The following is a list of comic book series based on the animated TV show
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
and published by
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
in the United States. The first comic strips based on The Simpsons appeared in 1991 in the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
, which was a companion magazine to the show. The comic strips were popular and a one-shot
comic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
entitled Simpsons Comics and Stories, containing three different stories, was released in 1993 for the fans. The book was a success and due to this, the creator of The Simpsons,
Matt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
, and his companions Bill Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics. By the end of 1993, Bongo was publishing four titles: Simpsons Comics, Bartman, Radioactive Man and Itchy & Scratchy Comics. Since then, many more titles have been published, out of which Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Simpsons Super Spectacular, Simpsons Summer Shindig, and Simpsons Winter Wingding.
Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics are reprinted in the United Kingdom by the publishing company
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
, under the same titles. Various stories from other Bongo publications released in the United States, are also reprinted in the UK Simpsons Comics. The same titles are published in Australia by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
. Issues of Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror and Bart Simpson have been collected and reprinted in
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in the United States by
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.
Full list of publications
| Title |
First issue |
Last issue |
| Simpsons Comics and Stories |
1993-01January 1993 |
1993-01January 1993 |
| The Official History of Bongo Comics |
1993-01993 |
1993-0 1993 |
| Simpsons Comics |
1993-11November 1993 |
present |
| Bartman |
1993-12December 1993 |
1995-07July 1995 |
| Itchy & Scratchy Comics |
1993-12December 1993 |
| 1994-11November 1994 |
| Radioactive Man |
1994-01January 1994 |
2004 |
| Bartman and Radioactive Man |
1994-131994 |
1994-131994 |
| Krusty Comics |
1995-01January 1995 |
1995-03March 1995 |
| Lisa Comics |
1995-04April 1995 |
1995-04April 1995 |
| Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror |
1995-09September 1995 |
present |
| Bart Simpson |
2000-132000 |
present |
| Simpsons Summer Special |
2001-12December 2001 |
2001-12December 2001 |
| Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis |
2002-08August 2002 |
2003-01January 2003 |
| Simpsons Super Spectacular |
2006-06June 2006 |
present |
| The Death of Comic Book Guy |
2011-14July 2011 |
present |
| The Simpsons Winter Wingding |
2006-13November 2006 |
present |
| The Simpsons Summer Shindig |
2007-13 June 2007 |
present |
| Simpsons Treasure Trove |
2007-13 July 2007 |
present |
Simpsons Comics
Simpsons Comics is a monthly series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons. The first issue was published on November 29, 1993. Since then over one hundred issues have been released, with the 100th issue mainly the comic book equivalent of a
clip showA clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows feature the format of a frame story in which cast members recall past events from past installments of the show, depicted with a clip of the event presented as a flashback. ...
. It was originally published bi-monthly, but went monthly in the fall of 2000.
Since March 1997, the comic has also had a monthly United Kingdom edition. This mainly reprints the strips from the U.S. edition, along with pages featuring UK readers' drawings (currently Springfield Multiplex for movie parodies, Springfield Cable Network for TV parodies, and Android's Dungeon for video game and comic book parodies) and Junk Mail, a letters page which also features generic drawings, along with the readers' frequent attempts to guess the identity of 'Junk Mail Guy', the incredibly sarcastic man who answers the letters and has apparently been locked up in a basement. The U.S. and Australian editions used to have Junk Mail, but it disappeared beginning with #114.
Since the release of the first Simpsons Comics issue in the United States in 1993, the comic book series has been published at some point in the following countries around the world:
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,
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
,
BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, the
Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
,
EstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
,
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
,
FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
,
HungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
,
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
,
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
,
RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
,
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
,
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror is an annual horror series. It has been published around September–October, for
HalloweenHallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
, every year since 1995. It takes its name from the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. Like the episodes, the comic book always feature three stories in each issue. The stories are written and illustrated by some of the most famous people in the comic book business. Over the last dozen years, the series has had stories created by such industry stars as
Garth EnnisGarth Ennis is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise...
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PreacherPreacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo , with painted covers by Glenn Fabry....
),
Dan DecarloDaniel S. DeCarlo was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style...
