Jesse_M Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) Jeff Smith Bone OA Hello all. I have looked through discussions, but I have not found any concrete information. Does any Bone OA exist in the wild, or is it held or destroyed? (Edited Topic name so no one is misinformed on intent) Edited April 26, 2017 by Jesse_M (Edited Topic name so no one is misinformed on intent) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hekla Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I believe the entirety of published pages have been donated to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum by Jeff. https://cartoons.osu.edu/collections/ I've seen an occasional sketch for sale, but doesn't happen often. Steven Ng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquareChaos Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 @Hekla is correct - as far as I am aware (I'm an Ohio native) all of Bone is at OSU. http://www.10tv.com/article/local-artist-donates-work-billy-ireland-cartoon-library-and-museum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCarter27 Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Thanks for the link. I had no idea how much stuff they have. Adams GL, illustration art, lots of goodies. Perusing now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buyatari Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 There was a Hero cover that sold some time ago. Your best bet would be to search out cross over appearances like this or sketches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotSuperPowers? Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 @SquareChaos where in Ohio are you? I'm near Cleveland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquareChaos Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 3 hours ago, GotSuperPowers? said: @SquareChaos where in Ohio are you? I'm near Cleveland. When I'm in Ohio, I'm always central, near Columbus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alxjhnsn Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 As mentioned above, there is one Bone "auxiliary cover" out there. All of the mainline art is in the collection at Ohio State where the story originated. Beyond the sketches that he's done (and which are much less common and more expensive now), there was a special drawing for the 20th anniversary book. It consisted of 50 lightboxed drawings by Jeff with watercolors from Steve Hamaker who colored the Scholastic Books. Click the image to see more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Browning Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 There is actually one page from the Cyblade-Shi crossover issue that featured Bone drawn by Jeff in, if I remember correctly, three panels. I bought it directly from Billy Tucci, who drew the rest of the page. Billy had one other page with Bone on it and the DPS from that issue that had Bone, along with characters from other companies that were drawn by their creators. Billy, after selling me the one page, has said he won't sell the others because it technically is the only Bone published art that isn't in the Ohio State collection. I ended up trading the page away a couple years ago and I know I saw it pop up on CAF last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Baru Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 (edited) I met Jeff when WonderCon was in the Bay Area in the 1990's. Super nice guy and very down to earth. No one was at his booth when I walked by and stopped to ask him about Bone. He did 2 simple sketches for me - one Smiley and one Red Dragon. They will always be a part of my collection. Just the experience of chatting with him and seeing that he was interested in a fan made him one of my all-time favorite creators. Edited April 26, 2017 by Lucky Baru 1Toy2Many, 1950's war comics and Steven Ng 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alxjhnsn Posted April 26, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted April 26, 2017 There is also the "Trilogy Tour" cover out there. It featured the characters from a number of creators who were touring cons together. Jeff Smith's Rose, Thorn, Fone Bone, Smiley Bone Linda Medley's Castle Waiting crew Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo Jill Thompson's Scary Godmother Mark Crilley's Akiko Charles Vess - darned if I know what he did on this cover. Legion of Goom, spracknetch23, Steven Ng and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESeffinga Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 Vess did the figure on the rock and the rock itself. He was touring with originals from Stardust at the time. Sarah and I saw the Trilogy folks in Chicago (the year Wizard took over I think), SDCC and one other stop that year. I'm not really big on jam images myself, but that one's kind of a cool piece. alxjhnsn and Steven Ng 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeGiant Posted April 26, 2017 Share Posted April 26, 2017 I have been to the Billy Ireland museum and can verify that Bone artwork is present. I have no idea how much but I have also heard that he donated it all to the museum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse_M Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 Thank you everyone for the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post dlr7783 Posted June 23, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 23, 2017 Bone is an all time favorite series of mine so I was quite sad to find out he donated all his original pages. But when I got this piece (I was led to believe he did for a charity auction, And got confimation that he did indeed draw from his official facebook page) I was psyched to have such a unique and awesome bone drawing. alxjhnsn, Solar, fenip and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsonenthal Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 I picked up an unused cover from the CBLDF auction. It's in my CAF. He donates something most years. Ron dlr7783 and fenip 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelfan1 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 3 hours ago, rsonenthal said: I picked up an unused cover from the CBLDF auction. It's in my CAF. He donates something most years. Ron Link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ESeffinga Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 The piece in Ron's CAF gallery... http://www.comicartfans.com/gallerypiece.asp?piece=1241985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panelfan1 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 On 4/26/2017 at 11:03 AM, alxjhnsn said: There is also the "Trilogy Tour" cover out there. It featured the characters from a number of creators who were touring cons together. Jeff Smith's Rose, Thorn, Fone Bone, Smiley Bone Linda Medley's Castle Waiting crew Stan Sakai's Usagi Yojimbo Jill Thompson's Scary Godmother Mark Crilley's Akiko Charles Vess - darned if I know what he did on this cover. Love this piece. During the tour the artists sat at tables in a square around a giant tree or rock. Wish I could dind the photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BCarter27 Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 (edited) I took an unsuccessful swing at this last month. Did anyone end up with it? Was it legit? http://www.ebay.com/itm/jeff-smith-bone-original-Art-Illustration-/162526871641?hash=item25d75b4059:g:lD4AAOSwX61ZJNIh Edited June 23, 2017 by BCarter27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...