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Bone, Vol. 8: Treasure Hunters (Bone #8; issues 44-49)
by
Jeff Smith
"One of the ten greatest graphic novels of all time!"-TIME magazine
Discover the incredible comic book saga that has captivated millions of fans worldwide.
TREASURE HUNTERS
BOOK EIGHT OF BONE
The Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and Thorn reach the city of Atheia, where they prepare to battle The Lord of the Locusts. Meanwhile, Thorn's visions are becoming more threatening and Phon
...morePaperback, 144 pages
Published
November 25th 2002
by Cartoon Books
(first published 2002)
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Jul 25, 2008
Colleen Venable
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Phew! After a few slower volumes this one makes up for it! Briar has reached a new level of terrifying and the quick jumps from groups of characters made it impossible to attempt to stop once I started. The next time someone offers me tea (and I happen to holding a large sword) I am so pulling a "Thorn Thunk!". I'm always amazed at how well Smith is able to juggle humor and creep creep creeeepiness in these. This one in particular made me feel a little hopeless, which is amazing considering when...more
This book I thought was one of my favorite books out of the series. At the beginning of the book it shows Wendell and a military leader of the squad while Lucius talks to a bug (Ted). Wendell and the military leader are talking about whether to trust Lucius or not, but Wendell trust Lucius and the military leader still doesn't trust him much. When Lucius is done talking to the bug he says to follow the rat creature tracks. So they do.
While Wendell and the others are following the rat creatures t...more
While Wendell and the others are following the rat creatures t...more
This is the eight book in the nine book Bone series by Jeff Smith. It was another excellent addition to this series and filled with more humor than the previous book, despite the darkness of parts of the tale.
The Bones along with Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have finally reached Atheia. Here they reunite with some of Gran'ma Ben's old friends. Atheia is under rule of a dictator like man and they need to decide if they can count on his help in the upcoming battle against the King of Locusts. Meanwhile L...more
The Bones along with Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have finally reached Atheia. Here they reunite with some of Gran'ma Ben's old friends. Atheia is under rule of a dictator like man and they need to decide if they can count on his help in the upcoming battle against the King of Locusts. Meanwhile L...more
Ci stiamo avvicinando alla conclusione, ancora due numeri e l’epopea dei cugini Bone giugnerà a termine. Un’epopea che, andando avanti con i volumi, si fa sempre più fantasy e cupa.
Sono lontani i tempi in cui pensavo “oh, guarda che buffi questi Bone… sono di chiara ispirazione Tolkeniana, paiono hobbit scagliati nel mondo esterno. E la loro estraneità al resto del mondo è evidenziata perfettamente dall’aspetto buffo”. Sono lontani anche i tempi in cui ogni cinque pagine si rideva per una scenet...more
Sono lontani i tempi in cui pensavo “oh, guarda che buffi questi Bone… sono di chiara ispirazione Tolkeniana, paiono hobbit scagliati nel mondo esterno. E la loro estraneità al resto del mondo è evidenziata perfettamente dall’aspetto buffo”. Sono lontani anche i tempi in cui ogni cinque pagine si rideva per una scenet...more
This is the eight book in the nine book Bone series by Jeff Smith. It was another excellent addition to this series and filled with more humor than the previous book, despite the darkness of parts of the tale.
The Bones along with Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have finally reached Atheia. Here they reunite with some of Gran'ma Ben's old friends. Atheia is under rule of a dictator like man and they need to decide if they can count on his help in the upcoming battle against the King of Locusts. Meanwhile L...more
The Bones along with Gran'ma Ben and Thorn have finally reached Atheia. Here they reunite with some of Gran'ma Ben's old friends. Atheia is under rule of a dictator like man and they need to decide if they can count on his help in the upcoming battle against the King of Locusts. Meanwhile L...more
this book takes place from last book when they just arrived at athena and phoney is looking for the treasure and the others are just using it for a place to hide out but rose knows a place to hide out her old masters rooftop cooking place and spend the night in the mornig they find out that athena is the last place surviving the ghost circles so they stay there and then phoney finds out about a secret treausre and takes bone with him and goes to look for it and they end up getting seen by some...more
Why I Read It: Next in a series. The penultimate volume!!
