Billy Graves:

Bonesman

STORY by Dave Morris

Art by Dan Strange

BILLY GRAVES copyright © 2010 Fabled Lands LLP

 Be reasonable,
Ignatius...

...Open your
eyes. Look at
the position
you’re in here.

Ah hope my actions
tonight don’t smack of
desperation.

But Ah think
you can see Ah’m
not going to be
fobbed off.

We’ve known
each other too
long to mince
words now. Have you ever
known me fail to
get what Ah want?

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 Seances! This new age
foolishness. An easy
death while you hold my What
hand into the afterlife? about
Ah don’t think so! us? Charles?
Charles?
What
happened? It
was like ice
between my
shoulder
blades –

You know what Ah want,

Ignatius. Ah want eternal -

Be quiet, you ghosts!

That’s a lie you tell

yourself, Jason. Remember
I can see your soul.

There are a hundred ways

to exit this world,
Ignatius. You know that
bettah than anyone.

It resembles a
cockroach.

What - ?
Threats… Ah Stop!
find them so
distasteful,
you know.

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 Where
are you
taking us?

Trust me. I
will see you
safely to the
Gate of Life
and Death.

Key gone

...he’s got
nowhere
to go.

It doesn’t
mattah. We’ll
still get what
we want.

After all...

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 Grand-dad?
Is that you?

You’re fine,
William. It’s
the other way
round, if
anything.

What...

What are you doing I’ve come a long way

here? Am I sick? Did to talk to you and we
Mum call you? haven’t much time...

That
doesn’t
matter any
more.

Listen, this
is important.
You’ll be given
the Key.
Is something
wrong? Are
you hurt?

A key?

{ Yawn } Can’t
this wait till The Key. Other
morning? people want it. They
will try to take it
from you.

They may
try to kill
you for it.

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 William,
listen to me!
It’s vital you
remember this
when you
wake.

It’s very
important you use
it right away.
What’s it a
Then I’ll be able
key for?
to help you.

That was then, William.

Now you’ve met one...

k
Kli
The spirit
world. It
allows you to
see ghosts -
among other
things.

Grand-dad - I
don’t believe in
ghosts.

Grand-dad?

Where did you go?

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 ♪ Hissy!

What takes a
whole hour? Is
there even any
hot water left?

Hey, is that the

shower? Coz you
could’ve used the
guest bathroom
for that.

Beat it, shrimp. Go to

school grubby. Who’s
gonna notice?

Yeah?
With all your
You don’t need a skanky make-up,
shower, Hissy… what you need is a
pressure hose!

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Billy! Issy!
Why must
you two -

Oh, if
that’s the
double glazing
guy again --!

Jeez, you
little freak! I
can’t believe you
went crying
to Mum.

Who did?
She just -
OoF!

You’re such a whiny

Pants. If Dad was here -

no...

Mum?

It’s grand-dad...

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 And he shall be like
a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit
in his season...

Good to
see you,
Billy.

Dad.

Dad, do
you believe...
Y’know...

I didn’t want
to remember him
that way. A box
in the ground.

What? A
life after
this one?

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 Billy, people do
live on after their
death. As long as we
have our memories of
them. They live on in
the good they did.
I dreamt
about Grand-
dad the night
he died. As a doctor, your
grandfather helped a Dad, not
lot of people. He now. Not
saved lives. I’m today.
hoping that you -

Billy - !
I’m just saying that Unlike you.
you could make your
grandfather really
proud of you.

And sometimes
dreams are real,
Dad. More real than
pills and
He was proud stethoscopes.
of me...

Dad, are
you coming back
with us to the
house?

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 What’s wrong
with you? Why
can’t we be
a family?

Sweetheart -

Er... I don’t
know, princess. I
think your mother
made other plans...

I hate you!

His will is still

being processed,
but I have
something here Quite a
that he insisted curious item,
you receive as you’ll see,
right away. but obviously
it was most
important to
him that you
should have it.

We had special
instructions. I don’t
actually know when
William? My name’s he wrote them -
Beveridge. I was your Oh well, that’s of
grandfather’s lawyer. no importance...

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 I lak meet pipple.

Lubie spotykac Noo pipple.

nowych ludzi... I lak meet
noo -

I like to meet Eh?

new people.

Nie wierze
w to!

Rrr Rrrr

What up?

Is prank?
Show
yourselves!
Aieee!

Bravo, my
argillaceous friend.
You finally absorbed
somebody more
grammatically
challenged
than you.

Now open the

coffin, there’s a
good fellah.

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Of course
What - ?
The key...

…It’s not
here!

What did Grand-dad

leave you, Billy?

How come you

got something? I
went to see Grand-
dad way more often
than you ever did!

It’s so
unjust!

Just what I
always wanted…
Yeah yeah. Nobody
has it as tough as
you, huh, Hissy?

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