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THORN: 4/5 Stars on Goodreads!

by | May 1, 2024

 

Thank you, Renee for your nice review on Goodreads for THORN:

“This was pretty good for college age strips. There’re some plot holes, but the characters and art make up for those. The essays and extra art included provide some nice history without bogging the book down. I found it a bit surprising Smith wasn’t able to get a syndication deal for Bone, but comic pages are notoriously calcified. Maybe he’d have had better luck if Bloom County hadn’t been around. They’re completely different things but have a similar look and vibe. I’m glad I got the physical book from the Kickstarter campaign and not just the digital copy. It’s beautifully made: oversized with only two strips per page.”

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Austin Books Staff Pick – THORN!

by | Apr 16, 2024

Thorn by Jeff Smith – “Jeff Smith’s Bone series is a staple through which young readers have found their way into comics and fantasy for years. Now, travel back to the early years of Smith’s career with Thorn: Tales from the Lantern, his first fantasy comic strip series! This collection of work has very rarely seen print and features ideas and characters that Smith would eventually develop into Bone!” 

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Random TUKI

by | Apr 12, 2024

Artwork from TUKI Book One: Fight for Fire, available now through your favorite local retailer! TUKI will be a six volume graphic novel series. Check it out!

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THORN: 4/5 Stars on Goodreads!

by | Mar 18, 2024

 

Thank you, Steve for your lovely review on Goodreads for THORN:

“I really enjoyed Smith’s Bone saga and seeing the early strips was a fascinating look at the inspirations for the epic story told in his later work. It was great to see the creation of his ideas and the evolution of his work in Thorn over its years in the newspaper of Ohio State. The introduction, explanatory text and Q&A with Smith was a wonderful look into his creative process and the life of a daily cartoonist in a college newspaper. I also really liked the “historic” drawings included, going all the way back to a drawing done when Smith was 2 1/2 years old! Finally the side by side presentation of the panels from the Bone Saga with the panels from Thorn that inspired them showed in great detail the differences between the early and later work in a unique way. I received a free digital ARC of this book from the publisher, Smith’s own Cartoon Books.”

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