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Bone: One Volume Edition
written by Jeff Smith
Studio : Cartoon Books
by Cartoon Books
Publisher : Cartoon Books
Released : 2004-09
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9781888963144
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 94 reviews)
List Price : $39.95
Our Price : $17.23
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An American graphic novel first! The complete 1300-page epic adventure from start to finish in one deluxe trade paperback. Three modern cartoon cousins get lost in a pre-technological valley, speanding a year there making new friends and out-running dangerous enemies. Their many adventures include crossing the local people in The Great Cow Race, and meeting a giant mountain lion called RockJaw: Master of the Eastern Border. They learn about sacrifice and hardship in The Ghost Circles and finally discover their own true natures in the climatic journey to The Crown of Horns. |
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HUGE book, worth the read! |
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This book is simply gorgeous. An adult or child alike will find this book captivating, and awesome. |
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The black and white version hurts me inside |
Bone is an enjoyable comic, and for many in my age bracket it was our first taste of a graphic novel that was not about superheroes. It is a serious yet still fun piece of literature, suitable for both children and adults, but a large part of its appeal is from the crisp visual style and bright colors of the original printings. The setting is beautiful, and the world's inhabitants are lively and fun. The art utilizes lighting effects and background color constantly to set the tone for each scene, and I can think of at least two characters who are hard to tell apart without the benefit of color. Seeing this collection in black and white made me very sad, because I know so many people will miss out on half the charm to the story. When I got this tome as a present, I only made it a few pages in before I had to put it down and go buy the color volumes myself.
The comic is a cartoon, illustrated by a talented artist, and it deserves to be seen as it was intended. Rendering it in black and white for this printing makes it less expensive, but you get what you pay for. Buy color.Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville |
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One of my favorites |
Jeff Smith's Bone series, I can honestly say, is one of those occasions where a comic book series grows out of itself into actual literature (and not to bring up the question of what does the "genre" literature actually consist of, I hope you understand my meaning). It is a grand, sweeping, epic story interspersed with humour, tragedy and love. I have heard it compared in some ways to J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings, and I can see that comparison (I've now described the book as Tolkien, Disney-style). It is a story of good versus evil, where the side of good can only hope to overcome the perils of evil, and yet they find a way. I'd love to be able to recount the entire adventure, but that would take too long.; the series consisted of 51 issues, and the One Volume Edition collects all 1,332 pages of the entire story in one huge tome.
The artwork is beautiful, all rendered in black and white line drawings. It has a cartoony feel to it, but it fits the feel and pace of the story. The dialogue is well written, the characters are fleshed out and believable and the flow of the narrative is perfect. I really can't recommend this more. |
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I have not personally read this book, however my ten year old son is not much of a reader and he has not been able to put this book down. I have been very pleased just to see him sit down with a book and read it. Therefore, I have to give it an excellent rating. |
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Read the most critical reviews... Ignore them and buy the comic |
Yes, you could wait for the one in colour.
Yes, it has cheap binding, the spine of which may break if you are not careful.
Yes, it has thin paper and sometimes you can see through to the other side of the sheet.
But buy and read it nonetheless. I had never read bone before. I only bought it because of the reviews on Americancivilwar. I wasn't disappointed at all. It is an engrossing tale, that I finished in two days flat (Imagine 1300 pages of comics) during the work week.
There is social commentary, and it is a fairy tale setting and there is the sunset...
If you like comics, you will like this.
PS: To the one reviewer who said, he was 22 and he was too old for this. I'm 29 and thoroughly enjoyed the comic. |
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