This penultimate volume was considerably more exciting than the previous volume Ghost Circles. Thorn, Gran'ma Ben and the Bone cousins have finally made it to Atheia and are getting things ready for the final battle with Briar and the Lord of the Locusts. There's other stuff going on too: for example, since the royal family had to flee Atheia, it's been taken over by this a-hole named Tarsil and he's not keen on the royal family coming bac...more
Thorn, Gran'ma Ben and the three Bone cousins have finally reached the city of Atheia.They have to be careful not to caught by the city guards while they are planning an attack on the Lord of the Locusts. But danger is very close and they're not ready for the war that's on its way.
Another great volume. Phoney Bone is back his old self. He thinks the city of Atheia is filled with gold, even thinking before reaching there that the streets were paved in gold. Bartleby was still in this volume and I...more
Another great volume. Phoney Bone is back his old self. He thinks the city of Atheia is filled with gold, even thinking before reaching there that the streets were paved in gold. Bartleby was still in this volume and I...more
Reason for Reading: next in the series.
Tension mounts as our story nears its end. This volume isn't quite as dark as the last entry but it is intense as lines are drawn and the sides gather to prepare for the final battle. Capturing the princess is the enemy's main objective, while gathering the troops and still finding a last minute way to stop The Lord of the Locusts is our heroes'. Humour is also a big part of this volume as Phoney is once again on one of his schemes to become wealthy as indi...more
Tension mounts as our story nears its end. This volume isn't quite as dark as the last entry but it is intense as lines are drawn and the sides gather to prepare for the final battle. Capturing the princess is the enemy's main objective, while gathering the troops and still finding a last minute way to stop The Lord of the Locusts is our heroes'. Humour is also a big part of this volume as Phoney is once again on one of his schemes to become wealthy as indi...more
*this might ruin the book for you so do not read if you want to read this book for you.*
The Prologue begins like this. He is talking to the bug again. then we have no choice but wait then. the bug is the only one who can see the path trough the ghost circles. How is everyone holding up? Exhausted a bit frightened by the discovery of the tracks... Understandable maybe we should break out the water skins. Our supplies are limited, Tinsmith. I urge we wait till nightfall. Why wait? we have more th...more
The Prologue begins like this. He is talking to the bug again. then we have no choice but wait then. the bug is the only one who can see the path trough the ghost circles. How is everyone holding up? Exhausted a bit frightened by the discovery of the tracks... Understandable maybe we should break out the water skins. Our supplies are limited, Tinsmith. I urge we wait till nightfall. Why wait? we have more th...more
I liked the book it was a good thrilling book. It takes place at the royal city of atheia its where the entire valley is there. Because the rest of the valley is surrounded by ghost circles. If you walk into one you will be stuck inside of it forever and never get out again. Since the entire valley is at battle then phoney bone goes and takes the gold. So he'll be rich when he gets back to boneville. He made smiley bone grab a hammer hit the gold coins.So it would be a picture of phoney bone on...more
they are at the city now and phoney bone finds outs there is a terasure so him and smiley try to find it but when they are trying to find it what they dont know is that there is going to be a battle!!!!!
when they do find out is when they are in jail.fonr bone and thorn is also in jail because the...lets dsay elders heard that they were planning a ATTACK to get the locust to come to the cityand they were saying this fight will happene because we are ready and at the end of the book grmma'ben says...more
when they do find out is when they are in jail.fonr bone and thorn is also in jail because the...lets dsay elders heard that they were planning a ATTACK to get the locust to come to the cityand they were saying this fight will happene because we are ready and at the end of the book grmma'ben says...more
Bone: Treasure Hunters (Vol. 8) centers around the entire gang arriving at Atheia where Thorn, Gran'ma and Fone Bone prepare for the incoming battle to end all battles. With life and death hanging in the balance, what will our great Phoney Bone do? Why hunt for Gold of course. He really is a hoot to watch as he schemes and plots to further his riches at any means necessary. More Phoney Bone please!!
