A Look Back at the history of Jeff Smith's BONE!

[@comicpop]

Pick up all of Bone right here: amzn.to/2SbZ7ns

[@amanzeihedioha]

IT'S TIME FOR A REDUX, BABY!!!

[@jeff8008]

Sal went to his local library and said, "I NEED ALL OF YOUR BONES!....In trade paperback, thanks."

[@SammieReads]

Bone is seriously one of the best all-ages comics out there. So glad to see it on Back Issues! Also, couldn't stop laughing when you guys were talking about whether they had actual bones lol

[@comicpop]

Thanks, Sammie!

[@darknite653]

ComicPOP! You guys should do Matt Fraction's Hawkeye!

[@HQBacon]

+ComicPOP! The Lord of the Locusts is not Grandma Ben's sister ("Briar"). It's like Sauron. You never actually witness The Lord of the Locusts. He's a spirit that's taken over the mother Dragon and was put to sleep. Briar is simply trying to wake him back up. Lord of the Locusts is like Sauron, Briar is like Saruman, Kingdok is under her.

[@doctorwhofan-if7vx]

Lucius says crap and hell in a book

[@jeff8008]

Man, you can't friend zone someone from Boneville.

[@JohnstasBACK]

***** lmao

[@bspinney26]

SO WEEEEIIIIIIRD. This pops up today and I am giving my 8-year-old son the Complete Bone today for his birthday. Nice!

[@awesomebacon1075]

I remember this one part where phoney goes to the tavern and gets a drink. To pay it off he gives Lucius a dollar. And Lucius is like thinking "he just gave me paper" and rips it up in front of him. That was one of my favorite parts in bone.

[@Player2lemon]

Awesomebacon I thought it was funny when Phone and Thorn went to take a bath in the river, and bone eats the soap.

[@Matty2Tone]

Nope. Stopped halfway through the video. I'm going to read this. Thanks for the info.

[@comicpop]

Matthew Newlin Good to hear!

[@nerdyrockcomics5428]

+ComicPOP gravity falls!!!!

[@charlieblecker350]

Bone is easily one of the greatest comics ever made.

[@megamike15]

i got into bone in middle school. i was randomly looking through our book hself in my class room and found volume 3 of bone read it was hooked and went back to read the rest. funny story though in all my librarys never had the final volume so it was not till 2013 when i finally finished the story after reading the first 7 countless times.

[@Player2lemon]

I first read bone, when I got bored and looked for a book. My mom was a teacher and she had the book in her classroom, we moved and the book ended up in the closet. I remembered a kid reading the book from years prior, so I picked it up. The book was literally falling apart, the pages were out of order, and i spent hours re-arranging the book together, so it was in the right order. I finally read the novel, and absolutely loved it. I'd go to the book store to buy the next book when I finished the last one. 1.5 years later I finally finished the whole series, loving them all. I've read the whole series 5 times, and I absolutely love it.

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

Even if Fone Bone and Thorn ended up together, I don't think they would be able to do any wink-wink-nudge-nudge stuff to each other. Ironically, he's missing the one bone that counts........

[@telekineticbees]

You just freakin ruined bone for me

[@javierobregon2081]

I can't... I'm done...I will cringe everytime I crack open and Bone book.

[@WannabeWryter]

Lol, you everywhere I go.

[@codyroberts2449]

Nice

[@dalemarinez5837]

She could still sit on his face???🤔🤔🤔

[@standard-observer]

They do mention the Ghost Circles in book three Eyes of the Storm and in Rock Jaw there is a whole chapter called Ghosts Circles. And in the Bone Novel there is a female bone. And the lord of the Locusts is not Roses Sister, the lord of the locusts is more of spirt who uses roses sister.

[@greatestever1521]

I got my bowl of cereal, favorite PJs on annnndd the tv muted. Alrighty time to kick off my morning with some back issues!

[@nathanjtjw]

Haha doing the exact same thing right now!

[@DominicGloverComicBookArtist]

" As a reminder to you guys, go buy these books! If we don't buy these books then comic book companies stop making them. No one wins in this scenario. Creators don't get to finish these great stories, and readers don't get to continue to read great stories. When comic book titles get canceled there are fewer choices to read and pretty soon all we have to read is batman stories. Don't let the comic book industry die!" Keep up the good work ComicPop! Thanks for providing an easy way for people to jump into comics!

[@hosebaviles]

Just re-read this and found that you did a video on it... Highlight of my three day weekend.

[@kurtoogle4576]

I love and own all the series! Passed it on to my daughter who loved it too!

