Jeff Smith: 2010 National Book Festival

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Channel: Library of Congress · 2010 · Education

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Graphic novelist Jeff Smith appears at the 2010 National Book Festival.

Speaker Biography: A co-founder of the 1990s self-publishing movement and an early adopter of the graphic novel format, Jeff Smith is best known as the writer and artist of "BONE," an award- winning adventure about three cartoon cousins lost in a world of myth and ancient mysteries. In 2008, Smith was the subject of a documentary called "The Cartoonist: Jeff Smith, BONE, and the Changing Face of Comics." Besides "BONE" and "RASL," his other books include "Shazam: The Monster Society of Evil" and "Little Mouse Gets Ready!"

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