Up next, the final volume where it all comes together once and for all. The epic battle. I hope i...more
Up next, the final volume where it all comes together once and for all. The epic battle. I hope i...more
I don't envy Jeff Smith his work on this and the previous volume. Not only is he experimenting with more close-up work on characters not really designed for close views, but he's set himself up -- between the battles last book and the town square in this -- for LOTS of crowd scenes! But he pulls it all off with his usual finesse, while juggling characters all over his created realm involved in all sorts of schemes. Another well-done volume, with just the right touch of comedy in both dialogue an...more
This book is about the three Bone cousins who go's out on a journie to find what is messing with their town. On their way to find out what was messing with their town, the found a treasure cave. It had a whole bunch of treasure surronding them. So they were worrying about the treasure so much that they had everyone back at the town sufforing from whatever thing is messing with their town. So they forget and when they get back people start to hate them because they forgot to fight the thing that...more
True, this book only took me an hour and a half... but that was because it was GRIPPING, intense, and oh so much fun.
I find the Bone books entertaining and smart enough to be considered a graphic novel, but fun and light enough for nine-year olds to read.
The series got more and more exciting as it progressed. I must admit that this one is the most entertaining and thrill-inducing of the seven books I have previously read.
In this episode, Thorn adopts a new "wardrobe" (for lack of a better word)...more
I find the Bone books entertaining and smart enough to be considered a graphic novel, but fun and light enough for nine-year olds to read.
The series got more and more exciting as it progressed. I must admit that this one is the most entertaining and thrill-inducing of the seven books I have previously read.
In this episode, Thorn adopts a new "wardrobe" (for lack of a better word)...more
As the title of this book suggests, treasure is involved in this book, and lots of it. But there is a twist, the bones are able to find a bunch of gold coins, some of which look odd. Where were did they manage to get a hold of these coins with the treat of Rat creatures? Greed is a major factor in this book, as more problems arise within the party of bones all with the threat of war against the rat creatures brewing in the backround.
Reprints Bone #44-49. Fone, Phoney, Smiley, Bartleby, Rose, and Thorn arrive in Atheia and try to prepare an army to fight the Lord of the Locust. This book shows a bit of a pick-up from the last couple of books and begins to feel that Bone is drawing close to an end. It does a good job setting the seeds for the final installment but does relate back to the earlier books with Phoney and Smiley's attempts to still extort gold.
This is another great bone book by Jeff Smith. This book is about the bone cousins and the princess get ready for an attack that is coming to the city. They are also hiding from the village peoples. If the villagers know that they are there the princess will be put to death. The city now knows that they are there. They now have to hide or run away. In order to know what happens next you have to read this book and the next.
Bone series, book 8.
The Bones, Thorn, and Gran'ma Rose have reached Atheia and look for supporters to battle the Lord of the Locusts. Unfortunately, Atheia's new leader views the royal family as heretics and plans to kill them the first chance he gets.
Phoney, meanwhile, is convinced that there is treasure to be found and sets out to find it.
And then Briar and her army attack the city...
The Bones, Thorn, and Gran'ma Rose have reached Atheia and look for supporters to battle the Lord of the Locusts. Unfortunately, Atheia's new leader views the royal family as heretics and plans to kill them the first chance he gets.
Phoney, meanwhile, is convinced that there is treasure to be found and sets out to find it.
And then Briar and her army attack the city...
I read all 9 plus the prequel to my son when he was younger. The added color, the amazing artwork, and engrossing story sucked us both into Bone's world. A great set of books with many fond memories for me and from the story itself. Years later, when my son learned to read, he was picking the books up again and again to re-experience this awesome story. READ IT! :)
The first time I'd heard about the Bone cousins was in the back pages of Dave Sim's Cerebus. There was a short preview and it immediately drew me in. The art was simple yet clean, it reminded me alot of Walt Kelley's Pogo, and the story content actually got a chuckle.
