Jeff Smith (born February 27, 1960) is an American

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. He is best known as the creator of the

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series ''

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''.

Early life

Jeff Smith was born in

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to William Earl Smith and Barbara Goodsell. He grew up in

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.Szadkowski, Joseph; Smith, Jeff (June 16, 2007)
"Mix of tradition, fantasy comics pays off for artist"
''

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''. Smith learned about cartooning through comic strips,

s, and animated TV shows."About Jeff Smith"
. Boneville. Retrieved July 23, 2013. The strip he found to be the most entertaining was Charles M. Schulz's ''

Peanuts ''Peanuts'' (briefly subtitled ''featuring Good ol' Charlie Brown'') is a print syndication, syndicated daily strip, daily and Sunday strip, Sunday American comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The strip's original run ext ...

.'' His father read it to him every Sunday, and it inspired him to learn to read.Lucy Shelton Caswell and David Filipi, ''Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond'' (Columbus, O.: The Ohio State University, Wexner Center for the Arts, 2008), , pp. 7, 17. Smith was also inspired by

Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDuck (occasionally stylized as $crooge McDuck) is a cartoon character created in 1947 for The Walt Disney Company by Carl Barks. Appearing in Disney comics, Scrooge is a Scottish-born American anthropomorphic duck. Like his nephew, Do ...

creator

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, whom Smith calls a "natural comic genius" for his ability to move characters effectively from panel to panel, and for their expressiveness. Alluding to the influence of Barks on ''Bone'', Smith commented, "I always wanted Uncle Scrooge to go on a longer adventure. I thought, 'Man, if you could just get a comic book of that quality, the length of say, ''

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'', or ''

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'' or something, that would be something I would love to read, and even as a kid I looked everywhere for that book, that Uncle Scrooge story that was 1,100 pages long." Another seminal influence was the television program ''

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'', which Smith saw at age nine. The show was created by

Walt Kelly Walter Crawford Kelly Jr. (August 25, 1913 – October 18, 1973) was an American animator and cartoonist, best known for the comic strip ''Pogo (comic strip), Pogo''. He began his animation career in 1936 at The Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney S ...

and

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, whom Smith later called "two of my most favorite people". The day after that program aired, a girl brought her father's ''Pogo'' book to school and gave it to Smith, who says it "changed comics" for him. Smith keeps that book on a table next to his drawing board to this day,"Jeff Smith's 'Bone' Goes From Comic Book to Gallery Wall"
''

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''. July 21, 2008. Retrieved January 27, 2009. and refers to Kelly as his "biggest influence in writing comics". Smith has cited ''

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'' as his favorite book, citing its multi-layered narrative and symbolism, and placed numerous references to it in ''Bone''. He has also cited ''

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'' as a story after which he attempted to pattern ''Bone'' structurally, explaining, "the kinds of stories I’m drawn to, like ''Huckleberry Finn'', are the ones that start off very simple, almost like children’s stories...but as it goes on, it gets a little darker, and the themes become a little more sophisticated and more complex—and those are really the kinds of stories that just get me going." Other influences in this regard include the original ''

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'' trilogy,

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's ''

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'' and the classic fairy tales and mythologies that inspired those works. Smith says the earliest forerunner drawings of what later became Bone and his cousins occurred when he was about five, and sitting in his living room drawing, and he drew what looked like an old C-shaped telephone

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, which emerged as a frowning character with its mouth wide open. Elements of that character and its demeanor found their way into the character Phoney Bone, the upset cousin to Bone. His name is derived from Fonebone, the generic surname that Don Martin gave to many of the characters that appeared in his '' Mad'' magazine strips. Smith began to create comics with the ''

'' characters as early as 1970, when he was about 9 years old. Smith graduated in 1978 from Worthington High School in

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, a suburb of Columbus, where he was a classmate of

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. Later on, in 1986, Smith and Kammerud co-founded Character Builders, an animation studio in Columbus where Smith worked until 1992."Distinguished Alumni Award of Worthington Schools"
. Worthington City Schools. Retrieved July 23, 2013. After high school, Smith attended the

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, and while there he created a comic strip called ''Thorn'' for the student newspaper, ''

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'', which included some of the characters who later featured in the ''Bone'' series. He also studied animation.

