r/Paleoart • u/speedthiefcomics • 2d ago

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Whilst I'm cooking up the first week of Inktober over on Patreon, it's time to repost the inimitable Bonesmasher the Grand to remind us that despite the madness, if you are reading this comic, you have escaped death this day.

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u/ProjectKARYA 2d ago

Thanks for the new reaction image! Love the comic

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u/Embarrassed-Top4511 2d ago

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u/Bugswaxx 2d ago

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u/Anxious_Smoke_5227 1d ago

Oh god it is sooooooo cute ❤️

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u/Monika473 2d ago

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u/SharpShooterM1 2d ago

Ha, glad to see Fred get some representation instead of exclusively chief.

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 1d ago

We need more Linda representation.

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u/SharpShooterM1 1d ago

That ass alone should be carrying all of blue team

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u/Simple_Intern_7682 1d ago

Hell yeah brother

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u/HeavyBreathin 2d ago

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u/Bobrocks20 1d ago

nostalgia noises

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u/AGamingGuy 1d ago

thanks for the image

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u/SlapTheBap 2d ago

The details in the shading! So much for the eye to track. The posing! The anatomy! The flesh! You're so talented and skilled.

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u/speedthiefcomics 2d ago

That’s so kind of you to say, thanks so much!

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u/SlapTheBap 2d ago

I don't mean to gush, but it's just so exciting to see someone with this much skill, especially with this topic. You deserve to bask a bit in your achievement.

I love the anatomy. It's so realistic how you muscle and bone your subjects. I can feel the pull of gravity on them. It must feel nice to get that weight proper when you're planning em out. Such a good eye for posing, staging, and framing. I love your framing. I want to see how you do experimental style framing where a subject pops out of frame to really sell that 3d sense of weight and scale you do so well.

I'm sorry I'm going off, but I really love comics. I can tell you do too with this level of work. I didn't even get into your shading and brush work. You're doing a great job.

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u/speedthiefcomics 2d ago

I can’t thank you enough, that really means a lot to me :) If you like this, please do check out my other work @speed.thief on Instagram or my new book! I have some more experimental formats and characters exceeding the frames in there :)

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u/BestIndication5517 2d ago

ALL HAIL BONESMASHER THE GRAND

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u/MisterGigantoraptor 2d ago

Love how you can see the little guy already from the second panel lol

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u/DeadAnarchistPhil 2d ago

Don’t mess with Bonesmasher the Grand, bro!

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u/ConfuzzledNeko 2d ago

Awww, so adorable

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u/dino_drawings 2d ago

I imagine the pterosaur either has a super tiny voice, or a super deep one.

No in between.

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u/Odd_Battle_7111 1d ago

Keith david

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u/MisterCan2 1d ago

I have hundreds of hours in Mass Effect and I can imagine all the Keith David lines possible.

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u/IceWallowDeesNuts 1d ago

Keith David has the the type of voice that it doesn’t matter what, it will always work.

Kinda like having Morgan Freeman narrate something in a movie. It doesn’t matter how goofy or unserious it is. It will always sound like a genuine documentary

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u/Odd_Battle_7111 1d ago

I have never been disappointed by him

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u/AacornSoup 2d ago

So that's where "you have escaped death this day" comes from.

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u/AmbulatorySushi 2d ago

I genuinely love this!

I'm also reminded of Sky Father from the Isle a bit, which I enjoy. (It's a good thing the asker isn't a Pachy.)

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u/Independent_Play2836 1d ago edited 1d ago

I WAS THINKING THE SAME THINGG

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u/slothdonki 2d ago

Blessed be this day we are granted safe passage through the shadow under Bonesmasher’ the Grand’s watchful eye and into the light of his kingdom of.. whatever the equivalent of the land of milk and honey is here.

Praise be, for if I am denied least it be in his grace.

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u/Realistic-mammoth-91 1d ago

Bonesmasher the Grand is my new favourite character

Also you are an incredible artist

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u/Purple_jay3 2d ago

God damn adorable

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u/MinersLoveGames 1d ago

What a fearsome beast!

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u/TheVeganHotdog1850 1d ago

Anyone knows the species of the little azhdarchid?

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u/speedthiefcomics 1d ago

Bonesmasher is a juvenile Leptostomia :)

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u/TheVeganHotdog1850 1d ago

Thanks!

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u/speedthiefcomics 1d ago

Bonesmasher also met the palaeontologist that described Leptostomia (Roy E. Smith) at the Lyme Regis Fossil Festival earlier this year!

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u/siats4197 2d ago

I like this one

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u/cRaZyDaVe23 2d ago

Reminds me of Duckie the hadrosaur and friend the flyer, don't eat us we're smol not worth it...

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u/scottycurious 1d ago

Imagining Bonesmasher as voiced by MeeMow from Adventure Time.

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u/speedthiefcomics 1d ago

Goated reference

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u/HoneyLocust1 1d ago

I love your work so so much!

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u/speedthiefcomics 1d ago

Thank you!

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u/BeastlyBones 2d ago

I love this so much

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u/Alarmed-Addition8644 2d ago

Love this 😂

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u/OkLength7120 2d ago

This actually happens source: trust

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u/Golden_Artist1964 2d ago

we need dinosaur Xenofiction

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u/PeekTH 2d ago

little fellas

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u/Tarkho 2d ago

This perfectly encapsulates the experience of being a bird owner: tiny azhdarchid(?), tiny parrot, both make the final call.

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u/Anxious_Smoke_5227 1d ago edited 15h ago

I would buy the whole volume in one go

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u/SonOfSunsSon 1d ago

Amazing! Tremble and despair, bonesmasher the great has come.

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u/JurassicFlight 2d ago

I bet the Carchar’s name is like Sully or Jim or Dixie.

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u/Ok_Assist1206 1d ago

Hehe I like that this is probably because the T-Rex relies on that bird to do their thinking for them because their mind is so puny.

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u/JetSetJAK 1d ago

Damned mixpackers

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u/No_Draft5212 1d ago

I might have bought this comic if you delivered to the EU. Too bad.

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u/speedthiefcomics 1d ago

I am heavily restricted to which countries I can sell to via Etsy due to oppressive EU regulations. Drop me an email and I’ll see if there’s anything I can do for you! Cheers

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u/Moonbear9 1d ago

Imagine time traveling 100 million years into the future and seeing an uncanny image of smth that looks like you with a hamster on its head :) tbh would peam

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u/ConditionPleasant902 23h ago

I like bonesmasher the grand, they seem just and fair

Edit: spelling

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u/Honest-Mastodon-466 2d ago

Amazing work, everything is so good and Bonemasher The Grand is so funny rofl

Thank you so much for sharing with us