#bone thorn

[henrykathman]

Why you should still read BONE

In this video, I want to pitch Jeff Smith's classic BONE. While some might have only heard about the series to the recent cancellation of the Netflix adaptation or might only remember reading it as a kid, this video seeks to explore the value this series has with it's lack of complete adaptations.

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Mike Fatum (He/Him) as Fone Bone

Aranocks (She/They) as Thorn

Original Music by Molly Noise

Script Editing by Argus Swift

Thumbnail art from Memories of the Valley: a Bone Fanzine drawn by izzlebeanie

Bibliography

“The Dreaming.” Working with Indigenous Australians, Muswellbrook Shire Council, June 2020

Dupont, Alexandra. “AICN Comics Exclusive! Alexandra Dupont Interviews Bone Creator Jeff Smith!!” Aint It Cool News, 4 July 2003,

Mills, Ken, director. The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, Bone and the Changing Face of Comics. PBS, 2009.

Nolen-Weathington, Eric. Jeff Smith. Vol. 25, TwoMorrows Pub., 2011.

Smith, Jeff. Bone. Cartoon Books, 2020.

Smith, Jeff. “Netflix Comic.” Twitter, Twitter, 22 Apr. 2022

Smith, Jeff. “Thorn Comics Collection.” The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library, Ohio State, 1982

Taylor, Drew. “Netflix Animation Erased: Executives Fired, Shows Canceled and Accusations of 'Staged Data' (Exclusive).” TheWrap, 20 Apr. 2022

[thepineapplepanda]

[henrykathman]

As a small exercise, I tried to color one of the original Thorn comics written and drawn by Jeff Smith as a precursor to Bone. I primarily used Steve Hamaker's color palette as a reference.

Link to the original scan courtesy of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum