Bone: Out of Boneville by Jeff Smith. New York: Scholastic, 2005.
ISBN: 0-439-70640-8
Annotation: Acclaimed as one of the most original comic in years, the Bone cousins leave their home and set out in the world for adventures where they meet monsters, dragons, and make new friends. This is the first in a continuing series.
Media: colorized pen and ink
Rating: 4Q/5P
RAC 7.27.09
Bone: Out of Boneville by Jeff Smith. New York: Graphix, 2005.
ISBN:0-439-70623-8 Subjects/Genre: Separation, Power, Evil/Graphic Novel Grades 5-7
Three bone cousins are cast away from the only town that they've known for fraud and forced to find their way alone in an unfriendly land.
Q/P: 4/5 Color has been added to the cartoon pen and ink illustrations. Crowd scenes are particularly well done. Likely to be popular, and included on many primers for libraries for suggested graphic novels. Included in ALA Notable Books list for the year that it was published.
BVG, 7/21/09
Smith, J. (1996).
Bone v.1: Out from Boneville, Columbus: Cartoon Books.
ISBN: 0963660942
Forced to leave Boneville, cousins Fone, Phoney and Smiley begin a wild adventure, encountering a host of magical characters along the way. Smith's illustrations are engaging and precise.
Rating: 4Q/5P
Ages: Grades 6-8
Media: Pen and Ink
Subjects: Family, Adventure, Danger, Fantasy
km 7/16/09
Smith, J. (1996). Bone: v. 1, Out from Boneville. Columbus, OH: Cartoon Books. 0963660942 5Q/4P
Summary: Fone Bone and his cousins have left Boneville after Phoney’s latest political misadventure. They find themselves on the other side of the mountains living with Thorn, Grandma Ben, and Rat People who enjoy eating dead things.
Media: Pen and ink
KEM 3/28/08
Smith, J. (2005). Bone: v. 1, Out from Boneville. New York : Graphix/Scholastic.
ISBN: 0439706408
When Fone Bone and his cousins are driven out of their home town, they end up stuck in a world of fantasy which is being threatened by the ultimate evil.
Media Used: Pen and Ink
Rating: 5Q/5P
Format: Graphic Novel
Submitted by Amanda Melilli 4/18/08
Bone: Out From Boneville, by Jeff Smith, color by Steve Hamaker. Graphix, New York, 2005.
Summary: The three Bone cousins encounter many adventures after they are kicked out of Boneville, including dragons, rat monsters, and a cow race.
Analysis: This is excellent and fun. The characters are likable, including some nicely strong female characters, and the monsters are a good mix of scary and entertaining (one of them keeps complaining that the other will not let it make its prey into quiche). The illustrations are cartoonish but detailed and are well-integrated with text blocks.
Illustrations: Pen-and-ink drawings with digital(?) color added later.
Rating: 5Q/5P
Curricular Connections: Bone is fun, yet has fairly complex language, making it a nice choice for reluctant readers.
-- SLH
ISBN:0-439-70623-8 Subjects/Genre: Separation, Power, Evil/Graphic Novel Grades 5-7
Three bone cousins are cast away from the only town that they've known for fraud and forced to find their way alone in an unfriendly land.
Q/P: 4/5 Color has been added to the pen and ink cartoon illustrations. Crowd scenes are particularly well done. Likely to be popular, and included on many primers for libraries for suggested graphic novels. Included in ALA Notable Books list for the year that it was published.
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