Tomorrow, December 22nd, is the Winter Solstice – - the shortest, darkest day of the year, and the turning point at which the days will start to grow longer and longer – - the perfect time to light some lights and raise a glass.

Below is a story that first appeared in 1993. It was commissioned by a popular comics magazine of the time called Hero Illustrated and marked the first major exposure of BONE to the comic book reading public.  It's an oldie, but a goodie. 

Here's wishing you and yours a very merry Christmas and a happy holiday season! 

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Above is a look at the page I'm working on today.  Also, a new interview went up on Newsarama yesterday and has kicked off some lively comments. The main topic is the newly announced  (standard) size of the RASL series. This brief interview was conducted by Veneta Rogers and is titled A RASL UPDATE.

There is a new interview up this week on Kevin Smiht's website Quick Stop called Holiday Havoc: Jeff Smith.   It was a fun interview to do, which doesn't happen all that often, and it covers everything from Bone movies, Bone sequels, selling out, and politics in Shazam!

Review of Dark Horse's Art of Bone on Scott King's site King Film.  it turns into a really nice overview of Bone the comic. 

And finally, this article is called: Between this and Scrabble, I’m outing my Geekdom. And I don’t care. about one woman's shock to discover she likes comics. To read it, go to her website called Complete and Total Bicsh!

Hello Everyone!

Vijaya here.  For the many of you who did not make it to San Diego, below is an online copy of the 6-page RASL Preview.  Click on the thumbnails below for a larger image.

If you like what you see, you can order RASL #1 from your favorite comic shop or from this month's Diamond Previews.  RASL#1 will ship in February 2008.  it will be a 32 page standard size comic (6 5/8" x 10 7/8"), not the oversized format of the RASL preview.

Season's Greetings!

vijaya

I just read on The Beat that the American Library Association has announced the YALSA nominations for the 2008 Great Graphic Novels, and it reads like a friends & family list!

Among the nominations: 

Flight, vol. 4. July 2007. Random House / Villard Books,

Kyle Baker, Nat Turner: Vol. 2, Revolution. Image Comics,

Mark Crilley, Miki Falls: Spring.  HarperCollins / HarperTeen,

Derek Kirk Kim, , Jesse Hamm. Good As Lily. DC Comics / Minx,

David Peterson, Mouse Guard: Fall 1152. Archaia Studios,

Paul Pope, Batman: Year 100. DC Comics,

Joann Sfar, The Professor's Daughter. Roaring Brook Press / First Second,

Jeff Smith, Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil. DC Comics,

Lewis Trondheim, Fabrice Parme.  Tiny Tyrant.  Roaring Brook Press / First Second.

and more… 

 YALSA stands for the Young Adult Library Services Association. To read the rest of the list vist YALSA's site.