Bone (comics)

Bone
Cover to Bone #1 (July 1991) This image was later used for the covers of Bone: Out from Boneville and Bone: Handbook.
Publication information
Publisher	Cartoon Books (self-published) Image Comics (issues #21–27)
Schedule	Every other month, with several delays
Format	Limited series
Genre	Fantasy, comedy/humor
Publication date	July 1991 – June 2004
No. of issues	55
Main character(s)	The Bone cousins (Fone Bone, Phoney Bone & Smiley Bone) Thorn Harvestar Gran'ma Ben Lucius Down
Creative team
Written by	Jeff Smith
Artist(s)	Jeff Smith
Colorist(s)	Steve Hamaker Tom Gaadt

Bone is an American fantasy comic book limited series written and illustrated by Jeff Smith, originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. The series is primarily self-published by Smith's Cartoon Books; it was also briefly published by Image Comics. The issues were collected into nine volumes, as well as a single omnibus volume. From 2005 to 2009, color editions of the original volumes were published by Scholastic's Graphix imprint. The series intertwines comedy and dark fantasy.^[1]

Bone has received numerous awards, among them ten Eisner Awards and eleven Harvey Awards.