Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Sat, May 10 - Sun, Aug 3, 2008
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Based in Columbus, Jeff Smith is one of the country's most acclaimed and influential comic book artist/writers, best known for the epic graphic novel Bone.
In 2005, Time magazine called Bone, which Smith wrote and drew, one of the 10 greatest graphic novels of all-time. This exhibition—a partnership between the Wexner Center and Ohio State University's Cartoon Research Library—encompasses approximately 80 original drawings: primarily original black-and-white pages from Bone, with a smaller selection of full-color Bone covers and post-Bone work, including original drawings from Smith's recent Shazam series for DC Comics and from Rasl, his current project about a time-traveling thief. Click here for complete details on the exhibition.
Cell phone audio tour
Use your cell phone to hear artist Jeff Smith and exhibition co-curators Dave Filipi and Lucy Shelton Caswell talk about selected works in this exhibition. It’s free—the only cost is your minutes! Complete details in our gallery.
Download the Audio Tour
You can also download the audio tour and listen to it on your portable MP3 player (iPod, Zune, etc) while in the gallery. Download the files, upload them to your MP3 player, and you're all set!
DOWNLOAD AUDIO FILES (.zip)
Exhibition Catalog
Published in conjunction with the Wexner Center and Cartoon Research Library's 2008 exhibition, this catalogue presents work featured in the show, including examples of Smith's original drawings for Bone, plus the more recent Shazam and Rasl. Essays by Scott McCloud and Neil Gaiman are also included. Click here to order.
Also available: Bone and Beyond Poster
Event Sponsors
This exhibition is organized by the Wexner Center for the Arts and the Cartoon Research Library, The Ohio State University. Presented with major support from Scholastic.
All Wexner Center exhibitions receive support from the Corporate Annual Fund of the Wexner Center Foundation and Wexner Center members.
The preferred airline for this exhibition is American Airlines/American Eagle.
Accommodations are provided by The Blackwell Inn.
