The final volume of Jeff Smith’s beloved comic series Bone. I don’t know. Maybe it was years of folks telling me how good it was. Maybe it… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Crown of Horns”
Tag: Scholastic Press
Comic Review: Bone: Treasure Hunters
It’s the next to last volume, yet so much of it is spent on Phoney Bone being exactly the same character he’s been since the first volume. … Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Treasure Hunters”
Comic Review: Bone: Ghost Circles
There’s no more time to dilly dally. The action is heating up and the characters are on the move. Ghost Circles finds our heroes on a journey… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Ghost Circles”
Comic Review: Bone: Old Man’s Cave
If I had been reading this as it was being released, I might have quit somewhere around the first half of this volume. I’ve complained for years… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Old Man’s Cave”
Comic Review: Bone: Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border
The fifth volume of the Bone series finds Fone and Smiley Bone trying to return a critter to its home in the mountains. This whole book follows… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border”
Comic Review: Bone: The Dragonslayer
Unfortunately, this volume spends a LOT of time with Phoney Bone, which seems to grind things to a halt. Whenever it focuses on other characters and storylines,… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: The Dragonslayer”
Comic Review: Bone: Eyes of the Storm
Dreams become important in this volume. Thorn has a dream vision that leaves her disturbed, while Bone imagines himself in his favorite book, Moby Dick. Are these… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Eyes of the Storm”
Comic Review: Bone: The Great Cow Race
The second volume of Bone starts out a bit slow, focusing on the build-up to the Great Cow race. Phoney Bone continues to be pretty annoying, and… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: The Great Cow Race”
Comic Review: Bone: Out from Boneville
Jeff Smith’s indie comic somehow got picked up by Scholastic. This first volume collects and colorizes the first six issues. Bone certainly feels more like an indie… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Out from Boneville”
Book Review: No Such Thing as Dragons
Oops. I bought this book when it came out a decade ago…and somehow forgot to actually read it. Well, I’ve fixed that. First, I’ll come right out… Read more “Book Review: No Such Thing as Dragons”
Matthew J. Constantine 