The story won ten Eisner Awards and eleven Harvey Awards, and is widely regarded as one of the comic book industry's biggest independent success stories. Featuring a mixture of epic fantasy and cartoon comedy reminiscent of Disney, Bone starred the three Bone brothers as they were chased out of their hometown of Boneville and found themselves in a magical valley. Smith began writing, drawing and self-publishing Bone in 1991, and the series wrapped up in 2004. 'They share stories around a campfire, spinning tales of trips to the moon, the delights of quiche, an imagined monster come to life, and an encounter with the two stupid Rat Creatures gone hilariously wrong!' A Brief History of Jeff Smith's Bone

Will you be backing Smith's first major comic book project in years? Let us know in the comments below.'Smiley Bone, Fone Bone, and their Rat Creature pal, Bartleby, take a group of young scouts to a legendary landmark that the Bone cousins found when they were kids,' Scholastic's description of the anthology reads. If all goes well, this could be the beginning of a new series! Come check us out! We have rewards that are super high on the neat-o scale!” As Smith teases, hopefully the TUKI Kickstarter will prove successful enough for the books to be reprinted and followed up by additional volumes in the series.

I ended up with enough material for two books! It was friends from the old self-publishing days, the Tucci's and the Pulido's, who turned my wife Vijaya on to Kickstarter and persuaded us to give it a go. “I started to play around with TUKI before COVID hit,” he continued, “but once the lockdown happened, I decided to dive in and focus on straightening out the story. Each book clocks in at 144 pages (not including additional material being offered as stretch goals), and they're being printed in a unique landscape format, not unlike Frank Miller's 300. Assuming the Kickstarter is successful, TUKI: Fight for Fire is expected to ship to backers in July 2021, with TUKI: Fight for Family following in October 2021. Smith revealed both books are already completed.

Definitely our best party trick!” Both volumes of Tuki are being self-published through Kickstarter. “This was also the moment we conquered fire. 6 Images “I’ve always been fascinated with human evolution, especially the point two million years ago when more than one species of human existed at the same time,” said Smith in a statement.

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