Good to the Bone

I've been a comics fan since I was a kid, although I don't buy them regularly as I did in my teens. Recently, I've read some comics, or graphic novels if you prefer to think of them that way so that your delicate sensibilities aren't shaken by a 'grown up' reading stories with pictures (as opposed to, say, watching stories with pictures projected onto a large screen).

One you have to check out is Bone by Jeff Smith.



The above is an example of the characters, who get chased out of their home city, but it doesn't quite convey the depth of the novel. It is one long novel, which took 55 comics to convey. It's now collected into a series of books, which I've picked up from the library and am reading through.

These three characters are cousins. Phoney Bone - the one in the middle - is a schemer, or business person if you prefer. It was his actions that led to the cousins getting kicked out. Really, it was him that was tossed, but Smiley Bone, on the left, and Fone Bone, on the right, came along for the ride.

They get lost, and end up in a valley they have never been to before. In the valley are humans, and other talkative creatures, like dragons and stupid, stupid rat creatures, and everywhere there is more than meets the eye.

But you should pick up Bone, because what meets the eye will be more than pleasing.