Boneyard, Vol. 2 [Paperback]

Richard Moore (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2003

Now that Belzebub has been dealt a blow, itÕs the turn of the IRS to make ParisÕ life hell. But then, a certain beauteous Roxanna miraculously appears looking to solve all monetary problems. Paris resists as best he can, even putting on a monsters boxing contest to raise money but the lures and the pressures... how strong can he stay? Collects issues 5-8 of the comic book.

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Ordinarily, a young guy coming into property would consider himself well fixed, and Richard Paris sorta does. But besides a house, his grandpa left him a cemetery that is abnormally active due to its occupancy by a vampire (curvaceous, female, and, uh, interested in Paris); an ambulatory skeleton; a talking raven; a gill-person (a la the Black Lagoon's denizen) and her husband (an assembled man who'd do Victor Frankenstein proud); and a demon self-exiled from Hell. And oh, yes, a garage-owning werewolf, Paris' mechanic, stalks the place. Everything would be hunky-dory, since the monsters are amiable enough, if only Paris hadn't just discovered that property taxes are $560,000 in arrears, with interest compounding daily. What to do . . . How about putting on a boxing bash headlined by the Frankenstein monster and the werewolf? Moore's smooth, fluid brand of cartoon realism (think Archie streamlined) and abundant populist humor add up to the next step or two beyond The Munsters and The Addams Family in horror sitcom. Pretty darn amusing. Ray Olson
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Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing (September 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1561633690
• ISBN-13: 978-1561633692
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 6.4 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,322,055 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Story really takes off here., December 7, 2008

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Robert P. Beveridge "xterminal" (Lakewood, OH) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boneyard, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Richard Moore, Boneyard, vol. 2 (NBM, 2002)

I'm still not entirely sold on Richard Moore's drawing style just yet, but I'm completely hooked by Boneyard's storyline thus far. I wasn't sure how he was going to continue it after book one. After all, Paris and Abbey had already faced down Beelzebub, right? I should have seen it coming: Moore comes up with a scarier adversary than the devil. That's right, the I.R.S. Has come to Raven's Hollow. Seems Paris' granddad was in arrears to the tune of... well, I'll let you find out how much. And, of course, in the world of Boneyard, not everything is ever as it seems. Fast, funny, and occasionally frightening (the scene where Paris finds out the I.R.S. Guy's dark secret will be in my nightmares for weeks), Boneyard is a very, very good read. *** ½

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Return to the Boneyard, October 2, 2003

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Joshua Koppel (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Boneyard, Vol. 2 (Paperback)

Michael Paris inherited a graveyard full of supernatural inhabitants. In the first book, he fought off Beelzebub who wanted to destroy the graveyard.

Now Michael has a new battle to fight. Now he owes a huge sum in taxes on the property and the IRS is after him. Abbey, Nessie and the others try to help out in their own ways to raise the necessary funds.

Some schemes involve a celebrity boxing match between two of the biggest boneyard inhabitants and a swimsuit issue (issue of what?).

Moore ties his elements together with clear plotting and a clean drawing style. Only two real downsides in this volume. The first is that it is a smaller format than the first. The second is that the plot does not conclude at the end, but sets up a nice cliffhanger.

Make sure to read the first Boneyard book before reading this one. You also might want to check out Moore's Far West.