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(W) Jeff Smith (A) Jeff Smith
The secret origin of Jeff Smith's
BONE Comes to Light! Cartoon Books presents
THORN: The Complete Proto-BONE College Strips from 1982 to 1986, and Other Early Drawings, reprinting the entire run of his earliest rendering of Jeff Smith's world-famous BONE characters for the first time. These comic strips reveal an early version of
BONE called
THORN that was written for a college audience in the 1980s. THORN appeared in the pages of The Ohio State University's student newspaper
The Lantern. A few were reprinted in a self-published 1983 book called
THORN: Tales from The Lantern. Another small selection was published in 2008's limited edition fundraiser for OSU's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum called
Before BONE. There has never been an official, complete run published until now. This beautiful edition includes plenty of bonus material such as recently discovered early drawings of the
BONE characters, essays and interviews.
In Shops: Jan 15, 2025
SRP: $30.00