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Bone (Cartoon Books) 13
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Bone 13 Signature
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Grade:
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9.8
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Page Quality:
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WHITE
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Certification #:
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0956188002
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Owner:
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DocGo
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Label Notes
Jeff Smith story, cover, and art
Synopsis
Fone Bone has his first experience with the Dreaming when the Great Red Dragon intrudes on a Moby Dick-inspired dream (starring Phoney Bone as Captain Ahab). Later on, Gran’ma has the Bone cousins make dinner which brings a hilarious conversation about how to kill a chicken.
This was the first individual issue I bought in a store so it will always have a special place in my heart. It’s probably the 2nd funniest issue of the series after #3 and the splash page with the Red Dragon’s wave heading towards Fone Bone is iconic.
The Slab
One of the highest graded Signature Series copies! My raw book witnessed by Joel Elad at the Flying Colors Comics signing (Concord, CA) on December 6, 2008. Graded by CGC on January 20, 2009. Also includes a sketch of Ted the Bug!
Inside The Comic
Twenty pages of story and three full pages of letters. The inside front cover has a drawing of Smiley, Phoney, and Fone answering the dinner bell from page 17 along with the brief prologue and credits: By Jeff Smith at the top and Cover Airbrush by David Reed on the bottom. The back cover has a panel from page 10 showing Thorn surprising Fone Bone who was busy writing a love poem.
Bone-a-Fides
Nearly all of the letters in the Bone-a-Fides are from fans this time around with Hawaiian cartoonist Dave Thorne as the only pro. A couple fans mentioned that they picked up the newest issue of Hero magazine with the Bone Holiday Special packaged within, which they obviously enjoyed. Only one letter noted Gran’ma Ben’s big Cow Race win in #10 as most of the content was about how each of the writers discovered Bone. The most cited introduction to Bone so far has been the preview in Cerebus #161. This makes sense given the black & white independent genre that they both inhabit and how extensive the preview was (13 pages plus an introduction by Dave).
Jeff himself alluded to Bone’s upcoming appearances in Disney Adventures magazine when quelling the rumor that Disney now owns a part of the Bone comic. SPOILER ALERT: Disney Adventures will ultimately overtake Cerebus as the most influential book to Bone’s rise in readership (it had subscriptions of over a million kids and parents at the time).
Another consistent theme in this month’s Bone-a-Fides is the growing buzz surrounding Bone in the comic world. One letter specifically mentioned that comic shop employees were yelling BONE to their manager every time someone purchased a copy. Hopefully this inspired him or her to order more in the future.
Ads
The last page has “A Bone Primer” ad with pics of The Complete Bone Adventures and Bone #8 covers (includes info about back issues and subscriptions). The Complete Bone Adventures Vol. 2 is mentioned at the bottom with a forward by Neil Gaiman coming in July [1994]. The inside back cover has an ad for the Fone Bone statue by Randy Bowen distributed by Dark Horse Comics (includes a small photo of Randy tinkering with a prototype and Jeff giving directions). Retail price is $99.95.
Estimated Copies Sold: ????
Back Cover Collectible
1994 Holiday Card from Cartoon Books
This was the second Holiday Card sent out to subscribers and comic retailers during the Christmas season of 1994. The entire staff signed it which included President Vijaya Iyer, Assistant Publisher Karen Root, Archivist Andries Mulder, and artist extraordinaire Jeff Smith. I have yet to see this particular illustration published elsewhere but it’s definitely a good one.
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