NMLP P-014296 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Bone #1 (comic)

Jeff Smith · Cartoon Books · 1991

First appearance of the Bone cousins (Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone), Thorn, and the Rat Creatures; among the most sought self-published indie keys of the 1990s. The genuine collectible is the 1991 first-print floppy with the red logo, not the later 'Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume' omnibus (first issued 2004), which is a separate 'first thus.'

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014296 for "Bone #1 (comic)" by Jeff Smith (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014296, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).