ComicsPRO meeting: Jeff Smith of Cartoon Books
LAS VEGAS — Writer/artist Jeff Smith spoke at the annual ComicsPRO membership meeting about the publishing plans for his all-ages classic “Bone” and his new, mature readers project “RASL.” Smith also said plans are in the works to continue exploring Bone’s world.
“Bone,” originally printed in black and white, is being remastered into color for Scholastic. Seven of the nine graphic novels have been remastered into color, and according to Smith, Scholastic has sold 2,481,500 of those graphic novels in the last three years. The No. 1 place these books sell is as part of the book fairs held in schools.
Smith said he wants to continue the adventures in the valley where the “Bone” adventures took place, with possible appearances by supporting characters. These would be chapter books set in the valley, written by Tom Sniegowski and illustrated by Smith. The book would be aimed at tweens.
“Treasure Hunters” and “Crown of Horns,” the final two of the “Bone” graphic novels, are being reworked by Scholastic. “Treasure Hunters” is near being printed, now, and “Crown of Horns” is planned for an early 2009 release. Smith said he’d like to follow that up with a boxed set of the color editions.
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