[@eliza6178]

I'm here after Netflix got the rights and is making an animated series. I'm so excited!

[@DrMadd]

Quick correction. The lord of the locusts was a god like being that Rose/Ben's sister, Briar, served. When Briar is in the hood she's called the hooded one not the lord of locusts.

[@comicpop]

DrMaddWorld Completely screwed that up. Thank you. How embarrassing.

[@WillCHensley]

Sounds like DrMaddWorld earned a ComicPOP! No-Prize!

[@serperdido4078]

I think Bone was my first comic. My teacher asked me to find a book in the small library at my school and Bone was the first one I took. It is hilarious!! I love this book so much.

[@anthonytalksmovies]

My school actually had all the volumes in the library. They're some of the first comics that I read, I love them. This episode really connects to my growing up, thanks for doing it.

[@hectordubon3487]

I'm gonna have to find this series again, I haven't read it since middle school

[@sombrashadow0013]

You guys are the reason why I read graphic novels today. I have been a comic book fan almost all of my life (considering I am only 14) and I have never heard of some of these comics. Thank you guys so much and keep continuing to make awesome videos.

[@2099vision]

I really need to read Bone. It sounds different and interesting, not just rehashing another Idea or plot point. And wow more Gravity Falls,

[@comicpop]

Yes to all those points!

[@PR0MAN01]

YES!! I'm so excited for this episode. I still go back to Bone every year so because it's so good

[@joshvotion3898]

It's actually a little bit lovecraftian in bone how when you peer beneath the surface you quickly begin to realize how much deeper and darker everything around them at work is. At least that's what I remember having read bone a long time ago

[@randyping6036]

Rewatching to boost my feels.

[@r.babylon2885]

I remember as a child I would read installments of this story in my Disney Adventure magazines. Those magazines were for kids about upcoming entertainment stuff.

[@CosmicNerdStudios]

This book brings back so many old memories and emotions man, it was my favorite thing as a young lad man!

[@yaredasfaw2431]

I love BONE! I cant Explain. My favorite comic ever

[@deadpoolgroupie5497]

God Bone is awesome.

[@JohnstasBACK]

Deadpool groupie have you finished it?

[@deadpoolgroupie5497]

JohnstasBACK A couple years ago.

[@JohnstasBACK]

i really wanted fone bone to end up with Thorn he wanted her so badly :( i teared up at the end!

[@zachtaylor9467]

I didn't know you were a grandma in the valley ben. Congratulations thats awesome!

[@FrameWraith]

I found "Back Issues" and binge watching is going to fill my days off this week. I appreciate what you're creating Sal, Tiff, Ethan, and Ben,.

[@funnyboyi]

thorn and the bone characters are actually around 18-20 years old, the bone characters are old enough to smoke and drink, and they do which is one of the reasons why the books have been banned so much

[@bovineking8927]

Dang, even though I quite like the Rock Jaw book, I couldn't stop laughing as you were dissing it! Btw I have read bone approximately 20 times...I am a legit fanboy.

[@MagoDSnowman]

2 back issues a week is amazing.

[@NerdGasims]

Great review! I remember reading Bone when I was a kid and loved it. I still love Bone, such a fun, enjoyable story with an amazing journey loaded with fun drawings and amazing colors.

[@jeff8008]

I should totally check out Bone. I really, really enjoyed Jeff Smith's Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil.

[@WorlsViews]

Really enjoyed it guys. Really hope you do Akira one day I think Ethan and Ben would really like it.

[@jonfrombuckland_3784]

Bone is one of the first comics I have ever read, a random pick from the library when I was ten or so. I don't think I've read past volume four. I need to track those down. Thanks again ComicPop!

[@williambrown873]

Man this takes me back. Loved Bone when I first read it.

[@TheGarrettCarrot]

I would love to see you guys do something on The Walking Dead, then again it'd be tough because it's all one continuous story. Anyway, I love nothing more than to waste the daylight hours on this channel. It's kindve my favorite thing right now. Keep up the great work guys.

[@erdil-ilea]

This is not meant as a well actually, but more of a fun fact: in this video you spoke about Boneville being very modern, setting it apart from the world around it and differing in that from the Shire of Lord of the Rings. But funnily enough, this is kind of the case for the Shire as well! The Shire is based on the English country side from Tolkiens childhood, this means that for the modern eye its indeed quite old in its customs and way of living, but in comparison to all else in Middle Earth its very modern. We see trinkets and elemebts that resemble more closely a time just before the industrial revolution, but after the middle ages, where all else in middle earth is solidly early medieval. I just thought that was fun to share, I was rewatching this video recently, I am a long time fan of the channel (well, like 3-4 years, I imagine that feels like a short time from your side) and really love what you guys do.

