Line #5 ComicBook/Boneyard


1	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/boneyard_1_377.jpg]]
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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.

Context ComicBook / Boneyard