(
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
),
Evan DorkinEvan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...
(
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),
Marv WolfmanMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
and
Gene ColanEugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...
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BladeBlade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...
,
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
,
Tomb of DraculaThe Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces...
) and rock stars
Gene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
(
KissKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
),
Alice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
and
Rob ZombieRob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
. The stories usually parody modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted versions of the people of
SpringfieldSpringfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. The geography of the town and its...
.
Bart Simpson
Bart Simpson comics were first published in the United States in late 2000, and have remained on a bi-monthly schedule since then. The comic book series is centered on the Simpsons star
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, but it also features the children of Springfield and each issue commonly has several short stories.
The Australian edition of Bart Simpson comics was first printed in 2002 by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
, in a digest-sized edition with a bonus Radioactive Man comic book, and has been released since then on a quarterly schedule (every three months). They are also reprinted in the United Kingdom by
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
.
Simpsons Super Spectacular
Simpsons Super Spectacular is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics. It was first released in 2005 in the United States. The series acts as a continuation of the Radioactive Man comics with the inclusion of the Springfield-universe superheroes including
Homer SimpsonHomer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Pieman,
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Bartman as well as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl from the Simpsons episode "
Treehouse of Horror X"Treehouse of Horror X" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons eleventh season, and the tenth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, consisting of three self-contained segments. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on Halloween 1999. In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did", the...
". It is still being released approximately once every six months in the United States.
Simpsons Comics and Stories
Simpsons Comics and Stories was a one-shot comic book edition of the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
. Due to the success of this comic book, the
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
group was created. The comic book was then replaced by Simpsons Comics.
The Official History of Bongo Comics
The Official History of Bongo Comics was a one-shot limited edition comic book of only 750 copies, which were given out to a few patrons at the San Diego Comic Con in 1993 as part of the launch of Bongo Comics. The single issue was only ten pages long.
Bartman
Bartman was a short-lived series that told the tale of
Bart Simpson'sBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
superhero alter-ego, Bartman. It was one of the four 'premiere' series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The Bartman series lasted only six issues, and was canceled in 1995. Many smaller Bartman stories have since been published in Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics.
The main writers and artists for the first three issues were Steve Vance and Bill Morrison, who were behind the creation of Bongo Comics itself. In late 1994, Steve Vance and his wife Cindy left Bongo Comics. The Bartman comic was put on hold and there was a gap of 9 months between Bartman #3 and #4. #4-6 contained a three-issue story arc written by Gary Glasberg and Bill Morrison, and with issue 6, Bartman was discontinued. However, in the Simpsons Game, Bart's super-power is turning into Bartman.
Itchy & Scratchy Comics
Itchy & Scratchy Comics was a short-lived series, and one of the four original series released in late 1993 with the start of Bongo Comics. The first issue was released on November 29, 1993, and only two more issues were released after that as well as one special edition, called Itchy & Scratchy Holiday Hi-Jinx. The comics tried to expand on two characters that really did not need any expanding, and the readers thought Itchy and Scratchy was best in short, violent bursts and that full-length stories only took away from the visceral shock of the cartoon, so the comic book series was canceled in 1994.
There were three different versions of the first Itchy & Scratchy issue available at the time. One version came with a poster that could be combined with posters contained in Radioactive Man #1, Simpsons Comics #1 and Bartman #1 to make a giant poster. This version sold for US$2.25. Another version that came out at the same time only cost US$1.95, but had a bar code on the cover and did not come with a poster. The third variant was a reprint of the comic and it had the top right portion of Bart Simpson's head covered over the original bar code. This version also cost US$1.95 and did not come with a poster.
In 1993, there was a signing at
Golden Apple ComicsGolden Apple Comics is a comic book store in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.-History:The store's original owner, Bill Liebowitz, was a yo-yo champion in the 1950s, a co-founder of Rhino Records, and had recurring roles as himself in Archie Comics. He opened Golden Apple in Hollywood in 1979,...
in Los Angeles, where members of the Bongo Comics group autographed 500 copies of Itchy & Scratchy #1 and gave out a special
Certificate of AuthenticityA certificate of authenticity is a seal or small sticker on a proprietary computer program, t-shirt, jersey, or any other memorabilia or art work, especially in the world of computers and sports, it is commonly a seal on paper authenticating a specific art work which and is made to demonstrate...
