fonebone6166

On 5/19/2024 at 1:52 PM, Captain ShipWreck said:

Yep. They plan on giving it to their kids eventually.

I guess my outlandish offer wouldn't be accepted then?

It looks like you can just reach out to him directly on IG?  His bigcartel site looks like "under construction" still

On 1/28/2024 at 11:13 AM, DocGo said:

Has anyone read the Thorn PDF from the Kickstarter campaign?

I started reading through it!  It's really nice to be able to read the strips in order and there are nicely written introductions that give more context to what was going on during each year of the strip.  Definitely enjoyable!

On 1/22/2024 at 12:38 PM, DocGo said:

I’m interested to see where this 9.6 Qualified of #1 finishes on ComicLink tonight. Haven’t seen one of these at auction in nearly 4 years. It looks to be a pretty good example but, of course, no one can see the back cover 

Looks like closed just north of 3800.  Seems low...?

On 1/14/2024 at 11:19 PM, Hekla said:

I know Grasscutter is a popular Usagi storyline, but still an impressive result.

 

 

Agree - way higher than I thought (sadly for my bidding).   It is an iconic image though with many main characters and Grasscutter is one of the best Usagi stories, so I can see why people were thirsty. 

On 12/19/2023 at 1:23 PM, DocGo said:

I finally finished the Bone Holiday/Christmas card set last year. These were sent out to subscribers and retailers between 1993-1999 thanking them for their business. Jeff and Vijaya signed them all and the additional signatures were from the full/part time workers at Cartoon Books. I myself was a never a subscriber since I simply bought the new issues at a local comic shop whenever they were released. I’d see these on eBay occasionally and bought my first few as part of larger lots of Bone comics between 2006 and 2010. The hardest ones to find for reasonable prices were the later ones on the bottom row (1997, 1999, & 1998). Have any of you picked these up over the years or got one as a subscriber?

Nice looking set!  Same - i've picked up a few via ebay but I don't believe I have all of them... another reason to be jealous of you! 

On 11/17/2023 at 12:49 PM, Savvy Collector said:

32x40 Poster board I got off of eBay back in the day…

Man!  Still love seeing this piece!

On 11/16/2023 at 10:22 AM, batman_fan said:

I also watched some of the gum cards and models. I would say prices on cards were very strong. Models were all over the map. Superman drawn cover model went for just over $1k versus a previous auction where is went for over $2k. Monsters of the Movies went for about what I expected. Monster scene kits went way higher especially for everything I was chasing. The Doctor Deadly’s Daughter went for over $2k. I was hoping to get it for $600 to $700. At least I was able to peacefully sleep knowing I made someone pay that much. 
edit: I was going to mention, a Mars Attack wrapper went for almost $4k which is extremely strong. 

Oh sorry, I only meant from the OA aspect - but agree that there are some of the other parts of the auction that were seemed to be drawing high prices.  That batman toy box art too was very nice but high I thought.  

On 11/15/2023 at 5:24 PM, DocGo said:

With the Thorn Kickstarter still going on, there’s still a Thorn Tales from the Lantern that will be auctioned on Heritage tomorrow afternoon.

I have a number in mind but does anyone else want to venture a guess on the final bid? I never seem to get responses to questions like this but I thought I’d give it a shot  

gonna be optimistic and say 6K ... but who knows nowadays

Agree, definitely feels like fewer eyes on Hake's overall but then you have some results like this, which seemed higher than expected.  I was watching this as well but then it quickly ballooned past where I thought it was going to go.  

I picked up one of the Usagi pieces - the colored commission one - for what I thought was a good price. 

On 7/25/2023 at 6:30 PM, ADAMANTIUM said:

 

Congrats on the registry win!  @DocGo

Woo!  A huge congrats!  Definitely a run worth celebrating!  Now if only I could follow in your footsteps, lol. 

woo!  Thorn re-release confirmed!  

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NYT Bestselling Author Jeff Smith Returns to his Roots with a New Collection of his THORN College Strips to Launch in October Kickstarter

Columbus, OH – July 18, 2023: Cartoon Books announces THORN: The Complete Proto-BONE College Strips from 1982 to 1986, And Other Early Drawings, reprinting the entire run of his earliest rendering of the world-famous BONE characters for the first time. And if Smith had his way, it might not have happened.