At that time, Bone was just starting out and had maybe 4 issues of the regular comic printed out on the market. I chased them down and read them in a single sitting... I was hooked!
I've read all the Bone monthlies and later bought t...more
At that time, Bone was just starting out and had maybe 4 issues of the regular comic printed out on the market. I chased them down and read them in a single sitting... I was hooked!
I've read all the Bone monthlies and later bought t...more
Some of these volumes are more coherent than others - I thought the one about Rock Jaw, for example, and the one about the Great Cow Race, each covered one clear arc, whereas this one and some of the others seem more like they just collect a designated number of comics. Not a big complaint, as all of the comics are awesome, just an observation.
Mar 31, 2009
Mariyhia
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I like all of the bones books because they are comic books and I just love to read comic books. Comic books actually let you know about the characters personality. I like regular books to but it's more better with a comic book because it has pictuers. When a character is angry, you can look at the pictuer and tell how angry they are.
Tension continues to be high as Thorn, Gran'ma Ben, and the Bones seek refuge in the city of Atheia, only to learn that there is a new governing body in place - one that does not recognise the old kingdom.
So, war is imminent, the world is ending, and still Phoney Bone schemes for treasure...
Only one more to go!
So, war is imminent, the world is ending, and still Phoney Bone schemes for treasure...
Only one more to go!
Again, a little break from the dark - and it's hard to find true dark in a bright, crowded city when you walk into it for the first time. Of course, it emerges sooner or later, and a very different animal from the country dark - but for now, it feels restful. An illusion of safety. Let's see what happens next.
The Bone cousins, Gran'ma Ben, and Thorn reach the city of Atheia, where they prepare to battle The Lord of the Locusts. Meanwhile, Thorn's visions are becoming more threatening and Phoney Bone is convinced Atheia is rich in gold, and he is determined to find it!
Oct 14, 2010
Sarah Sammis
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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Treasure Hunters by Jeff Smith is the seventh book in the Bone series. The Bone cousins, Bartleby, Thorn and Rose have made it to Atheia which is currently suffering hard times made worse by the ghost circles.
While Rose prepares for war, Phone Bone sees a way to make a fortune. Unlike most of his previous attempts, he's dead to rights this time. Phone thinks like a conman and can out think other conmen. It's the one thing he's genuinely good at.
Treasure Hunters is one of my favorite volumes out...more
While Rose prepares for war, Phone Bone sees a way to make a fortune. Unlike most of his previous attempts, he's dead to rights this time. Phone thinks like a conman and can out think other conmen. It's the one thing he's genuinely good at.
Treasure Hunters is one of my favorite volumes out...more
Probably the best of Bone yet, but oddly lighthearted for the penultimate installment to a pretty dark series. Features an incredible cliff-hanger. Finally, the series has recovered in time to go out with a bang!
Nov 21, 2008
Kirsten
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
fans of Bone, middle readers and older
The Bone saga continues, as Bone, his cousins, Thorn, and Gran'ma Ben finally reach the city of Atheia, where they join the throngs of refugees and attempt to keep a low profile. All is not well in the city, however; honoring the dragons has been outlawed in the city, and its ruler is determined to prevent anything resembling a challenge to his authority. Meanwhile, the Rat Creatures and their allies march on the city, and it's not entirely clear whether its defenses will hold.
I really wish thes...more
I really wish thes...more
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Born and raised in the American mid-west, Jeff Smith learned about cartooning from comic strips, comic books, and watching animation on TV. In 1991, he launched a company called Cartoon Books to publish his comic book BONE, a comedy/adventure about three lost cousins from B...more
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Born and raised in the American mid-west, Jeff Smith learned about cartooning from comic strips, comic books, and watching animation on TV. In 1991, he launched a company called Cartoon Books to publish his comic book BONE, a comedy/adventure about three lost cousins from B...more
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