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Miracleman Annual #1 Variant

Marvel’s All-New Miracleman hit comic shops on New Years Day, featuring a variant cover inked by Jeff with colors by Tom Gaadt. Other artists invited to helm the variant covers include Joe Quesada and Gabriele Dell’otto. Written by two legendary comic teams – Grant Morrison & Joe Quesada and Peter Milligan & Mike Allred, this comics event is not to be missed!

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The Return of Tuki!

 Season three of Jeff’s Tuki Save the Humans starts today on boneville.com! Need a refresher? Catch up on earlier installments by visiting here:https://www.boneville.com

Weekly Recap: Happy New Year!

Here’s the latest happenings leading up to the New Year! 

Get READY…Tuki Season 3 starts on Monday (1/5/15) at noon! (EST)

Jeff’s pinup for Batton Lash’s series: Wolf and Byrd

Jeff;s gift to Jules Feiffer

Out with the old… 

Happy 2015! 

From 1994: Jeff, Vijaya and Charles Vess planning the Trilogy Tour

January Store Special!

We are offering the Bone Hooded Sweatshirts as the store special in January. They’re perfectly warm and cozy for the frigid Winter months. We have two styles: Fone Bone and Phoney Bone Gold Star. Normally $40, these are on clearance for 50% off retail (shh don’t tell Phoney!) Quantities are limited, so hurry and reserve yours before they are all gone!

https://www.boneville.com/store/ 

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Tuki Letters

Tuki #3 will be shipping in February 2015, so we’re putting out a call for letters! Tell us what you are most enjoying about the series so far, or what you would like to see more of – we’d love to hear from you!

Write us at: tuki@boneville.com. 

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December’s Special!

Visit the store for the December Special! We are offering the Bone 20th Anniversary Slipcase for only $100! That’s $50.00 off retail! Don’t forget, free shipping for orders over $50.00 (in the USA only) and Jeff will autograph any book free of charge! DEAL!

*Please note: December 16th is the last day to order and have your item fulfilled for Holiday delivery. Orders received after the 16th, will not be fulfilled until December 30th. 

Comicpalooza 2015

Cartoon Books is excited to announce the first know convention appearance for 2015! We’ll be heading to Houston, Texas for the first time and what better occasion than to attend this wildly popular show, Comicpalooza! The convention will be taking place May 22nd through the 25th at the George R. Brown Convention Center. 

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Cartoon Books will be exhibiting and Jeff will be doing a panel or two as well as signing at Cartoon Books’ booth. Further details will be available after the New Year!  

Boneville Contest

Cartoon Books is looking for the biggest Jeff Smith fan!  How many answers can you correctly guess? Winner will be selected at random to win a 2014 Con Swag Bag!  OOOH! AHHH!

A. Contents of Swag Bag:

Swag by Jeff Smith: Signed copies of Rasl Hardcover, Bone One Volume Edition Softcover, Tuki#1 Exclusive Convention Cover and the highly collectible and extremely limited Con Exclusive Rocket Raccoon#1!  Wait-there’s more! Souvenir books, Entertainment Weekly Convention Edition, Jumbo Con Bags, Sharknado gear, buttons, assorted tchotchkes and more!

B. Email your answers to the questions below: contest@boneville.com with the subject heading: SWAG BAG.

Don’t forget to include your full name and mailing address (including your zipcode/country) along with your entry!  

C. Answer these questions correctly

1) What is Ted? Yes, yes we know. But what kind?

2) What is Smiley’s favorite food?

3) Why were the Cousins run out of Boneville and how long were they gone?

4) What famous folk musician is referenced in RASL?

5) What does RASL stand for?

GOOD LUCK!

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Newsletter Notice: Cartoon Books will be periodically sending out an e-newsletter keeping you updated on all things Bone, Rasl, Tuki and Jeff Smith! By entering the contest your email address will be automatically registered for our NEW e-newsletter. To opt-out, simply reply to the 1st e- newsletter and say: Opt Out!

Upcoming Contest!

Cartoon Books is holding an upcoming contest to see just who is the biggest fan of Jeff Smith! We will post 5 questions on Monday November 24th. If you get the answers correct, you will be eligible to win a 2014 Comic Convention Swag Bag! The winner will be chosen at random and will be notified on or around December 1st.

Put those thinking caps on! Good Luck!

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Follow Friday: Colleen Doran

Colleen Doran is a multiple Eisner Award Winning graphic novelist and might best be known for her comic series A Distant Soil. But she has also achieved success with such mainstream titles as The Sandman, Wonder Woman and Legion of Superheroes. She continues to create and promote comics and is a champion for creator rights.

For more on Colleen, check her out here.

http://www.colleendoran.com
http://www.adistantsoil.com

ICAF This Week!

The International Comic Arts Forum (ICAF) kicks off Thursday November 13th, and runs through Saturday November 15th. Jeff will be on a comics panel with Tom Spurgeon on Saturday from 3:30pm-5:00pm in the Cartoon Room at the Ohio Union.

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With so many exciting workshops and panels it’s a weekend not to be missed! For more information and to view the schedule of events, please visit Internationalcomicartsforum.org.

Bone 20th Anniversary Collectors Box Sale

Visit the store to get a jump on your holiday shopping! For our Store Special for November, we are offering the Bone 20th Anniversary Collectors Box Set for only $200! That’s $150.00 off retail!

Don’t forget, free shipping for orders over $50.00 (in the USA only) and Jeff will autograph any book free of charge! DEAL!

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*Please note: December 16th is the last day to order and have your item fulfilled for Holiday delivery. Orders received after the 16th, will not be fulfilled until December 30th.

Lakes Festival Recap

Jeff was recently in Kendal England as a Guest for the Lakes Festival. We got a chance to meet our English fans as well as catch up with some old industry buddies! Head on over to Jeff’s Facebook to enjoy the photos!

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