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3 | ''Boneyard'' is a fantasy comic book series by Richard Moore that ran from 2001 to 2009. It tells the tale of Michael Paris, a young man who inherits a plot of land in a town called Raven's Hollow. That plot of land turns out to be a graveyard, inhabited by an array of monsters. Fortunately, the monsters are quite friendly. They include Abbey, a beautiful vampiress; Ralph, a werewolf; Sid, a dirty old skeleton; Edgar, a talking, glasses-wearing raven; Hildy, a homely witch; Nessie, a busty, nymphomaniac gillwoman; Brutus, her unspeaking and enormous Frankensteinian husband; Glumph, a short and obnoxious demon/mad scientist; Leon and Boris, a pair of very silly gargoyles; Nightcrawler, some kind of worm-thing; and Mr. Vincent, a mortician who's a little overfond of his job. |
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5 | On the downside, the Devil wants the graveyard for some reason, and is constantly trying to trick Michael into giving it to him. |
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7 | Mostly humorous, with occasional dramatic touches and a romantic subplot. |
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10 | !!Tropes: |
11 | * ActionGirl: Abbey. Nessie sometimes has her moments. |
12 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Nessie and Lilith frequently assert this, with their buxom figures, but it's Subverted with Michael who prefers Abbey, who has a much more modest bust. |
13 | * CoolShades: Ralph is usually shown wearing a pair. |
14 | * DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Abbey ends an attack by zombies by gently talking down the EldritchAbomination that caused it. |
15 | %%* FishPerson: Nessie. |
16 | %%* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Abbey. |
17 | * FreudianExcuse: Nessie's nymphomania derives from the fact that her first love sold her to a traveling carnival, which not only turned her into a sideshow exhibit, but also whored her out. |
18 | %%* HotAsHell: Lilith. |
19 | * IHateYouVampireDad: Abbey does not get along at ALL well with Lilith, who transformed her into a vampire. |
20 | * LouisCypher: Mayor Wormwood. |
21 | * MeaningfulName: Lampshaded, when Mayor Wormwood is revealed to be the Devil. |
22 | * {{Metaphorgotten}}: While announcing Abbey at a charity boxing match, Edgar's declaration of her vampiric badassery slowly but surely veers off into a declaration of her hotness. |
23 | * NonMammalMammaries: Nessie. Dear GOD, Nessie. |
24 | * NotSoImaginaryFriend: Michael's turns out to be an elven princess. |
25 | * ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Abbey. |
26 | * SeashellBra: Nessie frequently wears one. |
27 | * SunglassesAtNight: Ralph almost never takes off his sunglasses, so this comes up fairly often. |
28 | %%* UglyGuyHotWife: Brutus and Nessie. |
29 | %%* UnresolvedSexualTension: Abbey and Michael. |
30 | * WallCrawl: Abby introduces herself to Michael like this, hanging upside down from his window. |
31 | * TheWorfEffect: Brutus looks big and threatening, but often gets quickly taken out by serious threats. |
32 | * WrongGenreSavvy: During a zombie attack, Michael is completely calm, having learned that monsters can be friendly. Unfortunately, the zombies haven't gotten the memo. |
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