The Great Cow Race: 2 (Bone Series) [Turtleback]

Jeff Smith (Author), Steve Hamaker (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Turtleback: 132 pages
• Publisher: Demco Media (August 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0606338047
• ISBN-13: 978-0606338042
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,094,342 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

After four years of drawing comic strips for Ohio State University's student newspaper, Jeff Smith launched the comic book Bone in 1991. Between Bone and his other comic book projects, he now spends much of his time on the international guest circuit, promoting comics and the art of graphic novels.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This Color Volume is Even Better than the Last!, November 6, 2005

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D. G. D. Davidson "www.scificatholic.com" - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Great Cow Race (Bone, Volume 2) (Paperback)

At long last! Jeff Smith's epic high fantasy comic masterpiece is being produced in color.

Fans of Bone will be pleased with Steve Hamaker's crisp coloration, which frequently adds shadow and texture without overloading the panels and really brings out the details of the art. Fans familiar with the one-volume addition will also be glad to see additional artwork filling the space between chapters, as artwork in the original black and white nine-volume series has been reintroduced, including the 'Possum kids' goofy poem and the two-page spread of Thorn frolicking with the Bones. These new color volumes also reveal more of Smith's (or his editor's) endless fiddling. The dialogue in the one-volume edition had been altered, sometimes significantly, and very minor changes have been made again. Most noticeably, the misspelling of "Kewpie doll" has at last been corrected.

The quality is much higher than in Volume One: Out from Boneville. The pixelation that some panels suffered in Volume One is gone. The printing is crisp and even the colors seem brighter. However, as in the last volume, the panels have been shrunk. The one-volume edition was smaller than the original nine volumes and the new color volumes have been shrunk again. Surprisingly little detail is lost, considering the intricacy of Smith's art, due no doubt to the high-quality printing. Hamaker and Scholastic are doing a great job and are truly bringing Bone to life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, June 26, 2005

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C. Raybould (Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Great Cow Race (Bone, Volume 2) (Paperback)

This is one of the best Bone book's in the series. The colour version is just amazing. It totally blows the first Colour volume away in quality. EVERY page is full of detailed colour and it really just puts this book over the top. I wasent very impressed with The colour version of out from boneville. The quality wasent very consistant. Some pages almost seemed pixelated. This isnt the case in this second book.
I totally recommend this. Bone is going to blow up. By next school year when all the kids get back in school, it is going to be the new craze.

>>> The release date says August 1st, but it's in bookstores already, so I don't know what's up with that.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best edition of Bone ever, September 13, 2005

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Randall R. Worley (Fort Worth, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bone Volume 2: The Great Cow Race (Hardcover)

I have read Bone from back when it first came out in individual comic issues. I must say, this color edition, especially the hardcover one, is the nicest one yet. The black-and-white original always felt a bit sparse for the tone and humor of the story. The beautiful coloring in this edition is perfect. I've bought the two that have come out, and can't wait for the remaining 7. Great job, Scholastic!