The backup feature included in the trade paperback collection, Riblet, is written by Sniegoski and drawn by Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai.

[1][2][3] The Riblet backup story was reprinted in Scholastic's More Tall Tales collection, published in September 2023.

En route, Johnson and Pip are blown by a tornado into the valley of the earlier Bone comics, where they learn that the antagonist Rat Creatures are attacking every other inhabitant thereof.

Stillman's fiery breath enables their escape, while Johnson's music prompts Tyson to disgorge him and the others.

Upon their departure, Stillman is commended for protecting the animals by the Great Red Dragon of the earlier series, and Maude orders that all Rat Creatures be deprived of their tails annually, to compensate for the loss of her own.