A Letter to Richard Moore

There's no mail tomorrow (President's Day), so Tuesday morning, a copy of this letter will find its way into the mail.

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Mr. Moore:

There are some weeks I look at my stack of new comics and I struggle. Your comic doesn’t come out monthly, or even bi-monthly, so this doesn’t happen very often, but when a new issue of ‘Boneyard’ is released, I find myself never quite sure where to place it in my “to-read” stack. On the one hand, I want to dive into it right away, but then I know that that means I’ll have to wait that much longer for the next issue to find its way to my “to-read” stack. On the other hand, I could place it at the bottom of the comics I have to read, but it’s such a struggle to wait that long to revisit the old friends I’ve come to know and love in the pages of ‘Boneyard.’

Ultimately, I end up reading the comic more than once anyway, so wherever it finds itself in my “to-read” pile becomes a moot point.

I’ve been reading ‘Boneyard’ for several years now, and whenever I find myself speaking about comics with anyone, I’m very quick to mention that this is one of my favorite on-going comic books. I can’t say I’ve been on-board from the beginning as I didn’t discover ‘Boneyard’ until after its launch, so I’ve been picking up the collected editions to fill in the early gaps. The color-versions of the collections have also found their way to my bookshelf (although it did take some getting used to; the world of ‘Boneyard’ for me has always been one of black-and-white, but the color editions are slowly growing on me).

I read a lot of comics every month, both mainstream and from the smaller publishers, but the characters of your comic ring the most true. Not only are they well-rounded, consistent characters, but they’re also all so damned likable! There’s not one character in ‘Boneyard’ I wouldn’t mind taking out for a cup of coffee . . . !

In fact, if the opportunity ever presented itself, I’d offer to buy you a cup of coffee, sir! Thanks for creating such a consistently strong piece of serial fiction. I look forward to every new issue, and hope for many more in the future. Take care . . .

Sincerely,

Derek M. Koch