily-clad Abbey, you
won't be disappointed.”

Boneyard fans will also be able to enjoy trade-paperback collections
of the Boneyard comics. NBM has released six collected volumes of
Boneyard so far, with the next one (Boneyard in Color #3) due later
this month.

A favorite since its first issue in the spring of 2001, Boneyard has
only been growing more popular. In 2005, the first Boneyard in Color
collection won a gold medal in Foreword magazine’s Book of the Year
awards.

The critics like Boneyard, too.
“A gem that deserves fame and acclaim.”—Newsarama
“Well rendered, witty tale. Recommended for teens and adults.”—Library

Journal
“A series garnering great word of mouth and increasing sales based on
pure craftsmanship and enjoyment.”—Troy Brownfield, Comicon.com/Pulse
“Simply a delight.”—Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard papers
“Everything a comic about friendly monsters should be. Moore's
strength is his ear for dialogue and timing.”—Publishers Weekly

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