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''The Bojeffries Saga'' is a series of comics stories written by Alan Moore and drawn by Steve Parkhouse which have been published by a number of different companies since their debut in 1983 in the UK comics anthology ''Warrior''. It features an eccentric English family of werewolves, vampires and monsters in various peculiar tales. ==Publication history== The first Bojeffries tale – "The Rentman Cometh" – appeared in black and white form in the British Quality Communications anthology ''Warrior'' No. 12 (Aug 1983), with three further stories appearing in ''Warrior'' to July 1984.〔Moore & Parkhouse, ''The Complete Bojeffries Saga'' (Tundra, 1992), ISBN 1-879450-65-8, p. 4〕 A fifth story was published in the eighth issue of the Fantagraphics publication ''Dalgoda'' (Apr 1986), and the four Quality issues were "reprinted, coloured and reformatted," for ''Flesh and Bones'' #1–4 from Upshot Graphics.〔 Between May 1989 and April 1990, a further four tales were published by Atomeka Press as part of its all-star anthology title ''A1'' issues #1–4, with a fifth appearing in the ''A1 True Life Bikini Confidential'' (Feb 1991).〔 In 1992, Tundra Press (the company set up by Kevin Eastman with profits from his co-creation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) reprinted the ten Bojeffries stories together with an introduction from Lenny Henry and four new illustration-stories: three cut-outs and a recipe.〔 In 2004, the prologue created for ''Dalgoda'' #8 and the first two-part story from ''Warrior'' (reformatted for ''Flesh and Bones'') were reprinted in the ''A1: Big Issue Zero'' as a reminder of the ''A1'' style, before the then-upcoming 2005 relaunch.〔(BIG Preview of "A1: Big Issue Zero" ), Comic Book Resources, 23 August 2004〕〔(Moore & Parkhouse – The Return of A1 ), Comics Bulletin, 27 April 2004〕〔(Alan Moore's BoJeffries Saga Headlines the Return of A1 ) (press release), Newsarama, 27 April 2004〕 The relaunch stuttered, however, and the new ongoing ''A1'' series never appeared. It had been intended for the reprinted stories to form the foundation for the ''A1: Bojeffries Terror Tomes'' a three-issue series with each issue focusing on a different member of the family, starting with Festus.〔(Preview: Bojeffries Terror Tomes 1 ), Newsarama, 10 February 2005〕 Although previews of the finished stories were made available in February 2005, with an anticipated launch in April,〔 no new titles were published. In 2004 Parkhouse suggested there would be no more stories.〔(Steve Parkhouse Interview part 3 ), 2000 AD Review, 21 November 2004〕 However, ''A1''-editor Dave Elliott and Gary Spencer Millidge (editor of ''Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman'') have both suggested there will be more stories〔(Gary Spencer Millidge on Alan Moore ), UGO〕 while longtime Moore-collaborator, Kevin O'Neill said, in September 2008, that Moore was taking breaks from working with him on ''League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century'' to finish the finale of the Bojeffries Saga,〔(Kevin O'Neill and Pat Mills Enforce Marshal Law at Titan ), ''Publishers Weekly, 9 September 2008〕 which was for the new collection from Top Shelf.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Bojeffries Saga」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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