{"id":3707,"date":"2024-01-10T15:00:59","date_gmt":"2024-01-10T22:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=3707"},"modified":"2023-10-24T20:24:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T02:24:34","slug":"book-bone-vol-1-out-from-boneville-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/10\/book-bone-vol-1-out-from-boneville-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Bone, Vol. 1 – Out from Boneville (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Bone,Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville
\n<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2005
\nAuthor: Jeff Smith
\nLength: 138 pages<\/p>\n

Bone<\/em> is one of those comics I\u2019ve always been aware of but haven\u2019t gotten around to reading until now. It\u2019s interesting how the visual style of the titular characters evokes an older style of comics, while the other characters in the world feel more modern. The storytelling runs at a pretty fast pace that kept me turning the pages to see what happens next. There\u2019s some pretty good humor here, as well as tense situations to keep it from becoming too silly. I can definitely see the appeal and why it\u2019s been a notable comic since its origins in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n

My only qualm with this book has to do with the main characters. The three \u201cBones\u201d feel out of place in the fantasy realm, let alone our world. It also took me a while to distinguish visually between Fone Bone and Phoney Bone, which was only aided because this book mostly follows Fone. These characters are quite expressive for their simple design, which helps. I understand their simple white design would make producing the (originally black and white) comic easier, but they\u2019re so jarring when everything else is so detailed.<\/p>\n

It’s funny how the Japanese isekai genre has picked up in recent years, only to have been solidly pre-dated by Bone<\/em>. The concept of a group of people being transported\/lost in an unfamiliar fantasy world is a huge genre today. The fantasy world-building Jeff Smith does in this first volume definitely holds to a lot of fantasy tropes while also taking humorous turns that make the world unique. I\u2019m glad I picked up the colorized version of this first volume and I\u2019ll definitely be reading the next volume when I get the chance.<\/p>\n

A bold take on the isekai genre in an American style, I give Bone, Vol. 1<\/em> 4.0 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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