Career

After graduating from college, Smith and his two friends, Jim Kammerud and Marty Fuller, started an animation studio called Character Builders Inc. Their first paid job was producing a 60-second animated opening for the TV series ''

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''. Other jobs followed for clients such as White Castle, sequences in films that the studio was given when other studios fell behind, and a

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project that they were given following the rise in popularity of

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. Initial budgets were restrictive for the studio, which required the animators to be resourceful in order to meet their deadlines. Smith sometimes did the voice work as well as the animation on certain projects, and the animators sometimes had family members come in on some evenings to paint animation cells. Though Smith found the projects exciting, he realized that it was not the type of cartooning he wanted to do, which was complicated by periods in which the studio had no work. It was during one of these slow periods that Smith reconsidered his career. Drawn to the idea that he could produce his own animated-type story but in the comics medium, and convinced by

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's ''

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'',

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's ''

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'' and

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's ''

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'' that a serious comic book with a beginning, middle and end structure was both artistically and commercially viable, Smith decided to produce ''

''.

In 1991, Smith launched his company, Cartoon Books, in order to publish the series. Initially, Smith

the book, which meant that he did all the work required to both produce and distribute the series as a business, including answering letters, doing all the graphics and lettering (which he did by hand), sending the artwork to the printer, handling orders and bookkeeping. This made it difficult to focus on writing and drawing the book, and as a result, he fell behind in his production. To remedy this, he asked his wife, Vijaya, to quit her lucrative job at a

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startup company in order to run the business side of Bone as the President of Cartoon Books. As a result, Smith was able to refocus on drawing, and sales improved. Smith published 55 issues of ''Bone'' between 1991 and 2004. The black and white comic book proved very successful, and has been collected in a number of trade paperback and hardback collections, including a series of nine books that collect all 55 issues, originally published by Cartoon Books in black and white, and later reissued in color by the Graphix imprint of Scholastic. In 2004, when Cartoon Books released a "mammoth" one-volume black and white collection of the entire nine-volume series, ''

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'' critic Andrew Arnold called ''Bone'' "the best all-ages graphic novel yet published". In 1994 Smith created an original cover for

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's ''Indy: The Independent Comic Guide'' (issue 13), and was interviewed to help to promote his and other

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. Two additional volumes, ''

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'' and ''

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'', collect a number of ''Bone'' prequel comics created by Smith and his collaborators. In 1995 French publisher Delcourt acquired the rights to translate Bone into French. The translator of the first four French volumes was Alain Ayroles who would be inspired by Smith's storytelling and go on to write the very successful

Garulfo ''Garulfo'' is a six-volume fantasy graphic novel created by writer Alain Ayroles, cartoonist Bruno Maïorana and colorist Thierry Leprévost. ''Garulfo'' is a humorous modern fable inspired by traditional folklore, legends and fairy tales. It ...

series, among others. In 2003, Smith began work for

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on a miniseries starring Captain Marvel, a superhero of which Smith is a fan. The series, entitled ''

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'', was published in four

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issues in 2007, and later collected into a hardcover edition. In 2007,

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named Smith as the designer for an upcoming series of books collecting the complete run of Walt Kelly's ''

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''. He also designed the cover art for Say Anything's album ''

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''. Smith released the first issue of '' RASL'', "a stark, sci-fi series about a dimension-jumping art thief with personal problems", in February, 2008. A six-page preview was shown on the 2007

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. Originally intending ''RASL'' to be released in an oversized format, Smith consulted with retailers who unanimously cautioned him against the unconventional size.Burns, Ian (April 29, 2010)
"RASL #1-7 review by Ian Burns"
''

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''. Smith later self-published ''RASL'' as a standard-sized, ad-free, black and white comic book. The first trade paperback, titled ''The Drift'', is in stores in the originally intended oversized format. Smith's art was featured in a pair of museum shows in Columbus in mid-2008: "Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond" at the

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, and "Jeff Smith: Before Bone" at the

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. The exhibits were featured in a segment on the

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news program ''

'' on July 21, 2008. In 2009, Smith was featured in '' The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE, and the Changing Face of Comics,'' a documentary film on his life and work. In September that same year,

