Always lovely to revisit the world of Bone - both in a new story and a great recap of Jeff Smith's publishing journey. ( )

I enjoyed Smith's new Bone short story and his memoir about Bone's creation and history. But beware! Half the book is padded out with a tedious, amateurish, redundant, and overly worshipful and aggrandizing companion written by some random other guy. His half of the book is 1-star, but I'm weighting my final rating heavily in Smith's favor. ( )

Veinticinco años después de que el primer cómic en blanco y negro de Bone apareciera en los estantes de las librerías y más de una década después de su último capítulo, Bone. Coda retoma a los personajes de la saga en el mismo punto en que se quedaron. Jeff Smith vuelve con Fone Bone, Phoney Bone y Smiley en un peligroso viaje a través del desierto de regreso a Boneville, donde los protagonistas están acompañados por Bartleby, la joven mostrorrata.

Además de este nuevo capítulo de Bone, se incluye Un complemento de Bone, del historiador Stephen Weiner, profusamente ilustrado, que muestra la trastienda de una de las sagas más importantes del cómic de las últimas décadas.

La serie en cómic de 9 tomos de Bone fue elegida por la revista Time como una de las 10 mejores novelas gráficas de todos los tiempos.

The treat of this book -- celebrating Bone's trajectory from 1991 to 2016 -- is a new Bone story. Unfortunately, while Jeff Smith conceived of Bone as having a beginning, middle, and an end, this story doesn't really add much more to the canonical story. (The Bones have a small mishap in the desert as they are returning home from the adventure detailed in the original graphic novel.) There's a note from Smith himself which outlines the struggles of starting the series and the euphoria of being successful. Then there's two essays, both of which read like "Cliff's Notes" about the series, which might be helpful for teachers (or perhaps very inquisitive younger readers). The story is a fun read -- it's good to be back with the gang again -- but I'd rate it as more of a library rental than a must-have. ( )