(COA) with them. Each COA was individually numbered and had a raised seal stamped onto it.
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man was one of the four "premiere" series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The series has been released in two volumes, an early run from 1993–1994, and the current run that's been going on since 2000. Smaller Radioactive Man stories have also been published in Simpsons Comics. As a tie-in promotion of
The Simpsons MovieThe Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
a special "Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #711" was sold at
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s as part of their Kwik-E-Mart promotion.
Within the Bongo Comics, Radioactive Man is secretly Claude Kane III, a millionaire playboy whose personality was well-intentioned, but bumbling and not overly bright. In addition (which became a recurring storyline element), Claude's personality was permanently stuck in a conservative 1950s outlook on everything, no matter what the time era in question was. A running gag is that in order to preserve his secret identity, Claude is constantly wearing various types of hats, in order to conceal the lightning bolt-shaped shrapnel sticking out of his head.
Issue #1 of the Bongo comic differs from Radioactive Man #1 as seen in The Simpsons episode "
Three Men and a Comic Book"Three Men and a Comic Book" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 9, 1991...
". While featuring a similar scenario and accident (Claude getting his trousers caught on barbed wire just before a mega-bomb explodes. This is a parody of Bruce Banner getting caught by the Gamma Bomb in the Incredible Hulk#1), the Bongo series' Claude was not wearing tattered clothes. In the comic book, Claude's survival is due in part to a large thunderbolt-shaped shard of metal embedded in his head by the explosion. Claude would attempt to remove the bolt throughout the book series, but each attempt has nasty consequences which results in it being put back in his scalp again. Additionally, the bolt's presence would save his life numerous times in increasingly bizarre ways.
Maintaining the satirical standards of the television show, these comics often parody genre comic books, and the reader can follow the evolution of Radioactive Man from a 1950s irradiated hero through the politically reactionary or radical years of the 1960s and 1970s, and the dark, troubled years of the 1980s and 1990s comic book hero. Indeed, one comic displays a startling similarity to Alan Moore's
WatchmenWatchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...
, with Radioactive Man taking the part of state-supported hero Doctor Manhattan. The comics are published as if they were the actual Simpsons universe's Radioactive Man comics; a "1970s"-published comic features a letter written by a ten-year-old
Marge BouvierMarjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, for instance. The comic also takes the idea that the title has been running since the 1950s and each issue of the real series is a random issue from that run. So one issue might be issue #357, the next #432 and the next #567 etc.
Radioactive Man was merged with Simpsons Super Spectacular in 2005.
Bartman and Radioactive Man
Bartman and Radioactive Man was a 16-page one-shot released in 1994. The comic was featured in the
Hero IllustratedHero Illustrated was a comic book-themed magazine published in the early to mid 1990s in the United States. Columnists included Andy Mangels, and Frank Kurtz was at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication.- History :Hero...
magazine, and it contained a mini poster of Bartman and Radioactive Man. The story was written by Steve Vance.
Krusty Comics
Krusty Comics was another short-lived series, with three issues published from January to March 1995. Each one of these issues contained a part of a three-part story entitled The Rise and Fall of Krustyland, about Krusty the Clown opening an amusement park to pay back a gambling debt.
Lisa Comics
Lisa Comics was a one-shot, with the sole story being Lisa in Wordland, a parody of Alice in Wonderland. It was released in April 1995 and tells the tale of
Lisa SimpsonLisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening...
getting caught in an alternate reality called Wordland while chasing after a postman. The postman turns out to be
Ned FlandersNedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the next door neighbor to the Simpson family and is generally...
and while he gives her a tour through the wondrous world they get caught by Mr. Burns. Burns forces Lisa to battle him in a game of Scrabble; she accepts and after a while she gets upset and smashes the board. Suddenly she wakes up and discovers it's all a dream.
Simpsons Summer Special
Simpsons Summer Special was a one-issue comic book. It was printed in December 2001, and was only available in Australia and New Zealand.
