End Of Bone Color Volumes In Sight

Johanna Draper Carlson and RJ Carter note the publication of the final Scholastic color Bone volume, Crown of Horns, in early 2009. That partnership has been to my mind an unqualified success, putting millions of Jeff Smith comics into the hands of a staggering accumulation of readers, a number of whom missed out on it the first time around. It also allowed for a color version of the entire project that's allowed those who were there for the initial publication to see it with new eyes. That its success hasn't been matched by a similar project merely indicates that there aren't a lot of series like Smith's out there; it shouldn't have significant bearing on our appraisal of people getting an opportunity to read and enjoy that book.

Jeff and Vijaya Iyer recently returned from India, close enough after the violence that erupted there recently that friends and fans were worried about their safety. Fortunately, that took place after they had left the country. It sounds like they had an amazing time; I quite liked these photos, and I'm intrigued by India as a market for comics. It's also worth a reminder that what I believe to be Smith's only US store signing for the next several months will be held this Saturday in California. Flying Colors won the right to that signing through a bid on it that benefited the CBLDF.
 
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