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The black and white edition and color slipcase are both back in stock and available online and at your local retailers!

We apologize the books have been out of print for the last few months. We strive to keep our books always in print, and appreciate your patience while we navigate through and around tariffs and supply chain issues. Thank you for your continued support!

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We love hearing from our friends & fans and wanted to update you to our new mailing address. For those of you who still use snail mail, the PO Box address is no longer in service.
Our new delivery address is: Cartoon Books c/o Ohio Logistics 3012 Charter St. Columbus, OH 43228

Please consider sending any questions and fan letters for Jeff electronically to: kathleen@boneville.com.

Thank you!

The BONE color slipcase is now at our distributor and backorders will be filled starting next week! They will be available to order online and purchase in store soon!

We apologize the books have been out of print for the last few months. We strive to keep our books always in print, and appreciate your patience while we navigate through and around tariffs and supply chain issues. Thank you for your continued support!

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Professionally speaking, 2026 has been an incredible year! Receiving comics’ two greatest honors – just a few weeks apart –  is gratifying and humbling! Thanks to everyone who continues to support us and our projects. We are grateful!

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This past weekend, Jeff was honored with the National Cartoonists Society’s Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award! The 80th annual  celebration of the Reuben Awards was held on Jeff’s home turf in Columbus, which made the moment all the more meaningful. David Saylor, Jeff’s editor at Scholastic/ Graphix presented him with the award. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Photo courtesy of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC)

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CNN10 recently profiled Jeff on his career and the origins of his self-publishing success! Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OC5wFsXxHZo

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Jeff Smith Day! Spotlight panel and your only chance to catch a signing at the show!

Sunday July 26, 2026
Panel: Spotlight 12:30-1:30pm Room 25ABC
Signing in Autograph Area, 2^nd floor Sails Pavillion AA15 2:00-3:00pm

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Jeff will be on a couple of panels today – come say hello!

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Extremely proud to share that Jeff was inducted to the Eisner Hall of Fame this morning – a professional and personal highlight! To make it extra meaningful he was inducted alongside his dear friend and colleague, Colleen Doran! Congrats to the class of 2026!

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Here’s where you can catch Jeff today at the show!

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This week! Come see Jeff at Comic-Con! He’ll be a special guest of the show and has a few things lined up where you can catch him:

Sunday July 26, 2026
Panel: Spotlight 12:30-1:30pm Room 25ABC
Signing in Autograph Area, 2^nd floor Sails Pavillion AA15 2:00-3:00pm

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Comic-Con is right around the corner! Jeff will be a special guest of the show and has a few things lined up where you can catch him:

Sunday July 26, 2026
Panel: Spotlight 12:30-1:30pm Room 25ABC
Signing in Autograph Area, 2^nd floor Sails Pavillion AA15 2:00-3:00pm

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boingboing: Cartoonist Jeff Smith, author of “Bone,” is getting comics’ most prestigious honor

Bone, by Jeff Smith

One year in elementary school, while wandering a Scholastic Book Fair— that budding bookworm’s delight—I found a graphic novel called Out From Boneville. The book’s cover featured a cute, simply drawn white figure, something like a combination of Casper the Friendly Ghost and Moomin. I bought it, not suspecting the journey that awaited me.

The Bone series, comprising nine books largely self-published by Smith, is high fantasy masquerading as kid lit. It’s also hilarious.

Cousins Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone explore the mysterious Valley, encountering dragons, “rat creatures,” and the fierce Thorn and her Gran’ma Ben.

Out From Boneville is heavy on jokes and light on violence, but as I raced through the series, that balance flipped. By the finale, the Bones are caught in a war that’s politically complex, thrilling, and, for a kid, sometimes terrifying. (Smith has said that he meant for the comic to be a “kids’ book for adults.”) The story never loses its humor, though, which -combined with the masterful world-building and detailed pen-and-ink illustrations— makes Bone always worth revisiting.

– Dan Goff, copy editor

We’re overjoyed to share this amazing news! Congratulations, Jeff!

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We love hearing from our friends & fans  and wanted to update you to our new mailing address. For those of you who still use snail mail, Cartoon Books will be closing our longtime PO Box.
Our new delivery address is: Cartoon Books c/o Ohio Logistics 3012 Charter St. Columbus, OH 43228

Please consider sending any questions, fan letters or review copies  for Jeff electronically to: kathleen@boneville.com.

Thank you!

Happy Earth Day!

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