What's a critically acclaimed and commercially successful graphic artist to do when his epic series ends? Why, resurrect the old gang and run them into the ground of course. There's a handbook, a prequel, a collection of shorts, and even a set of prose novels in the works.Most Bone fans are probably excited by this. I am a fan and I am not. Critics had nothing but love for the Charles Vess illustrated prequel Rose. I despised it. Now comes Tall Tales, a collection of comic short stories mostly revolving around legendary Boneville character Big Johnson Bone.
At least Smith is doing the illustrations again, but I question how much involvement Sniegowski had in the writing. I'm not overly excited for the Sniegowski penned Bone: Legacy novels, scheduled to be released next year.
The tall tales included in this volume are mostly in the vein of Chuck Norris jokes, with Big Johnson Bone replacing Mr. Norris. Legends, of course, are often a hybrid of fact and fiction, and perhaps that's the
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Sounds like he's wrung ever last bit out of that series now. All that's left to come are the action figures.
John, did you buy this at the Yellowknife bookstore? Because I love Bone, and I want to read all of those books. I have read every single one except for that one. It is too bad that you did not like it. But that's okay, because you do not have to like everything.
Barbara: You mean like these?
Michael: I bought it in St. John's this summer, actually. But I'm sure if you ask at the Book Cellar they'll order it in.
Dang! They're out of stock!
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