[@JohnstasBACK]

21:00 HEY COMIC POP! In BONE EYES OF THE STORM thorne tells fone bone about ghost circles! (thats in the 3rd volume) so HA! and she literally EXPLAINS what a ghost cirlce is. I actually just finished reading all of them today i cried at the end 10/10. Btw page number for Thornes explanation of ghost circles in bone 3 is PAGE 50! PLEASE REPLY THANKSSS!

[@CrossStario]

These books were the best thing in Middle School. Sadly I never got to read the rest of them!

[@vitanpatel2061]

Such a beautiful all ages book!

[@batnick4433]

5:14 “But no you’re just a selfish little greed bag. “ -Smiley Bone

[@ComicBookPhil]

You guys are awesome, this book is the reason I got into comics as a kid. Jeff Smith also has another book from a few years ago RASL and he is currently doing a book Tuki Save the Humans which comes out once every few months he also releases it for free page by page on his website, boneville dot com under the Tuki section. I have the one volume edition of Bone, and use to have the separate volumes I got as they came out (wish I kept those now), but I'm still missing the colored collection.

[@giantjoe342]

This was my first comic book and I didn't even realize it until earlier this year. When I was a kid I jus thought this was a book with pictures I didn't know it counted as a comic book. Also why'd you take down family business?

[@joshwalker8984]

***** It's on Comicstorian's Channel

[@wanderingrobot3330]

I read Bone (black and white) it was an excellent read. A great cartoony epic, that isn't seen much.

[@plain3089]

How have I not seen this?!?!

[@laelt2791]

anyone else imagine the voices of Ed,Edd,Eddy for the three bones

[@joshwalker8984]

OH Hell Yeah! I thought Sal would slack off because he did a back issues on Benny's channel!

[@braydenrouston6638]

Why does no one acknowledge how gory this series is!?

[@ichiban1336]

I know,Tarsil is literally ripped in half at the end and that time they got ambushed by rat creatures shows people get eaten.

[@ItsMe-or5tx]

The hooded one slitting the guys throat with her scythe in book 8 was brutal.

[@ichiban1336]

+Returded Phoenixmorph I know tarsil was sliced in half by the hooded one

[@jamestorpy2023]

Refreshing ! I'm from Australia and love comic pop so I was extra happy to see I got a double helping (Amazing Spider-man: Family Business and Bones) ! Thanks so much, guys. Keep doing what you do ! Ps. When will Holy Terror be on back issues ? Don't get me wrong, I love Frank Miller but I haven't read holy terror and want to see how crazy he is now a days. P.P.S After reading Ronin I should have seen his craziness coming!

[@megatron111184]

Great episode guys loving the content on this channel. when will we see you guys go over infinity?

[@carlossalmeron7671]

phoney and smily + fone bone and thorn whew!!!

[@MercysLittleShoww]

There's no better way to start the day than with a 45 minute long Bone session. Oh, and I also enjoyed this episode of Back Issues. Lol

[@wolfhowlin1859]

I do recall that they did briefly mention "Ghost Circles" in an earlier book of Bone, maybe it was the third one

[@frankievelasco1738]

Netflix put out a doc titled Stripped. Its cool, Bone is featured, and i've seen it on the shelfs I might actually go on the adventure of Bone now that I heard what its about.

[@Grievousish]

I remember reading this in middle school. I guess it was the first comic i'd ever really read from beginning to end, not counting the first 10 issues of spider-man I had on a cd-rom I got from a kool-aid promotion.

[@sideswipe0021]

I remember my friend was reading a bone book it was pretty gory at least the issue he let me read and I was like middle school or 5th grade so wasn't kinda a gory guy but now I really need to read it

[@super_robot_punch]

Made me really interested in bone now hahaha thanks guys!!

[@retired-r9u]

awesome episode of back issues

[@monstermanalex1313]

I really enjoyed this.

[@unclemetal8774]

Bone is a great comic.

[@zachtaylor9467]

"Bone their last name." Thats not how it works.

[@zionharris9432]

I always wanted to read this, my sister loved bone

[@anti-freez6290]

Those books were my childhood

[@Tomurow]

Bone is the best thing ever... 😁

[@FloorTankMain]

I remember seeing Bone in those Scholastic book fairs in school and I swear to god I think the one I picked up was Rockjaw and I never read another Bone comic what luck

[@comicbookbullies]

Well if you're doing indies then you have no choice but to do Eastman and Laird's 80's TMNT run. Some of those story arcs are flat out legendary.