“Talking Jeff into this book wasn’t easy, but fans have been asking us for years.” explains Cartoon Books Publisher Vijaya Iyer, Smith’s partner.

“I confess I was a hard sell at first,” says cartoonist Smith, “Talk of reprinting the THORN comics has always been a non-starter for me. I didn’t think they were very good. In fact, I had an unshakable idea that they were terrible. But when I read them for the first time in over 40 years, I was surprised to find I enjoyed them! It’s fun to see these stories and know they eventually evolved into BONE.”

The comic strips reveal an early version of BONE called THORN that was written for a college audience in the 1980s. THORN appeared five days a week in the pages of The Ohio State University’s student newspaper The Lantern. A few were reprinted in a self-published 1983 book called THORN: Tales from The Lantern. Another small selection was published in 2008’s limited edition fundraiser for OSU’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum called Before BONE. Both books are long out of print and sell at collector’s prices. There has never been an official, complete run published until now.

This beautiful edition includes plenty of bonus material such as recently discovered early drawings of the BONE characters, essays and interviews.

THORN: The Complete College Strips, will be published in both hardcover and mass market paperback. It will launch on Kickstarter this October for release in Spring of 2024.

About Jeff Smith: Jeff Smith is the award-winning author best known for his self-published BONE comic book series that was later picked to launch Scholastic’s Graphix YA graphic novel imprint. Other works by Smith included RASL, SHAZAM: Monster Society of Evil, TUKI, and the forthcoming BONE: More Tall Tales.

For more information and updates, please visit Boneville.com, or Email: kathleen@boneville.com

On 5/22/2023 at 1:31 PM, DocGo said:

It was! Jeff called it the Name The Cub contest and the winner received a piece of OA featuring all three of the Bone cousins. Started in Bone #25 (Image) and ended in Bone #28 when the comic permanently went back to Cartoon Books.

Now to track down who has that OA to make them an outlandish offer... 

On 5/21/2023 at 8:38 PM, DocGo said:

Pop quiz: anyone remember how Bartleby got his name?

It was through a Reader poll, correct?  Didn't someone write in with the idea as a reference for the Melville short story, Bartleby the Scrivener?

He also announced an upcoming Kickstarter to reprint all his early Bone comic strips from his college days.

Wow!  That's great to hear!  Would love to read all of these! Hopefully there will be great add-ons like the Tuki KS

 Space Usagi HC

wow I just found this thread after all this time!  Feels like coming home, lol.  Great to see all of this cool Bone stuff!

On 3/31/2023 at 4:53 PM, brownies8701 said:

@fonebone6166 or anyone else who inquired, has anyone heard back yet?  I also haven't heard back recently.  I did get their initial email indicating the pages i wanted were still available, but nothing since.

Like an earlier post mentioned too, I'm sure they have been inundated...

I have not heard back still...

I received an email back from Cam's rep who said that the master list seen on the website was updated.  I emailed him back about some pages to purchase ... but no reply back since.  

 I'll take the pair!

I've had similar issues with emailing inquiries about art or follow up emails on commissions and no replies.  

On 12/28/2022 at 8:53 PM, GreatCaesarsGhost said:

oh, good job.  I missed that one.  Actually I've never seen him sign one of his books like that.  Wonder how many of these that are floating around out there.  This one went for $1k.

Looks like one of the softcover books that he would secretly sign at his local bookstore before people found out about it?  Not sure how many of those there were, but I believe people were selling them and that's why he stopped doing that as well.  I'm sure it would be difficult to authenticate.  

On 12/27/2022 at 1:36 PM, Buzzetta said:

Lego 30110 - Harry Potter Sealed Polybag - $9

Add this to the pile too

On 12/27/2022 at 1:28 PM, Buzzetta said:

Lego 75081 - T-16 Skyhopper - $29

take as per PM

  Lego beskar sets x2 and Adidas set AND the AT-ST sets x2