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saidtheraina's review
3.0
Mad-scientist demons, zombies, vampires, sea monsters, oh my! This is a wacky comic book series with lots of appeal factors. Boneyard follows the adventures of Michael Paris (a human who happens to own a graveyard), Abbey the vampire, Nessie the swamp girl, and Glump the demon. In this volume, Glump is attempting to create a Doomsday Frog. Meanwhile, Abbey is healing from an attack, and Nessie is attempting to seduce Michael. The target audience for this comic is definitely adults, as there is some partial nudity. But the playful approachable style will aggressively appeal to high school audiences, especially those who may eschew a library’s other offerings.
I'm sure I'd like this even more if I'd started from the beginning, but without any character/relationship background, I was playing catchup. Also, there were a few typos in the text, which is always annoying. Fun pulpy offering, though.
I'm sure I'd like this even more if I'd started from the beginning, but without any character/relationship background, I was playing catchup. Also, there were a few typos in the text, which is always annoying. Fun pulpy offering, though.
xterminal's review
4.0
Richard Moore, Boneyard, vol. 4 (NBM, 2004)
Ah, Boneyard in color! What a wonderful thing it is. (I found out at the end of this one the first three volumes are also available in color. Wish I'd known that previous...) The big story arc takes a back seat to a more pressing problem—all the sudden the boneyard's dead are rising from their graves and heading into town to attack the locals. This, obviously, is not good, and Abbey has to figure out what the problem is before anyone gets seriously hurt. Could it be some sort of weird by-product of Glump's attempt to create a super-destructive demonic attack frog? You'll have to read it to find out—and you want to read it. Boneyard is great stuff. ****
Ah, Boneyard in color! What a wonderful thing it is. (I found out at the end of this one the first three volumes are also available in color. Wish I'd known that previous...) The big story arc takes a back seat to a more pressing problem—all the sudden the boneyard's dead are rising from their graves and heading into town to attack the locals. This, obviously, is not good, and Abbey has to figure out what the problem is before anyone gets seriously hurt. Could it be some sort of weird by-product of Glump's attempt to create a super-destructive demonic attack frog? You'll have to read it to find out—and you want to read it. Boneyard is great stuff. ****
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