A review by mschlat
Bone: Coda 25th Anniversary Special by

3.0

A mixed bag. The volume starts with a Bone story which picks up at the end of the big ol' Bone One Volume edition. It's charming, funny, and completely unnecessary to the Bone storyline --- just a nicely appreciated piece of lagniappe. Then you get an essay from Jeff Smith on the history of Bone, complete with pictures and reminiscences on the self-publishing scene. (A fun read for me as the 90's was when I got into independent/alternative comics.) Finally, there's the Bone Companion, which is mostly just essays on the plot of Bone and influences. I found this fairly boring and overstated at times (the author wants to compare Bone to a ton of literary and comics classics).

If you really like Bone, I think you should pick this up. But be aware that you aren't missing much if you don't.