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis is a two part
crossoverA fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...
between the animated series
FuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
and The Simpsons. Part one was released on August 21, 2002 and part two on January 28, 2003, as its own series, independent from Simpsons Comics and
Futurama ComicsFuturama Comics is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics and based on the television series Futurama. It has been published bi-monthly in the United States since November 2000 . It has been published in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2002 and four trade paperbacks have been released...
. Both parts were published in the beginning 2003 in the United Kingdom as issues 3 and 4 of the regular Futurama Comics series.
The series was written by Simpsons Comics writer
Ian BoothbyIan Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
and was illustrated by James Lloyd. The ending was originally written as a joke ending, but later Boothby and Lloyd used the ending to create the sequel to the series, Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II, published in 2005.
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book is a five-part comic book mini-series starring the character
Comic Book GuyComic Book Guy is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria, and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. He is the proprietor of a comic book store, The...
. The five issues were released between July and November 2010.
Simpsons Classics
Simpsons Classics (or
Best of Simpsons Comics in the UK) is a series that publishes old issues of the Simpsons Comics. It has been released on a quarterly schedule every year since 2004, and each issue reprint two issues of the initial Simpsons Comics series.
Simpsons Comics trade paperbacks
Many Simpsons Comics have been reprinted and collected in
trade paperbacksIn comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
by the American publisher
HarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
since 1994. Several issues from Krusty Comics, Lisa Comics, Bartman and Itchy & Scratchy Comics have also been included in the trade paperbacks.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Simpsons Comics Extravaganza |
Simpsons Comics #1-4 |
July 10, 1994 |
ISBN 0-0609-5086-2 |
| Simpsons Comics Spectacular |
Simpsons Comics #6-9 |
June 23, 1995 |
ISBN 0-0609-5148-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Simpsorama |
Simpsons Comics #11-14 |
May 5, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5199-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Strike Back! |
Simpsons Comics #15-18 |
October 11, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5212-1 |
| Bartman: The Best of the Best |
Simpsons Comics #5, Bartman #1-3, Itchy & Scratchy #3. |
March 28, 1997 |
ISBN 1-8528-6820-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Wing Ding |
Simpsons Comics #19-23 |
May 22, 1997 |
ISBN 0-0609-5245-8 |
| Simpsons Comics On Parade |
Simpsons Comics #24-27 |
May 19, 1998 |
ISBN 0-0609-5280-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Big Bonanza |
Simpsons Comics #28-31 |
January 27, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-5317-9 |
| Simpsons Comics A Go-Go |
Simpsons Comics #32-35, 10 |
February 16, 2000 |
ISBN 0-0609-5566-X |
| Simpsons Comics Royale |
Simpsons Comics #50, Krusty #1-3, Lisa #1 |
March 6, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3378-X |
| Simpsons Comics Unchained |
Simpsons Comics #36-42 |
March 19, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-0797-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Madness |
Simpsons Comics #43-48 |
April 1, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-3061-8 |
| Simpsons Comics Belly Buster |
Simpsons Comics #49, 51, 53-56 |
February 3, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0605-8750-4 |
| The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger |
Simpsons Comics #15, 52, 79, Itchy and Scratchy special |
November 1, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0071-9170-7 |
| Simpsons Comics Barn Burner |
Simpsons Comics #57-61, 63 |
February 15, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4818-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Jam-Packed Jamboree |
Simpsons Comics #64-69 |
April 11, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0608-7661-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo |
Simpsons Comics #71-75, 77 |
April 10, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3126-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Dollars to Donuts |
Simpsons Comics #78, #80, 82-84 |
April 9, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-3697-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Hit The Road! |
Simpsons Comics #85, #86, 88-90 |
February 27, 2009 |
ISBN 9-781848-562271 |
| Simpsons Comics Get Some Fancy Book Learnin |
Simpsons Comics #62, #70, #76, #126, #148 |
April 6, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-5787-9 |
| Simpsons Comics: Homer For The Holidays |
Simpsons Winter Wingding #1-3 |
October 8, 2010 |
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| Futurama/Simpsons Crossover Crisis |
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis #1-2, The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II #1-2, Simpsons Comics #1 (loose reprint), Simpsons Comics #87 |
April 1, 2010 |
ISBN 0-8109-8837-2 |
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror paperbacks
Trade paperbacks collecting most the issues of the Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror series have been released since 1999 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo |
collects issues #1-3 |
