Throw me a frickin' Bone!

In the early 90's, there was a comic called "Bone", a little black and white comic that had some very cartoony-looking characters in it, and that was about all I knew, and all I cared to know. You see, the 90's was a time of big flashy comics - the X-Men were re-designed by Jim Lee, Superman was being killed, comics came with gold-foil holo-prism covers and sealed in polybags so you couldn't actually read them, but you bought multiple copies anyway hoping that they would be worth bags of cash in a few years time. My comic-reading friend, let's call him "Mr Thor", used to joke with me that Bone was a really lame comic, and I would agree.

Anyway, Jeff Smith, the artist/writer/creator of Bone plugged away with his Bone comics, and 15 years later he's created a massive Lord of the Rings style story which is now collected in a massive phone book thick collected edition. Now that I am a bit older and wiser and keen to expand my reading range, I picked up this "One Volume" edition after reading all the good reviews it had received. I started reading it one night and managed to get through half of it, and then continued again then next morning to finish it off, as it was compelling reading! I don't think I'll try and explain it, as I probably won't do it justice, but as I mentioned before, it does have similarities to Lord of the Rings, which some people may think is a bit of a rip-off, but you don't really notice this whilst reading it, as you get absorbed into the world he has created. If you're interested in finding out more you can check out his website here:

http://www.boneville.com/

Also, another reason why I decided to give Bone a go, is that Jeff Smith is doing a World Tour and would be visiting Forbidden Planet ( www.forbiddenplanet.com ) to do a signing, so now I have a nice signed edition! And, if you're reading this "Mr Thor", I recommend you go and buy a copy, you might just enjoy it too!