The facts
Roles
Cartoonist
Country
United States
Active since
1991 (Bone #1)
Publishers
Cartoon Books (self-published); Scholastic's Graphix imprint (color editions)
Awards
Eisner, Best Writer/Artist (2004); Eisner, Best Publication for a Younger Audience (2005)
About Jeff Smith
Jeff Smith is an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the self-published comic book series Bone. He published 55 issues through his company Cartoon Books between 1991 and 2004. Scholastic's Graphix imprint later reissued the series in color as nine books.
His other notable works include Shazam! The Monster Society of Evil, RASL and Tüki Save the Humans. He has received 11 Harvey Awards, 10 Eisner Awards and two National Cartoonists Society comic book awards. In 2026 he was nominated for the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.
Smith helped found the annual Cartoon Crossroads Columbus festival, which began in 2015. In 2024 Cartoon Books collected his college newspaper strip as Thorn.
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