Jeff will be a guest of the National Book Festival in our nations capital later this month!

The 10th annual National Book Festival, organized and sponsored by the Library of Congress, will be held on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2010, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., between 3rd and 7th streets from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama are honorary chairs for the event. The festival, a celebration of the joy of reading for all ages, is free and open to the public.

Details on Jeff’s schedule will be posted here soon.

For two weeks straight, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim books have dominated the NY Times bestsellers list. I haven’t seen this written about anywhere, but it strikes me as a big deal. All six books in the top ten at once? Two weeks running! (I’m a little late in posting this, so a new list may be up by the time you read this)  That’s almost an Elvis or Beatles-like feat!  Congratulations, Bryan! Enjoy it, man. I love the Scott Pilgrim books and I loved the movie, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, which I’ve seen twice.

Just a quick post to remind our retailer friends that Fish N Chips Volume 1 is available in the August Previews.  Orders are due soon and the item code is: AUG100915F

Click here if you are registered with Diamond’s online retailer section!

Thanks very much!  Below are 2 pin-ups that appear in this graphic novel, created by my friends Kazu Kibuishi(Amulet) and David Petersen(Mouse Guard)!

WOW! I guess it’s time to look forward to next year, with the brand new BONE 2011 Calendar. These are available now at most places where they sell calendars!

The calendar is big and gorgeous! Enjoy every month with great moments from the BONE series. Universe Publishing (A division of Rizzoli International) did a great job at putting this calendar together. Its been a long time (2001, I think) since a BONE calendar has been done.

Relive some of your favorite moments with Fone, Smiley, Phoney and the rest of the gang, as the year goes by! You can get yours by clicking here and going to Amazon.

Demand was higher than expected, and Universe Publishing sent all the calendars out to retail shops and forgot to leave any for us!  That means our boneville store will only have a limited amount of copies, and they are available now!

Hey everybody! Tom G. again.

BONE: Tall Tales, the new full color BONE graphic novel shipped this week!  Tall Tales is just what it sounds like, Smiley Bone telling Boneville tall tales to three Bone Scouts named Ringo, Bingo, and Todd.  It has new stories, and a couple of older ones that have never been published in glorious Steve Hamaker color. We had a few copies with us in San Diego at Comic-Con, and it seemed like everybody loved them. Above is a picture of the signing Tom & Jeff  had on Friday morning of the show – - it was slammed!

Here’s a link to a CBR interview with Tom Sniegowski that was posted last night. Tom talks about working with Jeff and Vijaya on both Tall Tales and the upcoming prose books BONE: Quest for the Spark.  It’s a fun interview that had me laughing.  It sheds light on a lot of Tom & Jeff’s working habits – - even for Jeff!

Comic Book Resources also covered Jeff’s spotlight panel at Comic Con. You can read that here.

Thanks to Garrett Chin and Steve for some great shots of Tom and Jeff at their booth signing on Friday, July 23rd.

A third interview featuring colorist, Steve Hamaker, will be up later this week.