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Title: The Dragonslayer (Bone, Book 4) by Jeff Smith ISBN: 1-888963-00-X Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (8 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Vol. 4 takes "Bone" into overdrive
Comment: Timeless is every way, "Bone" is an expansive story about three "bone creatures" (you'd have to see them to understand) that find themselves in a valley peopled with an assortment of crazy and interesting characters. Looming over it all is the menace of a great evil, first glimpsed by the ferocious (and funny) rat creatures, but later revealed to be something much more disturbing.
"The Dragonslayer," the fourth in the nine-volume "Bone" series, ramps up the tension and dramatically increases the scope and scale of the story, while retaining touches of its all ages humor.
This volume picks up where the third left off, as revelations about the main characters and the evil looming over the peaceful valley central to the tale draw the reader more fully into Jeff Smith's wonderfully-woven plot. Though still geared towards an all-ages audience, the deeper issues that make this compelling reading for adults really begin to show here, taking prominence over the humor through a good portion of the book.
Smith combines the kind of classic storytelling perfected by the likes of the legendary Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge) and Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) - gleefully funny cartooning with outrageously expressive faces and gestures - with the epic and engaging plotting of a sweeping fairy tale. "Bone" walks a tightrope and walks it well, managing to be something fans of both Donald Duck and Bilbo Baggins can enjoy.
Jeff Smith's "Bone" series is a critically acclaimed but criminally overlooked epic. Critics recognize Smith's masterful storytelling abilities and are drawn to his mix of all-ages humor and more mature darkness, but the black and white art and lack of superheroes turn off many comic book readers, making it a hit only in the "underground" sense.
And that's too bad, because this deserves to be read. Readers able to look past the lack of men in tights and color artwork will delight in this series. Little doubt people will still be reading "Bone" 50 years from now. Broad in scope yet personal and quaint, this is a charming story in every way that will surely outlast 90 percent of other comic works on the shelf.
Rating: 5
Summary: *Great* Book!
Comment: Bone: The Dragonslayer is sure to please any hardcore Bone fan, and even not so hardcore ones! With humor, action, mystery, and beautiful pictures, this installation in the Bone series is sure to please.
Rating: 5
Summary: A realistic fantasy on human nature
Comment: This comic has it all:the zany poetry of Peanuts,the wry criticism on human fallacies of Doonesbury,and the philosophy of Calvin and Hobbes,plus a scent of the best Pogo.Phoney Bone is the real negative hero of this book:his manipulation of the brainless masses superb,his total lack of scruples joined whit a nietzcheian rationalization ("People like to be victims! There's a sort of moral superiority attached to it...)unparalleled.If he fails,it is only for the spirit of sacrifice of the Dragon,a real Christian image,I dare say.Phoney Bone is a veritable Stavrogin of comics.
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Title: Old Man's Cave (Bone, Book 6) by Jeff Smith ISBN: 1888963050 Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1999 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Ghost Circles (Bone, Book 7) by Jeff Smith ISBN: 1888963093 Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Bone, Vol. 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith ISBN: 0963660950 Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Treasure Hunters (Bone, Book 8) by Jeff Smith ISBN: 1888963131 Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville by Jeff Smith ISBN: 0963660942 Publisher: Cartoon Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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