Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville (original 1996; udgave 2005)

Always a fun re-read. ( )

UGH PINK HEARTS THIS WAS SO CUTE ( )

Not picking up the adult-friendly aspects of the plot to take it beyond the juvenile/YA category (okay, I guess some "inappropriate" jokes/scenery, but...eh). This just didn't grip me, and I'm not one to dismiss media as 'too young' for me so long as there's something in the plot for me to latch on to and set my imagination going. I found myself reading every other page and not missing out on anything important...

Also, too many exclamation! points! after almost! every sentence! it seemed! Take a breath, little dudes. ( )

Introducing fun characters and an intriguing universe, "Out of Boneville" works as a solid start to the Bone saga. ( )

I'm going to have to ask my students why they all love these so much. Is it just the graphic novel format or is there something in the story that they like? Am I being a cranky old librarian if I suspect they like not having to "work" for the story? I fully admit to being a n00b when it comes to graphic novels, so maybe I'm missing something.

I really don't understand why Fone Bone rescued Phoney Bone and continues to try to save him despite Phoney being horrible.

I also wonder, if these were originally published in chapters, as comics, then maybe there was more room for imaginative interaction on the part of the reader, because you had to wait a week (or a month or whatever) to find out what happened next, and so you had time to imagine and predict and infuse the story with your own fantasies and ideas.

I think this is true of a lot of series. You have a different reading experience when you have to wait for the next book, than if you can immediately go straight on to the next book. Some of my favorite times as a reader was when Harry Potter and His Dark Materials were in publication- no one knew what was going to happen and we all debated the true motives of characters, the importance of small events, and everything else. It was grand. ( )