September 8, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-8762-6 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Spine-Tingling Spooktacular |
collects issues #4-6 |
September 18, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3714-9 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Fun Filled Frightfest |
collects issues #6-7 |
September 2, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-6070-3 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha |
collects issues #8-9 |
September 19, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-4872-5 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Dead Man's Jest |
collects issues #10-11 |
August 26, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0615-7135-0 |
| Treehouse of Horror: From Beyond the Grave |
collects issues #12-13 |
August 23, 2011 |
ISBN 978-0-06-206900-9 |
Bart Simpson paperbacks
Issues of the Bart Simpson series have been collected and published in trade paperbacks every year since 2002 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Big Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #1-4 |
July 9, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-8469-3 |
| Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #5-8 |
June 17, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-5590-4 |
| Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #9-12 |
July 6, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0607-2178-2 |
| Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #13-16 |
May 31, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4819-2 |
| Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #17-20 |
May 2, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-2455-9 |
| Big Beastly Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #21-24 |
April 3, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3128-2 |
| Big Brilliant Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #25-28 |
May 6, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-5022-7 |
| Bart Simpson: Son Of Homer |
collects issues #29-33 |
July 1, 2009 |
ISBN 0-0616-9879-2 |
| Bart Simpson: Class Clown |
collects issues #33-37 |
May, 18, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-7629-6 |
External links
The following is a list of comic book series based on the animated TV show
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
and published by
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
in the United States. The first comic strips based on The Simpsons appeared in 1991 in the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
, which was a companion magazine to the show. The comic strips were popular and a one-shot
comic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
entitled Simpsons Comics and Stories, containing three different stories, was released in 1993 for the fans. The book was a success and due to this, the creator of The Simpsons,
Matt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
, and his companions Bill Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics. By the end of 1993, Bongo was publishing four titles: Simpsons Comics, Bartman, Radioactive Man and Itchy & Scratchy Comics. Since then, many more titles have been published, out of which Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Simpsons Super Spectacular, Simpsons Summer Shindig, and Simpsons Winter Wingding.
Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics are reprinted in the United Kingdom by the publishing company
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
, under the same titles. Various stories from other Bongo publications released in the United States, are also reprinted in the UK Simpsons Comics. The same titles are published in Australia by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
. Issues of Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror and Bart Simpson have been collected and reprinted in
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in the United States by
HarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
.
Full list of publications
| Title |
First issue |
Last issue |
| Simpsons Comics and Stories |
1993-01January 1993 |
1993-01January 1993 |
| The Official History of Bongo Comics |
1993-01993 |
1993-0 1993 |
| Simpsons Comics |
1993-11November 1993 |
present |
| Bartman |
1993-12December 1993 |
1995-07July 1995 |
| Itchy & Scratchy Comics |
1993-12December 1993 |
| 1994-11November 1994 |
| Radioactive Man |
1994-01January 1994 |
2004 |
| Bartman and Radioactive Man |
1994-131994 |
1994-131994 |
| Krusty Comics |
1995-01January 1995 |
1995-03March 1995 |
| Lisa Comics |
1995-04April 1995 |
1995-04April 1995 |
| Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror |
1995-09September 1995 |
present |
| Bart Simpson |
2000-132000 |
present |
| Simpsons Summer Special |
2001-12December 2001 |
2001-12December 2001 |
| Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis |
2002-08August 2002 |
2003-01January 2003 |
| Simpsons Super Spectacular |
2006-06June 2006 |
present |
| The Death of Comic Book Guy |
2011-14July 2011 |
present |
| The Simpsons Winter Wingding |
2006-13November 2006 |
present |
| The Simpsons Summer Shindig |
2007-13 June 2007 |
present |
| Simpsons Treasure Trove |
2007-13 July 2007 |
present |
Simpsons Comics
Simpsons Comics is a monthly series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons. The first issue was published on November 29, 1993. Since then over one hundred issues have been released, with the 100th issue mainly the comic book equivalent of a
clip showA clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows feature the format of a frame story in which cast members recall past events from past installments of the show, depicted with a clip of the event presented as a flashback. ...
