Boneville Blog

by | Mar 6, 2015

JUST CONFIRMED OHIO DATE! The Laughing Ogre Comic Shop in Columbus will be
hosting Jeff for a store signing on March 28th from 11am to 1pm. The
event is in support of the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of BONE
with Graphix. The store will have plenty of BONE, RASL and Tuki on hand
for purchase, and you are welcome to bring your own books for a
signature. The Laughing Ogre is located at 4258 N. High St. in Columbus.
Hope to see you there!

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Comic Book People 2: Photographs from the 1990s

by | Mar 3, 2015

Comic Book People 2: Photographs from the 1990s

A treasure trove of candid photos of artists, writers and other comics folks taken by an insider photographer at comic-cons in the 90s.

90’s Comic-Con photo project. Awesome! Jackie Estrada, a Comic-Con International insider from way back, has a new book of behind the scenes creator photos from one of the most dynamic decades in modern comics history. Baby-faced pics of Frank Miller, Neil Gaiman, Dan Clowes, and yours truly. Can’t wait!

Athens Comics Library

by | Feb 20, 2015

Lida Tsene, our friend and colleague from Greece passed along some wonderful news!

The first comics library in Athens, Greece recently held its grand opening, which is no small feat considering the economic climate in the country these days. Much hard work went into making this library come to life. If you are in the area, check it out and post some photos of your visit!

Visit ComicDom for more information. 

Artsy.net Shoutout

by | Feb 12, 2015

A shout-out to Artsy! Stunning, informative and very user-friendly – ‘A resource for art collecting and education’. Their database currently features 230,000 images of art, architecture and design by 25,000 artists of historical, modern and contemporary works. https://www.artsy.net

Must see! I could spend hours here!  

Little Fone Bone!

by | Feb 10, 2015

This little guy showed up on our doorstep yesterday. This was part of a window display in Kendal during the Lakes Festival where Jeff  was a guest back in October! Thanks John Potten!

Previous Scholastic Giveaway

by | Feb 9, 2015

Scholastic gave away these awesome Bone freebies at their ALA booth last week! 

Don’t forget to keep an eye out on Jeff’s Twitter @jeffsmithsbone for timely tweets about Scholastic and Graphix giveaways at different conferences throughout the year. 

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Curiosity from NatGeo Kids

by | Feb 5, 2015

Jeff was asked to give his insights on what made him curious as a child and how as an adult, he harnesses curiosity in children today. With commentary from other popular authors, librarians and educators, this is quite an inspiring read! Download your complimentary (free) e-book copy today at NatGeoKidsCuriosity.com.

The ALA Midwinter Conference took place this past weekend in Chicago

by | Feb 4, 2015

The ALA Midwinter Conference took place this past weekend in
Chicago. Here are a few shots of Jeff during his two sessions: Friday at the
Booklist Forum, and Saturday at the Freedom to Read panel. If you attended the
conference, do you have any photos you’d like to share? Feel free to post
below!

#alamw15
@jeffsmithsbone
@FTRF
@ALA_Booklist

February Store Special!

by | Feb 3, 2015

This month we are offering the Warrior Thorn Cold Cast Statue as our store special for February!  https://www.boneville.com/store/

Sculpted in real pewter, designed by Jeff and animator Jennifer Oliver and sculpted by Tony Cipriano, this animation maquette quality statue is in scale with the other BONE characters in the cold cast series. This item retails for $124.95, but for the whole month of February we are offering this at a steal for $75.00! Free shipping over $50.00 in the USA only.

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Graphix 10th Anniversary

by | Feb 2, 2015

In celebration, twelve Graphix artists have created original art in honor of the 10th anniversary of Graphix: The artists line-up includes: 

  • James Burks
  • Nathan Fox
  • Jimmy Gownley
  • Matthew Holm
  • Kazu Kibuishi
  • Mike Maihack
  • Dave Roman,
  • Greg Ruth
  • Jeff Smith
  • Raina Telgemeier
  • Doug TenNapel
  • Craig Thompson

You’ll want to keep an eye out all year long for illustrations distributed at events and online. The current events line-up includes:

  • ALA Midwinter (Chicago, IL)
  • Emerald City Comic Con (Seattle, WA)
  • Texas Library Association (Austin, TX)
  • BookExpo (New York City, NY)
  • ALA Annual (San Francisco, CA)
  • Comic-Con International (San Diego, California)
  • Long Beach Comic Expo (Long Beach, CA)
  • Salt Lake Comic Con (Salt Lake City, UT
  • New York Comic Con (New York City, NY).

Among these illustrations is BONE #1: Out from Boneville, Tribute Edition available on February 24, 2015.  Find out more details on Scholastic.com  

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Making Waves

by | Jan 30, 2015

Around 2000, Jeff was invited to draw a promotional cartoon in support of the CBLDF’s “Making Waves” cruise. The cruise was organized as a fundraiser to continue the organizations mission to protect the First Amendment rights of the comics community. This is the lineart of that piece, which features Marv from Frank Miller’s Sin City, Neil Gaiman’s Sandman, Will Eisner’s The Spirit, Evan Dorkin’s Milk and Cheese, and Jeff’s Fone Bone.

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Atlantis Fantasyworld

by | Jan 28, 2015

Sifting through the archives, we found this fun pin up Jeff drew for Joe Ferrara and his store, Atlantis Fantasyworld. Circa 2001. 

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