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, the children's book line launched by cartoonist

and ''

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'' art editor

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, released ''Little Mouse Gets Ready'', a 32-page children's graphic novel written by Smith and aimed at very young "emerging readers". In a February 2009

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interview, Smith noted that the book featured another character Smith created in his childhood, "a little gray mouse with a little red vest". In March 2013, Smith said his next project would be a

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series called ''Tüki: Save the Humans'', which tells the story of the first human to leave Africa. The web publication began in November 2013 and the print version was first released in July 2014. The fourth issue was delayed due to a hand injury, sustained by Smith, but after its release in February 2016 the series was put on hiatus in June 2016 due to the need to rework the strip. From 2013 to 2018, Smith served on the board of the

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, a non-profit organization founded in 1986 chartered to protect the

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rights of the comics community. Smith helped found the annual

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festival, which debuted in 2015. He serves as artistic director of the convention.Cavna, Michael
"‘Bone’ cartoonist aims to help create the South by Southwest of comics,"
''Washington Post'' (Oct. 14, 2016).

Personal life

Smith lives in Columbus, Ohio,Candy Brooks

, ''ThisWeek Worthington'', August 27, 2008 (retrieved January 27, 2009).Jeff Smith, Philip Crawford, and Stephen Weiner
''Using Graphic Novels in the Classroom: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians
(Scholastic/Grafix, n.d.), , p.6. with his wife and business manager, Vijaya Iyer.Rogers, Aventa (May 8, 2013)

. On August 13, 2023, Smith suffered a

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. As a result, the remainder of his book tour was cancelled.

Awards and accolades

For his work on ''Bone'', Smith has received numerous awards, among them ten

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and eleven

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. In 1995 and 1996 he won the

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's award for Comic Books. In 2022 ''Tuki: Fight for Fire'' was included in the

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's list of the Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List.

Eisner Awards

* 1993 Eisner Award for Best Humor PublicationEisner Awards for 1993
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1994 Eisner Award for Best Serialized Story (for " The Great Cow Race"; ''Bone'' #7-11)Eisner Awards for 1994
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1994 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series * 1994 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist * 1994 Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication * 1995 Eisner Award for Best Humor PublicationEisner Awards for 1995
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1995 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: Humor * 1995 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series * 1998 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist: HumorEisner Awards for 1998
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 2005 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint (for ''Bone One Volume Edition'')Eisner Awards for 2005
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. *2014 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: Reprint (for ''RASL'')Eisner Awards for 2014
. Comic Con 2014 Eisner Awards Winners. Retrieved July 28, 2014.

Harvey Awards

* 1994 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1994 Harvey Award Special Award for Humor * 1994 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work (for ''The Complete Bone Adventures''. Reissued in color as ''Bone: Out from Boneville''; cholastic Corporation * 1995 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)Harvey Award winners for 1995
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1996 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1997 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 1999 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist), for his body of work in 1998, including ''Bone''
* 2000 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 2003 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 2005 Harvey Award for Best Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)
. Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 2005 Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album of Previously Published Work: ''Bone: One Volume Edition''

Nominations

* 1993 Eisner Award for Best Writer/Artist * 1995 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (for ''Bone'' #16: "Eyes of the Storm") * 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Item (for Bone figurine, shared with Randy Bowen) * 1996 Eisner Award for Best Title for Younger Readers * 1998 Eisner Award for Best Continuing Series * 1998 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Product (for Bone Red Dragon cold-cast statue, shared with Randy Bowen) * 1998 Eisner Award for Best Comics Publication for a Younger Audience * 1999 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Product/Item (for Phoney Bone inflatable) * 2003 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album Reprint (for ''Bone vol. 8: Treasure Hunters'') * 2004 Eisner Award for Best Writer/ArtistEisner Awards for 2004
Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Retrieved December 28, 2011. * 2005 Eisner Award for Best Comics Publication for a Younger Audience

References

External links

* * *
WelcomeToBoneville.com
��unofficial Jeff Smith/Bone community forum * Robinson, Tasha (May 31, 2000)
"Interview: Jeff Smith"
''

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''. * Burns, Ian (April 29, 2010)
"RASL #1–7 review by Ian Burns"
''

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