Bone (graphic novel)

Bone is a graphic novel by Jeff Smith. It was originally serialized in an independently, irregularly published comic book series for 55 issues, from 1991 to 2004, notable as one of the longest-running self-published comic book series by a single writer/artist.

Chapter One: The Map

 * Phoney: ...so a couple of shady business deals went sour...is THAT any reason to run th' most BELOVED BONE in Boneville out on a RAIL?!
 * Fone Bone: Yes.
 * Smiley: Beloved? The mayor declared a school holiday just so th' kids could come and throw rocks at you!

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 * Smiley: Hey cousins, look what I found! I thinks it's a map!
 * Fone Bone: ?!
 * Smiley: Sure enough! Look! It's a map of that mountain range!
 * Phoney: I'm saved! Give it to me!
 * Smiley: Gimme a dollar first.
 * Phoney: What?
 * Fone Bone: Go on Phoney, give him a dollar!
 * Phoney: WHAT?!
 * Fone Bone: We're lost in the middle of the desert! Give him a dollar!
 * Phoney: All right, all right...HEY! What is this? This looks like it was drawn by a five-year-old! This thing is WORTHLESS!
 * Smiley: It's worth a dollar!

Chapter Two: Thorn

 * Fone Bone: Those rat creatures would have to be pretty stupid to follow me on this frail little branch.
 * [both rat creatures jump onto the tiny branch]
 * Fone Bone: STUPID, STUPID RAT CREATURES!!!

Landmark quotes
   
 * "STUPID, STUPID RAT-CREATURES!"- Fone Bone to the Rat Creatures
 * "Monsters do not behave themselves - that's the whole idea!"- Rat Creature
 * Fone Bone: "Why is Smiley wearing a cow suit?"
 * Smiley: "I'M not Smiley, I'm a REAL cow! Moo!"
 * Phoney Bone: "My world is crumbling around me"
 * "Upon your feet / You have ten toes / They look just like / Po-ta-toes!" (one of Fone Bone's more atrocious lyrical attempts)
 * "If I didn't learn it in the fourth grade, it didn't need learning."- Smiley Bone

 
 * "You know what? I've just about had it with you.  First you messed with my cousin, now you're messin' with my girl!  Let's go -- right now!"- Fone Bone
 * "Surrender Small Mammal!!" - Rat Creatures


 * "Never play an ace where a two will do"- Dragon


 * "QUICHE"- Rat Creature