Boneville Blog
“Columbus is Cannes for Cartoons”. CXC received a nice shoutout in the
September issue of American Airlines in-flight magazine: American Way
Jeff was a recent guest on the Process Party chatting about comics and CXC. Have a listen!
http://studygroupcomics.com/main/process-party-episode-48-jeff-smith/
It’s
National Read A Book Day! What are some of your favorites?
The September Boneville specials have arrived! See what’s new: boneville.com
#TBT
Fone and Phoney. Before Jeff dedicated
his craft to cartooning, he owned an animation studio in Worthington, OH called
Character Builders, where he doodled this drawing.
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Smiley Bone and Squidward-a natural pairing! Via NekoAmine
Phoney
Bone has his own instagram travelogue. Check out his adventures: phoney.travels
Comics Worth Reading notes CXC as a ‘show to watch’!
https://comicsworthreading.com/2017/08/22/cartoon-crossroads-columbus-a-show-to-watch/
Jeff’s ID card. Sophomore year, Worthington High School, 1975.
Congratulations to @edwardcharris for winning the
original art inked by Jeff for the CBLDF charity auction at Comic-Con 2017 (he
also won a Milton Caniff brush!!!) Schwiiing!
A few photos of the great weekend celebrating the
Schulz Museum’s 15th Anniversary! A special ‘thank you’ to Jeanne Schulz,
Jessica Ruskin, Lex Fajardo, Paige Braddock and many others for inviting Jeff
to be a part of the festivities! Cheers!
Immediate Release: August 16, 2017
Contact: Andrew Farago, 415-227-8666 ext. 309
Images available upon request
Jeff Smith wins Cartoon
Art Museum’s Sparky Award
San
Francisco, CA: The Cartoon Art Museum is proud to announce that Jeff
Smith, best known as the creator of the beloved award-winning graphic novel Bone,
is the recipient of the 2017 Sparky Award, which was presented to
him by Cartoon Art Museum board member Michael B. Johnson and CAM curator
Andrew Farago during a spotlight panel at the Charles M. Schulz Museum and
Research Library’s 15th Anniversary Celebration on Saturday,
August 12.
The Sparky Award is named in honor of Charles “Sparky” Schulz, the
creator of Peanuts. Schulz was nicknamed “Sparky” after the horse
Sparkplug featured in the comic strip Barney Google. The Cartoon Art Museum
would not exist without benefactors like Sparky Schulz and his wife, Jeannie.
The Sparky Award is presented on behalf of the Cartoon Art Museum and the
Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Library.
“I’ve followed Jeff’s
ground breaking self-published work since the first issue of Bone and I’ve been
delighted to see his growth as an artist and an advocate for the arts over
years,” notes past Sparky Award winner Dr. Michael B. Johnson, R&D
Pre-Production Architect, Pixar Animation Studios. “In addition to looking
forward to his newest work Tuki, I’m delighted to follow his new
adventure helping steer the Cartoon Crossroads Columbus arts festival in his
hometown. For all these reasons and more I was honored to help present the
Sparky to Jeff.“
The award celebrates the significant contributions of cartoon artists who
embody the talent, innovation and humanity of Charles M. Schulz.
Past recipients include Schulz himself, Sergio Aragones, Gus
Arriola, Carl Barks, Gene Colan, Will Eisner, Creig Flessel, Phil Frank, Lou
Grant, Michael B. Johnson, Chuck Jones, Ward Kimball, Gary Larson, John
Lasseter, Stan Lee, Bill Melendez, Dale Messick, Jerry Robinson, John Severin,
Morrie Turner, Ron Turner, and Mort Walker.
About Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith is The
New York Times bestselling author/cartoonist of the BONE and RASL graphic
novels. BONE won numerous awards around the world, including
multiple American Eisners and Harveys, and the French Alph Art. In 2005,
Smith’s work was chosen to launch Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Books.
Smith was guest editor of Best American Comics in 2013. Smith’s
web-comic about the first human to leave Africa 2,000,000 years ago called Tuki
Save the Humans at Boneville.com, won the 2014 Reuben Award for Best
Online Comic and is currently being prepared for release as a graphic novel.
The Guardian did a pre-election Comic-Con special in 2016, and invited Jeff (along with many other cartoonists) to be a part of the issue. Here’s his contribution, which unfortunately still resonates today….
Our new and improved CXC website is live! Check it out: http://cartooncrossroadscolumbus.com/
For Immediate Release
Columbus, OH
Reed Joins CXC as Operations Manager
Melody Reed has been selected as the operations manager of Cartoon
Crossroads Columbus as of August 1, 2017. In this position she is responsible
for all of CXC’s business operations and she will be the show runner for the
annual fall CXC expo.
Reed brings extensive administrative experience, most recently as
office manager and volunteer coordinator with Actors’ Theatre of Columbus in
addition to additional administrative work at Crossroads United Methodist
Church. A Columbus native and graduate of Otterbein University, she is
also a certified tourism ambassador.
“We’ve only known Melody a short time, but
already she is a perfect fit,” said cartoonist Jeff Smith, President and
Artistic Director of CXC, "I am pleased to welcome Ms. Reed to the
festival, and look forward to working with her.”
For inquires about the
CXC Festival, contact Melody Reed:
info@cartooncrossroadscolumbus.org
If you’re in nearby Santa Rosa tomorrow,
come on out and help Jeff celebrate the Schulz Museum’s 15th Anniversary! The
whole day will be filled with celebratory festivities. Jeff’s talk will be
taking place around 2pm, featuring Paige Braddock (Jane’s World) and Lex
Fajardo (Kid Beowulf). A book signing will follow.
More information can be found here:
https://schulzmuseum.org/learn/calendar-of-events/?EventId=31158&eventscheduleid=227968
Fone Bonetato
Swell Bartleby (and Tardis) tattoo!
One
of the many random but fun photos from Comic-Con 2017: Paul Pope, Jeff and John
Cassaday!