Press Release
Jeff Smith explores the ice age in this all new mythological fiction of the first human to leave Africa. With the completion of his science fiction noir thriller RASL, Jeff Smith returns to his cartoony roots with TUKI, which will be accessible by all ages.
TUKI will be released in ‘Seasons’. Starting today a page from Season One will be uploaded Monday, Wednesday and Friday at noon for the next 8 weeks. Season Two will begin April 14, 2014.
About TUKI: Almost 2,000,000 years ago, a great ice age gripped the earth, trapping all moisture in the polar icecaps, causing drought and upheaval in the rest of the world. Vast tropical jungles gave way to dusty grasslands, and all living creatures struggled to survive, including the many species of hominids. To avoid extinction, something had to be done.
This is the story of the first human to leave Africa.
About Jeff Smith: Jeff Smith is the New York Times bestselling author/cartoonist of the BONE and RASL graphic novels. RASL has been selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the ‘Best Books of 2013’. BONE won numerous awards around the world, including multiple American Eisners and Harveys, and the French Alph Art. In 2005, Smith’s work was chosen to launch Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Books. Smith is the guest editor for BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2013.