Original sentence: " Smith's drawings are inspired by animated cartoons and comic strips - a notable influence being Walt Kelley's Pogo - and have a very Disney/Looney Tunes appeal.Bone is a popular independent comic book series by Jeff Smith about the adventures of the Bone cousins as they are run out of their hometown of Boneville and must make their way across a fantasy landscape pursued by "stupid, stupid rat creatures.Drawing its inspiration from J.External Link:.However, although the series contains a great deal both visual and character-based comedy, the main storyline is more serious.Most of the characters are drawn in a more realistic style than the Bone cousins, which reflects the comic's mixture of humour and drama.The series is self-published by Smith under his Cartoon Books imprint, but for a time was published by superhero publisher Image.Tolkien and others, it deals with the threat to an entire kingdom by the rat creatures and their master, the Lord of the Locusts.com - official Bone site
Edited sentence: " Smith's drawings are inspired by animated cartoons and have a very Disney/Looney Tunes appeal.Popular independent comic book series by Jeff Smith about the adventures of the Bone cousins as they are run out of their hometown of Boneville and must make their way across a fantasy landscape pursued by "stupid, stupid rat creatures.Self-published by Smith under his Cartoon Books imprint, the series was for a time published by upstart superhero publisher Image