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Title: The Spring Fair
Series:
Bone #7
Author: Jeff Smith
Rating: 3.5 of
5 Stars
Genre: Comics
Pages: 28
Words:
1K
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Synopsis: |
From Boneville.fandom.com
The book starts off with Fone Bone and Thorn walking around the fair. Thorn wants to go get some honey and they find a honeyseller named Tom. Tom flirts with Thorn, upsetting Fone Bone. Fone Bone lashes out at Tom, acting in a way that Thorn had never seen before. After a few cruel insults from Tom and ruder comebacks from Fone Bone, Thorn (feeling embarrassed) decides to walk around the fair herself. Fone Bone decides to get honey for Thorn from a giant beehive to try to show that she doesn't need a jerk like Tom to get her honey. He finds a gigantic bee defending the hive, who was not affected by the smoke that was supposed to make it fall asleep. In fact, the bee thinks it is a cigar and begins to smoke it. After being stung by the bee, Fone Bone manages to get a giant honeycomb only to find Thorn chatting under a tree with Tom. Meanwhile Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone are planing their scam by getting out the word that Gran'ma Ben is to old to win the race. Gran'ma Ben is jogging for her training and notices that people are not betting on her like they normally do and starts feeling down.
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My Thoughts: |
With Phoney spreading rumors that Gran'ma Ben isn't up to snuff, by the end it is easy to see that it is affecting her, hearing that people don't believe in her any more. While people can defy expectations, many a time they live up to, or down to as the case may be, the expectations set by others. I'd like to believe that Smith is delving deep here, but I'm not sure and wouldn't be surprised if it's just a plot device. It does show that Phoney is probably going to lose (as he's betting everything on Gran'ma Ben) and as such he'll do yet another stupid thing that will hurt a lot of people. I think that's the reason I am beginning to dislike Phoney, no matter how colorful he is, he hurts people without caring that he does, even when he knows he is hurting them.
This is also a time for Fone to realize that Thorn isn't in love with him, as she's so cavalier about him leaving in a few weeks. Her interacting with Farm Boy McMuscles doesn't help the situation any either. It got me to thinking, what do female Bones look like? Do they wear sexy negligees? ARE there female Bones? And if not, where do little Bones come from? The Bone Stork? I bet Smith didn't imagine his lack of detail about the greater society of Bones would have ramifications like this!
I have to admit, I am not a fan of Thorn taking up with Farmer Boy McMuscles. Not that I really want her and Fone to become more than friends, but McMuscles just seems a bit off to me. We'll have to see what happens in the future. I did find it amusing when Fone and McMuscles started posturing. Jeff Smith really lets loose with the comedy that is inherent in comics. Here's the picture:
★★★✬☆
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