Rock Jaw Master of the Eastern Border (Bone, Book 5)

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Summary: Awesome and funny comic. Cant get any better!
Review: Awesome and funny. Cannot find a better mixture of action suspense and comedy. JEFF SMITH IS A GENIUS!!

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Summary: Genial
Review: Bone is fantastic,the story starts as if it would not happen anything, as if Jeff Smith was throwing things and telling some jokes. The surprise in Bone is that you will soon find out that the stories are conected as a whole in an elegant and brilliant story. Jeff Smith is writing a masterpiece in the comics books!

If you want to collect the best comic books ever made you must buy all the bone books!

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Summary: go bone go!
Review: bone rocks its funny romantique and there's a new adventures adventure in evty onE

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Summary: Jeff Smith's Great work, and Art
Review: I consider Jeff Smith one of the finest Artists ever!
his art and illusion make you drift away onto the quest of bone himself! it is a overstanding comic book of adventure, mistery, and love as well. I am looking formward for the next book to come up!!!

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Summary: Heart of Bone
Review: It doesn't have as much action as most of the Bone series, but Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border is what Jeff Smith refers to as the philisophical heart of Bone. It follows Fone and Smiley Bone as they try to return Rat Creature Cub Bartleby to his people. They are captured by Mountain Lion Roque Ja, and we get an even greater insight into the world of Bone.

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Summary: One of Bone's best episodes
Review: Jeff Smith produced once again a magnificent story arc with his fifth Bone book, "Roque Ja, Master of the Eastern March." The storyline revolves around Fone Bone, acompanied by his cousin Smilay Bone, and their efforts to return their pet rat-creature cub, Bartleby, to his fellow rat-creatures. Of course, there are numerous problems to this endeavor. First, they are traveling in an fairly unknown, hostile territory in the mountains east of "the valley" (the valley is where the rest of the story takes place). Second, the rat-creatures are carnivorous, ferocious creatures and it is a deadly effort to try to deal with them. Third, Fone's cousin Smiley is definitely reluctant to let Bartleby go, because he has become very much emotionally attached to him. But most of all, Fone's efforts are seriously compromised when the ferocious mountain lion, the master of the Eastern March ROQUE JA steps in. In the course of a wild action-packed summer day, the Bones step continuously into danger, but make also a bunch of amazing new discoveries. Of course, the ending is as suspenseful and thrilling as it is surprising and gigantic.

This book is entertaining and captivating, and of course, as is the case with most Bone books, it is at times very funny. But it also worthy of note, more so than most of the story Bone story arcs, for the questions it brings about on nature. Roque Ja's character is at the center of this problem, because his pragmatic, naturalist world view come into conflict and challenge with the other forces at work in the story. In the end, actions speak louder than words, and first-hand illustration of the philosophy of the characters is presented by the events that take place in the course of the book.

Smith recently published his eighth Bone book and is about to come out with the ninth and last Bone book. But out of all of them, "Roque Ja" certainly stands out as one of the most remarkable. It certainly counts among my all-time favorites, perhaps only beaten by the excellent, unforgivable "The Dragonslayer," which preceded it. I certainly hope that the ninth book, "Crown of Horns," will be of similar calibre, and Smith has certainly taught his readers over the years that high expectations are not necessarily foolish but coming out with superior material over and over again. Of course, it will be the very end of the saga, so the last big fight of the story is about to begin...

Rating:
Summary: One of Bone's best episodes
Review: Jeff Smith produced once again a magnificent story arc with his fifth Bone book, "Roque Ja, Master of the Eastern March." The storyline revolves around Fone Bone, acompanied by his cousin Smilay Bone, and their efforts to return their pet rat-creature cub, Bartleby, to his fellow rat-creatures. Of course, there are numerous problems to this endeavor. First, they are traveling in an fairly unknown, hostile territory in the mountains east of "the valley" (the valley is where the rest of the story takes place). Second, the rat-creatures are carnivorous, ferocious creatures and it is a deadly effort to try to deal with them. Third, Fone's cousin Smiley is definitely reluctant to let Bartleby go, because he has become very much emotionally attached to him. But most of all, Fone's efforts are seriously compromised when the ferocious mountain lion, the master of the Eastern March ROQUE JA steps in. In the course of a wild action-packed summer day, the Bones step continuously into danger, but make also a bunch of amazing new discoveries. Of course, the ending is as suspenseful and thrilling as it is surprising and gigantic.

This book is entertaining and captivating, and of course, as is the case with most Bone books, it is at times very funny. But it also worthy of note, more so than most of the story Bone story arcs, for the questions it brings about on nature. Roque Ja's character is at the center of this problem, because his pragmatic, naturalist world view come into conflict and challenge with the other forces at work in the story. In the end, actions speak louder than words, and first-hand illustration of the philosophy of the characters is presented by the events that take place in the course of the book.

Smith recently published his eighth Bone book and is about to come out with the ninth and last Bone book. But out of all of them, "Roque Ja" certainly stands out as one of the most remarkable. It certainly counts among my all-time favorites, perhaps only beaten by the excellent, unforgivable "The Dragonslayer," which preceded it. I certainly hope that the ninth book, "Crown of Horns," will be of similar calibre, and Smith has certainly taught his readers over the years that high expectations are not necessarily foolish but coming out with superior material over and over again. Of course, it will be the very end of the saga, so the last big fight of the story is about to begin...

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Summary: Great
Review: Not the best of the series, but still a great album, with Roque Ja ('you're not rolling the R, r-r-r-roque ja') as a new character. It's got everything Bone got famous for; brilliant drawings, great dialogues and an intelligent plot. Hurray!

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Summary: A daring move - a book-long chase sequence!
Review: With his masterful sense of pacing, timing and storytelling, few comic creators could get away with what Jeff Smith does here - having the fifth volume of his epic "Bone" series be little more than an extended chase sequence.

Yet it works.

"Bone" is an expansive story about three "bone creatures" (you'd have to see them to understand) that find themselves in a valley peopled with an assortment of crazy and interesting characters. Looming over it all is the menace of a great evil, revealed slowly over the course of nine volumes.

The fifth installment, "Rock Jaw," offers spills and thrills suitable for all ages, while continuing to expand the sprawling story of "Bone" In this volume, readers learn more about the evil looking to terrify the valley and its inhabitants, getting glimpses into their inner workings and motivations. We also meet a compelling new character (whom this volume is named after).

All in all, despite appearing as little more than a side adventure to the grand story arcing throughout the series (it isn't - Rock Jaw and his mountain come into play later), this volume works, fitting in perfectly with this destined to be a classic series.

Jeff Smith's "Bone" series is a critically acclaimed but criminally overlooked epic. Critics recognize Smith's masterful storytelling abilities and are drawn to his mix of all-ages humor and more mature darkness, but the black and white art and lack of superheroes turn off many comic book readers, making it a hit only in the "underground" sense.

And that's too bad, because this deserves to be read. Readers able to look past the lack of men in tights and color artwork will delight in this series. Little doubt people will still be reading "Bone" 50 years from now. Broad in scope yet personal and quaint, this is a charming story in every way that will surely outlast 90 percent of other comic works on the shelf.

Smith combines the kind of classic storytelling perfected by the likes of the legendary Carl Barks (Donald Duck, Uncle Scrooge) and Bill Watterson (Calvin & Hobbes) - gleefully funny cartooning with outrageously expressive faces and gestures - with the epic and engaging plotting of a sweeping fairy tale. "Bone" walks a tightrope and walks it well, managing to be something fans of both Donald Duck and Bilbo Baggins can enjoy.