Family Bones in the Kansas City Star newspaper.

And today, thanks to Iain, we found out that the Kansas City Star did a small blurb on Family Bones as well.

http://www.topix.net/content/kri/0891350933201567639716428559093056147390

"News Across the Metro

Kansas City Star

September 24, 2006

Murder tale to be told in comic book

One of Missouri's most infamous murder cases will be told in a comic book by a man who said he was related to Ray and Faye Copeland.

The north Missouri residents were convicted in the slayings of five transients in Livingston County as part of a cattle swindle in the late 1980s.

The comic book, Family Bones, will go on sale at specialty comics' shops in November from King Tractor Press, a small independent publisher. The writer is Shawn Granger, 36, who said he visited the Copelands when he was growing up. Ray Copeland, who died in 1993 while awaiting execution, was his great-grandmother's brother, Granger said.

Al Copeland, Ray and Faye's son, said he had never heard of Granger but said he might be a distant relative. The comic book is scheduled to run 10 issues.

The story is based on actual events, a news release said, but in a phone interview, Granger said he changed some details.

'It's not a blow-by-blow account of what happened,' Granger said."

Not too bad considering that this interview didn't start off too well. I'm not sure what the whole "might be a distant relative." thing is. It's easy enough to find out whether or not I'm fibbing about Ray being my great-grandmother's brother, or that I grew up in Missouri. Oh well...it's not the worst thing that has been said about me. Funny how an hour long interview gets whittled down into just a sliver.

Nice to see that word is traveling about the comic books.