Hi everybody! Comic Con is upon us again! As we get ready, I wanted to share a few “new” items that we’ll be bringing to the show! As you already know, the final graphic novel (with a special cover) of the RASL series will be debuting at Comic-Con, and here are a few other goodies to whet your appetite! Below is the cover art for the third Quest book that will be out next year, and will be displayed as a backdrop in our booth.

If you attended any of the shows on the 20th Anniversary tour last year, you saw our 10 foot tall cutout of the Bone cousins reaching for some delicious pie. A signed, Limited Edition 13×19 full color print will be available.

The t-shirt offering this year is none other than our lovable rat creatures! Adult shirts will be in brown and the kids sizes will be in purple.

And last but certainly not least, we’ll have the highly anticipated BONE Full Color One Volume Slipcase Edition signed by Jeff Smith! Get yours while supplies last!

Hope to see you there!

Hi everybody. Tom here. I know, I know, it’s been awhile…

This past month we’ve all been busy with the final chapter of RASL. Jeff finished 5 pages (after staying up all night) last Friday morning, June 29th. I took Jeff and Vijaya to the airport for their much deserved vacation to Italy, and returned to the office to finish my part on the books. That afternoon, a major thunderstorm with 80mph winds, took out power lines that affected over 200,000 homes, us included. After setting up a Cartoon Books satellite office at a friends house, Kathleen and I were able to layout and proof the comic and Trade book 4, and get to the printers by late Sunday night.

Power was finally restored to the Cartoon Books office this afternoon, and now it’s time to get ready for San Diego Comic Con next week.

Above is the cover art for the Limited Edition (only 200 printed) signed and numbered RASL Book 4, that will be available at Comic Con. I will have some set aside to sell on the boneville store site after the show.

Jeff will not be attending Comic Con this year, but we will have some pre-signed books and prints for purchase. Look on the bright side…No waiting in long lines.

I’ll blog more about San Diego on Thursday!

HAPPY 4th of JULY, everybody!!!

~Tom

Sent RASL #14 to the printer this morning! It’s the second to last issue, and even I’m getting excited! RASL #14 should hit stores on May 30. Aand now I have to start packing for this weekend’s trip to Toronto for the Toronto Comic Arts Fest. It’s a great literary/arts comics show and I am looking forward to returning there for the first time in years. Last time I was at TCAF, it was held in tents out in a parking lot. Lots of great guests and panels, so come if you can!

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TCAF – Toronto Comics Art Festival May 4-6

2012 Toronto Comics Art Festival! Below is the schedule of where I will be this weekend…

Friday:

Panel – Smith, Ba, Moon On Stage –  Noir and the Fantastic.
A conversation  moderated by Mark Askwith 7:00pm-8:30pm
Signing – 8:30pm-10:00pm (please note only one item per person).
Held at the Toronto Reference Library in the Appel Salon.

Saturday:

Panel – Meet Jeff Smith!
Presentation on Bone 1:00pm-2:00pm
Signing – 2:00pm-3:30pm (please note this is on a first-come, first-served basis).
Held at Owlkids Day at St. Paul’s on Bloor Street.

Sunday:

Workshop – Inking with Jeff Smith Workshop
Special one-time-only interactive TCAF panel! 11:30am-12:30pm
Held at Ristorante Fortuna on Cumberland Street.
Signing – 1:00pm-3:00pm. Held at The Reference Library in Signing Area B1

OCTOBER 14, 15, 16, 2011

Next week, we leave for New York City and the New York Comic Con. The show will take place October 14th thru the 16th. The layout of the show floor is below, so you can find us easily. Cartoon Books will set up in booth 1245. You can click on the floor plan to make it bigger! Here is a link to the interactive map on the NYCC website, if you’d like to create a show planner for yourself.

As you can see from the close up below, we will be across from DC Comics and Graphitti Designs. We will be sharing booth space again with our best buds, Robyn and Terry Moore (Rachel Rising) of Abstract Studios.

Jeff’s NYCC Signing Schedule*

All signings will take place at the Cartoon Books Booth #1245 *Signing times are subject to change, so check with the Cartoon Books staff daily.

Friday, October 14
Booth Signing-check booth for times

Saturday, October 15
Booth Signing-check booth for times

Jeff’s NYCC PANEL Schedule:

Saturday, October 15
3:45pm-4:45pm Room 1A23:
Celebrating 20 Years of BONE with Jeff Smith! Speakers include: Cassandra Pelham, David Saylor, Dr. Katie Monnin, Jeff Smith and Tom Sniegoski

OCTOBER 22,2011 • DEBUT of the Full Color One Volume SLIPCASE EDITION!

October 22nd! THE DEBUT OF THE SLIPCASED, ONE VOLUME COLOR EDITION OF BONE!

We head to our own backyard for Mid Ohio Con in Columbus, Ohio. The show will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center. Jeff will be signing “exclusively” at the Laughing Ogre booth on Saturday, October 22nd ONLY! The signing will be from 2:00pm-4:00pm! Here are floor plans for Mid Ohio.

BONE and RASL colorist, Steve Hamaker, will be set up at the show all weekend to sell his creation, Fish-n-Chips.

OCTOBER 28, thru November 1st, 2011

October 28th thru November 1st, Jeff and Vijaya will be flying to Italy to attend the Lucca Comics and Games show. Bao (our Italian publisher) will be premiering the Italian language black and white version of the Bone One Volume Edition. Jeff will be signing daily at the Bao publishing’s booth. Below is an illustration Jeff did for Bao’s company mascot.

Jeff will be on a panel on October 29th, called “Ascent and decline of the Indie Comics Scene” with mostly Italian authors. October 30th, he will be on a panel with French author Baru, David Lloyd, Jiro Taniguchi and Craig Thompson.

November 3rd, 2011

November 3, Jeff will attend the Antwerp Book Festival in Belgium. The Antwerp Book Fair is a large trade fair for books, held annually at the beginning of November at Antwerp Expo in Antwerp, Belgium. It is organized by Boek.be. All Flemish and Dutch publishers, and several foreign language distributors present their newest books at the fair.

Hope to see you at any of the conventions, as we continue to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of BONE!

Jeff is working hard on the next issue of RASL. So, I figured I would pass along some fun videos and pictures from the first half of the conventions we’ve been attending.

Here is an interview Jeff did with the Stumptown Trader Review in San Diego.

And here is their Comic Con 2011 Highlight Reel. Jeff  makes a cameo about the 1:55 mark.

Publishers Weekly had some fun pics and information on the kid’s books at the show. You can read that by clicking here!

Baltimore Comic Con was fun as Jeff, Steve and I continued the party with Robyn and Terry Moore. This photo courtesy of the Baltimore Comic Con Facebook page!

Fan Expo Canada was the highlight of the BONE tour for me thus far. The screen capture below is from the video of where I was “punked” by a girl from MTV Live, who was cutting in line to get an autograph. After she told me, and I saw the camera, this moment will go down as the most embarrassing of my life, so far! You can see the whole video here!

We will have more pics and stories soon, and Jeff should be back to blogging next week!

Next up on the 20th Anniversary BONE Tour…New York Comic Con! Hope to see you there!