. It was originally published bi-monthly, but went monthly in the fall of 2000.
Since March 1997, the comic has also had a monthly United Kingdom edition. This mainly reprints the strips from the U.S. edition, along with pages featuring UK readers' drawings (currently Springfield Multiplex for movie parodies, Springfield Cable Network for TV parodies, and Android's Dungeon for video game and comic book parodies) and Junk Mail, a letters page which also features generic drawings, along with the readers' frequent attempts to guess the identity of 'Junk Mail Guy', the incredibly sarcastic man who answers the letters and has apparently been locked up in a basement. The U.S. and Australian editions used to have Junk Mail, but it disappeared beginning with #114.
Since the release of the first Simpsons Comics issue in the United States in 1993, the comic book series has been published at some point in the following countries around the world:
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,
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,
BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, the
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,
EstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
,
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
,
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,
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,
HungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
,
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,
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,
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, the
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,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
,
RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
,
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
,
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and the
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.
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror is an annual horror series. It has been published around September–October, for
HalloweenHallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
, every year since 1995. It takes its name from the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. Like the episodes, the comic book always feature three stories in each issue. The stories are written and illustrated by some of the most famous people in the comic book business. Over the last dozen years, the series has had stories created by such industry stars as
Garth EnnisGarth Ennis is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise...
(
PreacherPreacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo , with painted covers by Glenn Fabry....
),
Dan DecarloDaniel S. DeCarlo was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style...
(
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
),
Evan DorkinEvan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...
(
Milk and Cheese Fun with Milk & Cheese is a comic book by Evan Dorkin and was published by Slave Labor Graphics. It follows the adventures of an anthropomorphic, misanthropic carton of milk and a wedge of cheese...
),
Marv WolfmanMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
and
Gene ColanEugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...
(
BladeBlade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...
,
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
,
Tomb of DraculaThe Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces...
) and rock stars
Gene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
(
KissKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
),
Alice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
and
Rob ZombieRob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
. The stories usually parody modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted versions of the people of
SpringfieldSpringfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. The geography of the town and its...
.
Bart Simpson
Bart Simpson comics were first published in the United States in late 2000, and have remained on a bi-monthly schedule since then. The comic book series is centered on the Simpsons star
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, but it also features the children of Springfield and each issue commonly has several short stories.
The Australian edition of Bart Simpson comics was first printed in 2002 by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
, in a digest-sized edition with a bonus Radioactive Man comic book, and has been released since then on a quarterly schedule (every three months). They are also reprinted in the United Kingdom by
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
.
Simpsons Super Spectacular
Simpsons Super Spectacular is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics. It was first released in 2005 in the United States. The series acts as a continuation of the Radioactive Man comics with the inclusion of the Springfield-universe superheroes including
Homer SimpsonHomer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Pieman,
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Bartman as well as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl from the Simpsons episode "
Treehouse of Horror X"Treehouse of Horror X" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons eleventh season, and the tenth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, consisting of three self-contained segments. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on Halloween 1999. In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did", the...
". It is still being released approximately once every six months in the United States.
Simpsons Comics and Stories
Simpsons Comics and Stories was a one-shot comic book edition of the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
. Due to the success of this comic book, the
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
group was created. The comic book was then replaced by Simpsons Comics.
The Official History of Bongo Comics
The Official History of Bongo Comics was a one-shot limited edition comic book of only 750 copies, which were given out to a few patrons at the San Diego Comic Con in 1993 as part of the launch of Bongo Comics. The single issue was only ten pages long.
Bartman
Bartman was a short-lived series that told the tale of
Bart Simpson'sBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
superhero alter-ego, Bartman. It was one of the four 'premiere' series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The Bartman series lasted only six issues, and was canceled in 1995. Many smaller Bartman stories have since been published in Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics.