[@brandonhines25]

Are you guys ever going to do holy terror?

[@comicpop]

Brandon Hines Hell yeah

[@liamfaulds5884]

U guys are great fast approaching 14k subs

[@ItsOver9000Productions]

Not even paying attention in class any more .

[@G.R.Bridger]

Thorn doesnt ACTUALLY know: that is the constant joke. Everybody knows that Fone Bone loves Thorn apart from Thorn herself! :)

[@Udgrasil13]

I know this comment is 4 years old but I still I have to disagree. It is unspoken but I had the strong feeling that she knew later on.

[@wpc456cpw]

@@Udgrasil13 agreed, she definitely knew. At one point Fone Bone tells someone they’re “messin’ with my girl!” And afterwards Thorn is like “Messing with your girl, huh?” And Fone Bone looks super embarrassed lol. Thorn definitely knew!

[@connormclernon26]

Just so you all know, Jeff Smith said that the Great Red Dragon should be voiced by Clint Eastwood.

[@Cap11111]

I quite like this show. :)

[@AxolotlSquib]

So when they walked into the tavern did they try and order a drink their mouths must have been bone dry? Then when he was captured he must have thought he was boned. Yeah that was bad but I found it humerus.

[@jakemayorquin5460]

You deserved a like for that last one

[@ivansplvd6518]

Best episode ever

[@roxtechs]

Bone deserves a t.v series!

[@vsionsnipez]

Yes new back issues!

[@WillCHensley]

Hey Sal, do you think Jeff Smith would write a good Spider-Man? Something about the fun and whimsy in this made me wanna see that.

[@WillCHensley]

Also, I had no idea I lived an hour away from Jeff Smith. Cool!

[@comicpop]

I think I'd love to find out!

[@fredbushee9161]

Would you recommend the collected or separate books? I've been thinking of getting the collected cause I grew up reading my friends books and I wanted to reread this

[@williambrown873]

Fred Bushee Kinda depends. Separate is colored (and looks a lot better because of that imo), but the omnibus is probably cheaper overall if you're planning on getting the entire story (1 huge book vs 10 smaller books).

[@fredbushee9161]

William Brown I found a guy selling 1-8 online for a reasonable price so I might do that, I mean I want to get the omnibus but I grew up reading the colored on camping trips so I feel like I'd be cheating myself of that feeling of awe by not getting the same copies

[@wpc456cpw]

@@fredbushee9161 did you end up reading it? What did you think? :)

[@christopherjohnson8876]

Hey Sal, what is your favorite Batman movie costume? Mine personally is the returns suit.

[@comicpop]

Mask of the Phantasm! I was always partial to 89 Keaton

[@oolaboolaproductions404]

Do the original Eastman and Laird run of Ninja Turtles! Pleeeeaaaase!!!!!!!!

[@chrisd7562]

Do The Clone Saga or Annihilation or Locke and Key or the Midnight Sons

[@comicpop]

A lot of those are on the list!

[@Ylatch]

ComicPOP! Dying to see Annihilation on BI

[@chrisd7562]

Wish you could do a horror story or two ...GiJoe would be cool

[@ScenekidsDIE88]

Ben flashing colors I saw that.

[@KingKryptify]

I'm sad you didn't mention the MVP Big "Johnson" Bone

[@xanderreimers4445]

Perfect zoom

[@henrynelson176]

I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING! Grandma Ben. Old Ben from Star Wars? Both aren't their real names?

[@alkimia1791]

does anyone know where I can get the PDF for the bone books I love these books

[@urientaboo2399]

NETFLIX We want a series or a movie give them great voices pleas

[@MouthyMercMouthyProductions]

+ComicPop have you tried playing the Bone video game?

[@comicpop]

One of the first Telltale games, right? I played a shareware version and it promised a lot of fun!

[@MouthyMercMouthyProductions]

+ComicPOP yeah that's the one

[@raulvega9919]

Can we get Annihilation or A: Conquest?

[@thebluePrincess5904]

What do you think of the bone spin off textbooks

[@sofemon3821]

5 months later..

[@MegaCoyoteFilms]

Can you guys do one of the best Batman stories Battle For The Cowl.

[@jacolify]

17:11 What the fu.... what's gonna become of the valley

[@patrickmcgimpsey3721]

There are female Bones in Tall Tales and the Quest for the Spark books.

[@Grievousish]

Any chance we'll ever see TinTin on back issues?

[@ViolinFinal]

it's refreshing that it is not DC or Marvel