Lucius Down

Lucius Down is a gruff but good-hearted tavern owner in the Valley who becomes entangled in the Bone cousins' adventures after Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone stumble into his community following their exile from Boneville.

Lucius Down stepped onto the page in 1992 within Jeff Smith's beloved Bone, one of the defining independent comics of the Modern Age — a Cartoon Books gem that proved self-published storytelling could stand shoulder to shoulder with anything the big publishers offered. Sharing adventures across those landmark pages with the Bone cousins, Thorn Harvestar, and Gran'ma Ben, Lucius is woven into the rich fabric of the Valley that Smith built over seventeen remarkable years. With appearances stretching from the original Bone series into Bone - Rose, he's a recurring presence in one of comics' most cherished creator-owned universes — and for any collector who loves the craft and heart of independent comics, that's reason enough to seek him out.