Jeff Smith, the creator of the incredible and epic Bone comics, is officially returning to that universe with a couple new projects from Scholastic.
First up is Bone: Tall Tales, a collection of stories featuring the old favorite characters. Jeff Smith illustrates and shares writing duties with Tom Sniegoski. This is due for release in summer 2010. Following that begins a trilogy written by Tom Sniegoski and illustrated by Jeff Smith. Bone: Quest for the Spark will arrive in three installments in fall 2010, spring 2011 and summer 2011. There was no indication given as to whether this will involve new or returning characters or what the plot is about.
Smith and Sniegoski previously collaborated on the Bone side story “The Adventures of Big Johnson Bone, Frontier Hero” which was later collected in Stupid, Stupid Rat-Tails. Smith commented that he “always said I would find a way to draw more Bone stories, and now I have,” and that “Tom is great to work with and we’re going to have a lot of fun!”
I’ve yet to read the Rose prequel or stories in Stupid, Stupid Rat Tails but the 1300 page Bone is fantastic and a must-read. It’s a lot like The Lord of the Rings in its drawing of naive weird characters into an epic fantasy adventure of huge consequence. I think I’ll use this as a reminder to catch up on those other stories. I’m certainly psyched for whatever else Smith wants to do with this world.
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