Jeff Smith was born on 27 February 1960 in McKnees Rock, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a writer and art director, known for Rasl, Bone: Out from Boneville (2005) and Bone. He is married to Vijaya.
[When drawing and writing his Bone comics] I was kind of doing a love letter to Carl Barks and Walt Kelly. And talking in that language, I was hoping other cartoon heads would dig it. It really is the story I wanted to read when I was nine.
