I read Bone way back in the early 90s when it was serialized in comic book form, before these gorgeous collections by Scholastic. I recently revisited these and found them to have aged incredibly well. Like the best narratives for young audiences, the adventures of the three cousins Fone Bone, Smiley Bone, and Phoney Bone resonate with adults as well. The only other analogue that comes to mind is some of the work by Pixar. Jeff Smith has created a timeless series that I hope to read to my childr...

Ohmygosh!Well that was fun! I'll definitely be continuing on with the series.

Genuinely one of the best graphic novels I've ever read. Funny, heart-warming, endearing, captivating, whatever other adjectives you want to add on.

This comic shook up the comic industry something fierce when it came out. From what I understand, it was one of the first big comics to not use any narration boxes or thought bubbles at all. The story was entirely what you saw people doing, and what you heard them saying. Needless to say, this is a *huge* change from the 60's style of superhero comic where people were constantly flying around and thinking stupid things to themselves like, "It's a good thing I can use my freeze breath to stop thi...

After reading a run of dark graphic novels this was a fabulous refreshing change. The characters are so cute and loveable in this fairy tale like story set in an imaginary land. We follow Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone as they try to escape the uncharted desert but as they do this they get split up and each separately come in to a mysterious valley filled with scary creatures. The tale is simple and the imagery almost childlike but I could not help being drawn in to their world. A great

I thought this was a cute and fun story. There are 3 Bones in this book and I really only like Fone Bone. Smiley was ok and I don't like Phoney bone at all. Lucky, the other 2 aren't in the story very much.The story really gets going once Fone Bone gets lost and meets a dragon. Then he stumbles into some mysterious mountains and meets interesting characters including this huge scary rat creatures. There is very little information given to the reader about this new place. It is still all a myster...

I first tried out Bone several years ago, and I just couldn't get into it. I decided to give it a second chance, because I've heard so much good about the series as a whole. The second time through, I liked it quite a bit more, but I still didn't love it. The Bones are cute and cartoony and I did enjoy that. Not really invested in whatever the bigger story is, though. At least not yet. I think this time I'm going to try to read the whole series and see what I think of it as a whole.

This brought back memories! I used to read this as a weekly comic strip in the Ohio State University newspaper in the early 80s. Of course, back then, it was a black and white strip. The coloring is an improvement. The story is outstanding, and I'll be diving right into the next volume: Bone, Vol. 2: The Great Cow Race. :D

Bone follows the three Bone cousins as they are kicked out of Boneville and quickly lost in a wasteland before discovering the valley where the rest of the story takes place. Smith lays some of the ground work for the epic story to follow but these first couple of volumes are heavily influenced by cartoon strips like Walt Kelly's Pogo and old Looney Tunes type cartoons. There's lots of slapstick and jokes. I absolutely love Smith's simple art style for the Bones. It's very expressive while carto...

[Bad morning.]I wasn't sure I'd ever review Jeff Smith's Bone. After all, is there much that can be said that hasn't already been said? Bone's so long been part of the canon of comics literature (such as one exists) that reviewing it at this point is like reviewing Watchmen or The Dark Knight Returns or Maus. Or for the non-comics-literate, a bit like if someone penned a review today for Huckleberry Finn. I mean, what's the point, really?Still, I tell myself, there are those who haven't read the...

Quick thoughts:This was alright, though after reading the Amulet series I know there's better middle grade graphic novels out there. There was surprisingly a lot of smoking in this too, which was weird. And Bone, the main character pictured on the cover, falls in love with a pretty human girl, which was also a little strange. Some of the humor fell flat but some of it made me chuckle. Bone's cousin, Phoney Bone, is a huge jerk though and I was glad when he wasn't in the story and disappointed wh...

I think Bone may be overhyped, at least in Vol. 1. I found the dialog fairly basic and cartoon trope. The world-building has potential, with nuances such as the nary heard of Boneville, rat creatures, the dragon only the Bones can see, and cow-racing Grandma Ben. But the story's pacing dragged a bit for me.

Fone, Phoney, and Smiley Bone are run out of Boneville after Phoney’s latest shenanigans. Lost in the desert, they become separated and Fone Bone, our protagonist, ends up in The Valley, a human-dwelling part of the world, for the winter. There he meets a beautiful young woman called Thorn and her kindly cow-racing grandmother Ben. But danger looms on the horizon as the Lord of Locusts and the rat creature army are massing…I first read Jeff Smith’s Bone nearly ten years ago in the all-in-one bla...

People I love think this is a friggin masterpiece, and I love them less for it now.I picked up the first volume of Bone because I'd heard it had such amazing comic timing, a great storyline and relatively solid artwork. No one mentioned that the dialogue reads as though it were written by a fifth grader, the humor is predictable and the story is so threadbare and uninteresting I began making up my own story for the panels. And to say that the artwork is well done is like saying the dreamcatcher

Well, first of all we have the charming cousins, sense of humour, love,and a dragon.But there are mysterious events going on,and there are monsters,and something very sinister lurking in the dark.This is just the beginning of the story...I'd bought an original black&white version of this one a few years ago and that was quite lovely too. The way the story progressed rather quietly, with the panels just speaking for themselves...Now I'm reading the colored versions, I can't wait to read it all.

Out from Boneville is the first installment in the Bone series featuring Phoney Bone, Fone Bone, and Smiley Bone. When the three cousins are run out of Boneville because of Phoney Bone's latest scheme, they get lost and separated in the desert. Fone Bone (our hero) finds a secret valley where he encounters weird weather, strange friends (a cow racing grandmother and a tiny green bug), frightening foes (homicidal rat creatures), and a strangely protective dragon that no one else can see. I really...

I'm reading this to my four year old, so like a responsible mother I read ahead to try to gauge whether there's anything in this that he'd find troubling. So far so good! My kid has been a super graphic novel freak (but no he may not read Ex Machina no matter how hard he pleads his case) since he saw the cover of Saga Vol 1 and called it Monster and Love Had a Baby, so I'll call that so far so good as well.

This book was only OK. At the beginning I had a hard time keeping the "Bones" straight. Also, I didn't like how vague it was in the beginning about them getting kicked out of Boneville. Then, they all got split up somehow and then they all wanted to go back to Boneville. I thought this didn't create a strong storyline.However, I started to enjoy the book more, around the last 30 pages. The characters were more developed and I felt like there was actually becoming a plot. This book ended on a "cl...

Bone and his two cousins are kicked out of Boneville, or rather, Fone Bone was kicked out for a picnic with bad prunes and a huge balloon that destroyed a local landmark, and the other two Bones are sharing his exile. The three are split up, and Bone finds his way to a forest realm, where he is menaced by big furry hungry things with red eyes, and where he is befriended by the lovely Thorn and her take-no-prisoners Granny. He's also protected by the enigmatic Big Red Dragon for reasons that are