Brand new BONE!!!

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

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New York, NY (July 23, 2009) — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, is delighted to announce the acquisition of US, Canada, Philippines, and English Language rights to new titles by Jeff Smith featuring characters from his bestselling BONE series of graphic novels. First to be published will be BONE: Tall Tales, coming in Summer 2010, written by Jeff Smith and Tom Sniegoski, and illustrated by Jeff Smith, featuring new art and stories with favorite BONE characters. In addition, Scholastic will publish a highly-anticipated expansion of the BONE world—the Quest for the Spark Trilogy. Overseen by Smith, the trilogy will be written by Tom Sniegoski and illustrated by Jeff Smith. BONE Quest for the Spark: Book One (Fall 2010), BONE Quest for the Spark: Book Two (Spring 2011), and BONE Quest for the Spark: Book Three (Summer 2011) represent the first time Smith has continued the adventures set in the valley since the publication of Rose, the prequel to the BONE series—to be released by Scholastic/Graphix in August 2009.

Prowl · **Joined:** 08 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 18746

Wow, I never expected that.

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

Given how successful the books have been for Scholastic (and Smith) it makes a ton of sense.

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Anybody reading RASL? Mostly incomprehensible, but I still kinda like it.

Prowl · **Joined:** 08 Oct 2006 **Posts:** 18746

Tried RASL, did nothing for me.

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

I like it quite a bit. It reads better in chunks, and it takes getting used to the idea that it's NOT Bone (and that wasn't easy for me), but five issues in and it's a nifty little sci-fi/noir book. I described it in another thread as Smith channeling Philip K. Dick and David Lynch. Probably a bit of David Cronenberg, too.

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Monk wrote:

I like it quite a bit. It reads better in chunks, and it takes getting used to the idea that it's NOT Bone (and that wasn't easy for me), but five issues in and it's a nifty little sci-fi/noir book. I described it in another thread as Smith channeling Philip K. Dick and David Lynch. Probably a bit of David Cronenberg, too.

Monkeyface guy is definitely Lynchian. The misery to be found in the alternate realities also reminds me of the second half of Mullholland Drive.

Lorna · **Joined:** 10 Nov 2008 **Posts:** 1368

I'm not a fan of super hero type comics. I like the funny comics like Bone. Very funny stuff.

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

Hank wrote:

Monk wrote:

I like it quite a bit. It reads better in chunks, and it takes getting used to the idea that it's NOT Bone (and that wasn't easy for me), but five issues in and it's a nifty little sci-fi/noir book. I described it in another thread as Smith channeling Philip K. Dick and David Lynch. Probably a bit of David Cronenberg, too.

Monkeyface guy is definitely Lynchian. The misery to be found in the alternate realities also reminds me of the second half of Mullholland Drive.

Some of the identity stuff reminds me of both Lynch and Dick. The idea that when he drifts to another dimension he erases his alternate self from that dimension. I think as much as Bone was Smith doing his own sort of Tolkien thing, this is him doing his PKD thing.*

*Thinking about it, it reminds me a lot of A Scanner Darkly in some way.

Pip · **Joined:** 16 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 2921

I guess RASL and Captain Marvel didn't do too well.

Ross · 03 Jun 2007

This is great news! Bone is great, I am looking forward to reading new tales!

Tuna · 21 Dec 2007

Great news!

Beachy · 18 Sep 2005

Nice to see that Rose is slated for release next month, too.

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

Pip wrote:

I guess RASL and Captain Marvel didn't do too well.

Captain Marvel did well enough to get a high-quality trade and he's still doing RASL, as well. I think it has less to do with how those books did or are doing and a lot more to do with how Bone has been doing.

That meddlin kid · 26 Mar 2007

Maybe after a few years' break from "Bone" he feels ready to get back to that creation.

Hank · 01 Dec 2004

Ross wrote:

This is great news! Bone is great, I am looking forward to reading new tales!

I think Ted the Bug and his big brother are my favorite characters in the Bone-verse.

Lorna · **Joined:** 10 Nov 2008 **Posts:** 1368

Read some of my Bone comics today, thanks to this thread. Still hilarious!

Tuna · 21 Dec 2007

Eli is very excited.

Mike Nebeker · **Joined:** 11 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 2551

The trouble being, of course, that BONE is so good anything else Jeff Smith does pales in comparison.

Smith's Shazam (and the follow up series started by Mike Kunkle and now being written by Art Balthazar - Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam) are currently the definitive versions of the Marvel Family, what's going on in the DCU proper with Billy, Mary and Freddy is pretty pathetic in comparison.

RobertSwanderson · 01 Jan 2007

So part of the Marvel family's continuity is in big foot cartoon style and the other is ultra serious style?

Monk · 19 Jun 2006

I think Smith's series and the Kunkle follow-up are both out-of-continuity.

Mike Nebeker · **Joined:** 11 Aug 2004 **Posts:** 2551

When Smith was writing it he was promised it would be in continuity. I think DC is going to make it the continuity for whichever Earth is the replacement for the old Earth-S, I forget the number. But I really don't care because I thoroughly enjoy the series in or out of continuity. It's all ages fun that I can share with my 7 year old niece. Anything that excites both kids and grownups is a rare win in my book.

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