| The Goodbye Family | |
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| Author(s) | Lorin Morgan-Richards |
| Website | www |
| Current status/schedule | Running |
| Syndicate(s) | Tubi, Apple TV, Roku, YouTube (secondary): Amazon Prime Video, Xumo, Tapas |
| Publisher(s) | A Raven Above Press |
| Genre(s) | Black Comedy, Fantasy Western, Gothic Western, Gothic fiction |
The Goodbye Family are a fictional family of undertakers created by fantasy Western author and illustrator Lorin Morgan-Richards.[1][2] The Goodbye Family comprises Pyridine Goodbye, matriarch and mortician, Otis, father and driver of the hearse, their child Orphie, who has the dual role of gravedigger and self-appointed town Sheriff, and their pets: Ouiji the cat, a tarantula named Dorian, and Midnight their horse.[3]
Since 2009, the Goodbyes have appeared in both single panel comic and literature as part of the Great Mountain book series by Richards that begin with Me’ma and the Great Mountain. The humor of the Goodbye Family is typically gothic or macabre,[4] and often satirizing industrialization and rules of authority. In 2021, The Goodbye Family: The Animated Series made its debut on YouTube, and subsequently followed with streaming services. New York Magazine listed it in the top ten of animated TV series in 2022.[5]
- ^ "Public Profile". SCBWI. October 15, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2018.
- ^ "An Interview with Lorin Morgan-Richards". SteamKat!. November 28, 2016. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Lorin Morgan-Richards – The Goodbye Family". Lorinrichards.com. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "The Goodbye Family and the Great Mountain by Lorin Morgan-Richards". March 18, 2020.
- ^ Eric Vilas-Boas (December 16, 2022). "The Best Animated TV Shows of 2022, Ranked". Vulture.com. Retrieved December 22, 2022.