Absolutely delightful fan art from Skyler Tarun. We love it!

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Throw Thorn a Bone: PW Talks with Jeff Smith

If you haven’t yet picked up a copy of THORN: The Complete Proto-BONE College Strips, check out this interview from PW to read about the connection to the evergreen BONE series!

https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/95500-throw-thorn-a-bone-pw-talks-with-jeff-smith.html

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

“Fascinating to see how well developed the characters and story were in these original college versions. Also interesting to see some different styles like political cartooning, breaking the fourth wall, etc. great collection and additional material.”

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In honor of National Book Lovers Day, what’s everybody reading?

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New from Iron Circus with cover art by Jeff Smith! Crowdfunding campaign launching soon. Read more here!

https://www.ign.com/articles/perfect-crime-party-is-the-ultimate-crime-comic-book-anthology?fbclid=IwY2xjawEhvNJleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHV_rrWEVxVZNIYHDLTzRwCHdvEWoSdsH4RWEveLZ_bFLkBYQxMOZ-0pqmg_aem_vA8aWOCST-A05Qyy1ZOViQ

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What’s in your pull box today?

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Did you know? Jeff and Vijaya’s Great Dane Euclid, was the inspiration for one of young Gran’ma Ben’s dogs in Rose?

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Some graphic novel recommendations from Fun in the 5th Grade – check them out!
https://funin5thgrade.com/graphic-novels-for-upper-elementary/

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The nominees for the 2024 Ringo Awards have been announced and Jeff is up for Best Cartoonist and Best Humor Comic for BONE: More Tall Tales! Voting is now open! Cast your choice here! https://ringoawards.com

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The nominees for the 2024 Ringo Awards have been announced and Jeff is up for Best Cartoonist and Best Humor Comic for BONE: More Tall Tales!

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Thanks, JD Palermo for the review of THORN! Read more here
https://gutternaut.net/2024/07/jeff-smiths-bone-thorns-irresistibly-better-draft/

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Super swell fan art by @RiverCreek!
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The War of the Currents referred to in RASL was a real contest between Thomas Edison who invented Direct Current, and Nikola Tesla, the inventor of Alternate Current. With the help of George Westinghouse, AC won the day but Tesla was written out of the history books.

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Thorn: The Complete Proto-Bone College Strips 1982–1986, and Other Early Drawings
Jeff Smith. Cartoon Books, $30 (304p) ISBN 978-1-888963-86-1
Smith reprints the complete 1980s run of his precocious college comic strip, much of which he later reworked into his fantasy series Bone. Published in the Ohio State University paper The Lantern, Thorn shares a cast and many plot beats with Bone, though topical characters like Voochko the Soviet pig and president “Ronnie Doody, the talking puppet” were not destined to make the transition. In his introduction, Smith comments that “where Bone is a novel, Thorn is more like a variety show.” The freewheeling fantasy indulges in anachronistic references and fourth-wall-breaking humor, as characters climb out of the page to argue with their creator, become “trapped in real life,” and cross over into another Lantern strip. Smith is clearly influenced by Doonesbury and Bloom County, but his love for an even earlier age of cartooning is reflected in the many callbacks to Pogo, Popeye, and classic Looney Tunes. The early art is rough but improves rapidly, and there are plenty of extras to satisfy the most demanding fans, including childhood artwork, story sketches, an interview with Smith, and an essay by fellow OSU alum Derf Backderf weighing in on a campus controversy caused by a Thorn story line. Though this is most valuable as a blueprint for what was to come in Bone, it’s got charm enough to stand on its own.

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