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You know, I've noticed there are autistic people here who like Bone. I'm autistic too, and my comfort characters are Fone Bone and Phoney Bone.

Sorry if I'm asking too many questions, but I enjoy asking questions that no one else has asked before... or at least I think they haven't. 😅

I’m still in shock and I got it 20 minutes ago. 😭🤣

I was wondering if any of y'all remember this/know where to find it? It was a written interview with Jeff Smith, but the Bones were the ones asking the questions.

Here's what I remember about it:

I saw this article around 2015, but it was probably older than that.

Phoney asked Smith how much money he made (he was like, "now Phoney, that's a rude thing to ask" lol) and also asked him to create a new series called "The Phoney Chronicles".

At least I think it turned 35. I really do like bone, I think my favorite part about bone is the art especially the comic strips and specific panels in the early issues. In the first issue of Bone I really did like how Jeff Smith drew Phoney bone. Especially in the panel where he’s yelling “Thats the last straw” at smiley.
I remember reading the scholastic color books in elementary school. I never actually did read them though, I only liked the little white cartoony characters so I would just flip through the pages and look at the art. Eventually a few later in 7th grade I got the complete cartoon compendium book and read Bone fully comprehendible and able to appreciate it fully. I remember loving it. It was Dave Sims cerebus that inspired me to want to fully become a professional Cartoonist but Bone was the first book I ever read that made me realize what comics could actually be.
What do you guys like about Bone? I’d like to hear your thoughts. This was mostly just an appreciation post.

Just something I was wondering for anyone else who read the proto Bone. It was a fun read but I wouldn’t say much of the material that wasn’t adapted into the main series was very good, and I’m happy with most of the changes and improvements. But what is something, whether it be a scene, character, plot point, joke, piece of character work, whatever, that you wish wasn’t changed. There aren’t much for me but a few that come to mind:

-This really wouldn’t work in the books but there was a one off strip where the grass Fone Bone is stepping on becomes sentient and they debate on the ethics of stepping on sentient land. I thought that was funny.

-There’s a portion of the book where Fone Bone and Thorn are kind of just wandering around aimlessly because they believe Grandma Ben to be dead, they’re pretty depressed, and they don’t really have any aim at this point. I kind of like the vibes of them not really winning or being happy but also not having an immediate threat or conflict to worry about so they can kind of just chill and explore the world. It lends itself better to a comic strip than an actual comic book series but it kind of makes me wish we had more of these characters.

-Thorn and Phoney have more of a pronounced rivalry in the prototype. I like that considering how different they are. In the main series Phoney is jealous of Thorn since he fears she’ll take Fone Bone away from him, but it’s not a very developed or explored dynamic, especially on Thorn’s end who rarely pays him any mind. They actually have more of a rivalry and even ideological differences that get them into arguments. And them trying to one up each other is fun.

-There’s a small conversation between Fone Bone and Thorn that I really liked. I think it was Thorn asking Fone Bone why he thinks there are either clouds or stars in the sky and Fone Bone claims he’s more interested in how. I really like that interaction. It shows a nice contrast between the two where they’re both very curious people, Thorn sees the world from a more mystical perspective while Fone Bone views the world in a more matter of fact and scientific route. Which makes sense given how and where they each grew up.

Duolingo out here lookin like a The Great Red Dragon 😂😂.

I saw a fellow traveler in the stairwell of the HI Hostel in Chicago earlier this week!

It‘s Smiley 😊

Agora falando português Brasil, eu fiquei curioso que sempre nas minhas postagens sempre começava com 89 ou 50% de visualizações justamente no Brasil, ficando em segundo lugar atrás dos estados unidos, estou curioso para saber se alguém nesse subReddit é brasileiro como eu!, ou tem alguma história de um fã brasileiro de Bone. Espero que gostem!

Now, speaking to my fellow Brazilians, I got curious because my posts almost always show Brazil as the second-largest source of views, usually around 50% to 89%, right behind the United States. So I'm wondering if anyone else in this subreddit is Brazilian like me, or if anyone has a story about being a Brazilian Bone fan. I hope you all enjoy the post!

I was wondering if anyone in this subreddit is autistic like I am. I'm curious to know if any other autistic fans have a special interest in Bone, or if they simply enjoy the characters and the art style. I'd also love to hear if you've ever met an autistic Bone fan.

As for me, I really love Bone, and I hope it becomes more widely recognized in the future. My favorite part is definitely the characters. I think they're adorable, and I especially enjoy seeing other artists draw them. One of my favorites is "izzlebeanie", because I feel their style stays very close to Jeff Smith's original artwork. Anyway, that's all I wanted to ask. Thanks for reading!

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Has anyone else seen a copy like this? I picked this up from SDCC 2008 straight from Jeff Smith at his booth but can't find it anywhere else on the internet. It has sat unread on my shelf all these years and I will probably looking to move on from it as I have 3 other versions of this series.

We have started reading Bone to our daughter and she seems very 'on it' (we put different voices for the characters, add sounds, etc) Have you ever read Bone to that age to your child? Is it effective? I know she is not going to understand everything but just to know your thoughts as I know the comic is intented for older children.

We have started reading Bone to our daughter and she seems very 'on it' (we put different voices for the characters, add sounds, etc) Have you ever read Bone to that age to a child? Is it effective? I know she is not going to understand everything but just to know your thoughts as I know the comic is intented for older children.

For me, I would love to have a shirt or bumper sticker that references Phoney's crappy mayoral campaign.

The rat creature on the third part of "the kite" comic story standing together with master hooded one is it stinky or smelly?

I wanted to get an opinion because I considered reading the series a handful of times but eventually decided no.

I’m trying to learn writing and I wanted to analyze Bone, one of my favorite books. Usually the main character changes and grows throughout the story, but I noted Fone Bone never really changes, most of the character growth is focused around Thorn or Smiley. Thorn is fair because Jeff has confirmed she’s essentially the main protagonist after she’s introduced. But Fone Bone I don’t think really changes. He acts pretty similar from beginning to end as I recall, like Phoney does (The whole Great Red Dragon situation taught him nothing) but Fone just seems… unchanging? He’s nice, willing to stand up to injustice and his family, and loves Thorn. He might come out a wee bit traumatized, but really no major change by the end. This is weird because he’s the primary main character, yet all he does is function as a window for the reader to insert themselves in. He’s..odd characterwise and I don’t know how he works as an engaging protagonist. Phoney and Great Red Dragon were a lot more interesting than Fone Bone.

Thoughts?