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Jeff Smith talks Tuki, self publishing, and Bone’s long road to the screen
Episode 123
Published 5 years ago
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NEWS
- Artist/writer Jesse Hamm has passed away
- Image Comics signals ‘The Department of Truth’ is on the hunt for Bigfoot
- Regina King to direct adaptation of Image Comics’ ‘Bitter Root’
- Rob Liefeld Leaves Mighty Crusaders Due to Variant Cover Spoiler
- The Nice House on the Lake #1 sells more issues than TDoT (100k)
- Marvel unveils five-part series ‘X-Men: The Trial of Magneto’
- Marvel reveals new superhero and mutant Somnus to be revealed in ‘Marvel’s Voices: Pride’ #1
- John Romita Jr. and Dan Slott teaming up for ‘Fantastic Four’ 60th-anniversary issue
- Marvel celebrates Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with ‘Marvel’s Voices: Identity’
- Marvel teases the conclusion to ‘Infinite Destinies’ out August 2021
- CABLE: RELOADED #1 coming this August!
Our Top Books of the Week
Dave:
- DC Festival of Heroes: The Asian Superhero Celebration #1 (Various)
- Seven Secrets #7 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Daniele Di Nicuolo)
Nathan:
- Time Before Time #1 (W: Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville, A: Joe Palmer)
- Batman: The Detective #2 (W: Tom Taylor, A: Andy Kubert)
TOP BOOKS FOR NEXT WEEK
- Dave: The Immortal Hulk: Time Of Monsters #1 (W: Alex Paknadel, A: Juan Ferreyra)
- Nathan: Fantastic Four: Life Story #1 (W: Mark Russell, A: Sean Izaakse)
JUDGING BY THE COVER JR.
- Dave: Way of X #2 (Christian Ward variant)
- Nathan: Batman/Fortnite: Zero Point #3 (Donald Mustard variant)
Segment: Interview: Jeff Smith - Bone, RASL, new book TUKI: Fight for Fire Makes Debut on Kickstarter!
- Congrats on the Kickstarter! How has the response been so far?
- The original TUKI webcomic was in color, yet the new books are in black and white. What led to the decision to go back to basics here?
- You mentioned in the Kickstarter press release that you really dove back into TUKI when COVID hit. Tell us a bit about that process and why it felt like it was finally time.
- How has the story and world of TUKI evolved from the original webcomic to how it’s presented now?
- What is it about ancient human history that interests you the most? - he’s kind of answering this!
- It seems like the core of every myth is humanity’s attempt at understanding the world, what are you trying to “understand” at the core of Tuki?
- Do you have any rituals when you approach the page each day, or