🦴 BONE GRICE
‍Created by Sean VanOverbeke & Shawn Warner • Published by Walk-Off Comics
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‍📖 The Story
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‍Welcome to Grice, a gritty, surreal comic universe steeped in psychological depth, dark humor, and nostalgic edge. At the heart of it all stands Bryce Jones 3rd, a character who navigates trauma, personal redemption, and chaos on a knife-edge.
But every universe needs a twisted genesis—every antihero an origin forged in shadows. That’s where Bone Grice comes crashing in.
Bone Grice is a raw prequel set deep in the bruised heart of a small town dominated by juvenile misfits, back-alley fights, and the dark absurdity of youth. Think of it as karate meets teenage rebellion—a cautionary tale told with bloodied fists, dark laughter, and scars that last a lifetime.
🥋 The Characters
Bryce – A troubled kid who becomes the gritty center of the Grice universe. Bone Grice explores his early years—karate lessons gone bad, a dangerous rivalry, and how it all leads him down a surreal path of vengeance, redemption, and madness.
‍Danny – Bryce's reckless karate instructor, modeled after Danny McBride’s infamous persona from The Foot Fist Way. Loud, irresponsible, hilarious, and just a bit dangerous. His dojo isn’t about discipline—it’s survival of the twisted fittest.
‍The Dugout Boyz – Bone Grice intersects directly with this scrappy misfit baseball crew. They're rebels with battered gloves, scraping by in a world of juvenile hall threats and bruised egos. Their baseball bats swing toward justice and chaos alike, depending on the day.📍
‍The Setting
Port Orchard, Washington, reimagined as a timeless, gritty small-town backdrop. Streets haunted by teenage misfits, skateboards clattering down sidewalks, baseball diamonds scuffed with dirt, and alleys that hide broken dreams and bloody knuckles.
It’s the early '90s, soaked in grunge, flannel, Nirvana riffs, arcade flickers, and 7-Eleven Slurpee nostalgia. Darker moments lurk behind the town’s neon glow—abandoned dojos, juvenile courts, and shadowed forests that conceal more than just rusted bikes and empty bottles.
💡Themes & TonePsychological Trauma & Redemption: Bryce’s path is one of confronting personal demons head-on—sometimes literally.
‍Dark Humor & Surrealism: Grice’s world teeters on a razor-edge between absurdity and grim reality. Think Spawn meets The Maxx with a dash of the Cohen Brothers’ dark irony.
‍Nostalgia with an Edge: Authentic early-'90s vibes, capturing a generation's angst through the lens of comic book surrealism.
🎨 Visual & Storytelling Style
‍Bone Grice unfolds through dynamic comic layouts blending traditional storytelling with experimental panel structures—often dipping into 3D diorama-like panels for critical scenes.
The artwork embraces bold inks, gritty textures, vivid colors, and surreal backgrounds. It’s visually inspired by '90s Image Comics, Spawn, The Maxx, and underground zine aesthetics.
đź“Ś Connection to GRICE Universe
‍Bone Grice isn't just Bryce's backstory—it’s the prelude to the larger Grice universe: Connects directly into the mainline Grice comic, setting Bryce ’s mental health struggles and surreal adventures into motion. Also links to the future project Dugout Boyz, where the juvenile baseball crew and Bryce ’s worlds intersect in unexpected, often chaotic ways. Each story arc serves as a psychological exploration into what makes a hero—or antihero—tick.
🚨 Why Fans Should Care
‍Bone Grice is not just nostalgia bait—it’s a brutal coming-of-age story about surviving trauma, fighting for redemption, and how youthful choices echo through our entire lives. Bryce ’s journey becomes every reader’s reminder of how close we all skate to our own edges.
It’s a comic that pulls no punches—gritty, funny, surreal, and deeply human.
📬 What’s Coming Next?
Bone Grice #1 hits first, setting the stage with karate mayhem, juvenile rebellion, and Bryce ’s dark origins. Followed by the surreal mainline Grice series, and later Dugout Boyz, each expanding the universe and pulling readers deeper into its unique brand of madness and dark comedy..
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‍Presented by Walk-Off Comics
Your homegrown hub for comics done right—raw, gritty, and unforgettable.
Get to know the Creators of Bone Grice
The second half of the Grice machine, Savo builds the bones of the story—plotting arcs, shaping characters, and injecting every issue with gritty realism, dark humor, and psychological depth. From Bryce ’s fractured past to the backroom politics of The Dugout Boyz, this is the mind writing the chaos that Savo brings to life.Together, they’re the independent duo behind Walk-Off Comics—a creator-owned label committed to making bold, raw, emotionally charged stories with unforgettable style. Every book is built from the ground up, no corporate filters, no studio polish—just pure comic storytelling with teeth.
Shawn is the ink-stained engine behind the look and feel of Bone Grice and the entire Grice universe. A lifelong comic collector, 90s kid, and creative firebrand, he brings the aesthetic backbone to the project—handling illustration, visual storytelling, and art direction for every page and panel.Whether it's designing surreal diorama-style pages, overseeing variant covers, or guiding the entire visual tone of Walk-Off’s publishing line, Shawn’s fingerprints are all over this book (literally—he probably smudged the pencils himself).If it moves, drips, or punches across the page—it probably came from his desk.