Roz Chast is coming to Cartoon Crossroads Columbus this October! The NEW YORKER cartoonist and author of CAN WE TALK ABOUT SOMETHING MORE PLEASANT? and YOU CAN ONLY YELL AT ME FOR ONE THING AT A TIME, Chast will join fellow New Yorker cartoonists Liz Montague and Amy Hwang and editor Emma Allen for a conversation about the legacy and changing culture of the magazine.
The festival will be held online and feature a rich variety of interactive programs. Our schedule will be announced soon. Until then you can check out our newsroom section to see some of the other exciting guests. More guest announcements are on the way!

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It’s National Read A Book Day! What are some of your favorites?

CXC friend @johnderfbackderf will be live signing and conversing with viewers about his new book KENT STATE on Tuesday, September 8 at 7pm via the Wexner Center for the Arts site! Follow the link to purchase your copy of KENT STATE and to have it signed/personalized! The first 20 (or so) should see Derf sign live during the event! https://wexarts.org/talks-more/derf-backderf-and-kent-state-four-dead-ohio-2020

Wesley has called the meeting to order and will be taking the minutes.

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Jeff’s inspiration for RASL? Science fiction and noir. RASL came out of my love for these genres. Some of my favorite authors are Arthur C. Clarke, Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler. I also watch a lot of noir film classics like The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep.

Thank you to The Kansas City Public Library for this nice review of the BONE saga!
https://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kids/bone-pick-book-review-bone-jeff-smith

From 1994 – Smiley Bone in The Great Cow Race!

Phoney Bone is very excited about the new school year, and hopes everyone has a happy and safe start this week!

Fone Bone and the honey hole.

Thank you for joining us for 2020 Comic-Con@Home! All orders have been shipped – you should have yours very soon if you haven’t received it already. All packages have tracking numbers so you can follow your packages journey. Most orders were shipped via US Mail, which is experiencing delays ( International customers should anticipate extended delays). We apologize for any inconvenience, and thank you for your patience & patronage!

Thanks for sharing your love of reading comics, Rich!

Jeff hangs out with Casey and Aaron for a recent podcast in Spoiler Country. Have a listen!
https://scpod.net/bone-creator-jeff-smith-hangs-out-with-casey-and-aaron/

Here are the answers for Spot the Differences – The Great Cow Race edition! How many did you find?

It’s time for Spot the Differences – The Great Cow Race edition! Answers posted tomorrow.

This blog post looks at how Bede’s famous parable of the sparrow was reused in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
https://thijsporck.com/2020/07/27/from-bede-731-to-bone-1991-2004-a-sparrows-flight-through-the-ages/