Bone

Jeff Smith's self-published fantasy epic, one of the landmarks of independent comics. Three cousins from Boneville, the good-hearted Fone Bone, the scheming Phoney Bone and the carefree Smiley Bone, are run out of town and lost in a mysterious valley, where they meet the brave Thorn, her tough grandmother Rose Ben, talking animals and terrifying Rat Creatures. What begins as a comedy in the style of Pogo and Carl Barks grows into a sweeping fantasy war against the Lord of the Locusts. The story was published in 55 issues from 1991 to 2004 by Cartoon Books (with a stint at Image), plus a Wizard giveaway issue #13½.