The main writers and artists for the first three issues were Steve Vance and Bill Morrison, who were behind the creation of Bongo Comics itself. In late 1994, Steve Vance and his wife Cindy left Bongo Comics. The Bartman comic was put on hold and there was a gap of 9 months between Bartman #3 and #4. #4-6 contained a three-issue story arc written by Gary Glasberg and Bill Morrison, and with issue 6, Bartman was discontinued. However, in the Simpsons Game, Bart's super-power is turning into Bartman.
Itchy & Scratchy Comics
Itchy & Scratchy Comics was a short-lived series, and one of the four original series released in late 1993 with the start of Bongo Comics. The first issue was released on November 29, 1993, and only two more issues were released after that as well as one special edition, called Itchy & Scratchy Holiday Hi-Jinx. The comics tried to expand on two characters that really did not need any expanding, and the readers thought Itchy and Scratchy was best in short, violent bursts and that full-length stories only took away from the visceral shock of the cartoon, so the comic book series was canceled in 1994.
There were three different versions of the first Itchy & Scratchy issue available at the time. One version came with a poster that could be combined with posters contained in Radioactive Man #1, Simpsons Comics #1 and Bartman #1 to make a giant poster. This version sold for US$2.25. Another version that came out at the same time only cost US$1.95, but had a bar code on the cover and did not come with a poster. The third variant was a reprint of the comic and it had the top right portion of Bart Simpson's head covered over the original bar code. This version also cost US$1.95 and did not come with a poster.
In 1993, there was a signing at
Golden Apple ComicsGolden Apple Comics is a comic book store in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.-History:The store's original owner, Bill Liebowitz, was a yo-yo champion in the 1950s, a co-founder of Rhino Records, and had recurring roles as himself in Archie Comics. He opened Golden Apple in Hollywood in 1979,...
in Los Angeles, where members of the Bongo Comics group autographed 500 copies of Itchy & Scratchy #1 and gave out a special
Certificate of AuthenticityA certificate of authenticity is a seal or small sticker on a proprietary computer program, t-shirt, jersey, or any other memorabilia or art work, especially in the world of computers and sports, it is commonly a seal on paper authenticating a specific art work which and is made to demonstrate...
(COA) with them. Each COA was individually numbered and had a raised seal stamped onto it.
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man was one of the four "premiere" series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The series has been released in two volumes, an early run from 1993–1994, and the current run that's been going on since 2000. Smaller Radioactive Man stories have also been published in Simpsons Comics. As a tie-in promotion of
The Simpsons MovieThe Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
a special "Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #711" was sold at
7-Eleven7-Eleven is part of an international chain of convenience stores, operating under Seven-Eleven Japan Co. Ltd, which in turn is owned by Seven & I Holdings Co...
s as part of their Kwik-E-Mart promotion.
Within the Bongo Comics, Radioactive Man is secretly Claude Kane III, a millionaire playboy whose personality was well-intentioned, but bumbling and not overly bright. In addition (which became a recurring storyline element), Claude's personality was permanently stuck in a conservative 1950s outlook on everything, no matter what the time era in question was. A running gag is that in order to preserve his secret identity, Claude is constantly wearing various types of hats, in order to conceal the lightning bolt-shaped shrapnel sticking out of his head.
Issue #1 of the Bongo comic differs from Radioactive Man #1 as seen in The Simpsons episode "
Three Men and a Comic Book"Three Men and a Comic Book" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 9, 1991...
". While featuring a similar scenario and accident (Claude getting his trousers caught on barbed wire just before a mega-bomb explodes. This is a parody of Bruce Banner getting caught by the Gamma Bomb in the Incredible Hulk#1), the Bongo series' Claude was not wearing tattered clothes. In the comic book, Claude's survival is due in part to a large thunderbolt-shaped shard of metal embedded in his head by the explosion. Claude would attempt to remove the bolt throughout the book series, but each attempt has nasty consequences which results in it being put back in his scalp again. Additionally, the bolt's presence would save his life numerous times in increasingly bizarre ways.
Maintaining the satirical standards of the television show, these comics often parody genre comic books, and the reader can follow the evolution of Radioactive Man from a 1950s irradiated hero through the politically reactionary or radical years of the 1960s and 1970s, and the dark, troubled years of the 1980s and 1990s comic book hero. Indeed, one comic displays a startling similarity to Alan Moore's
WatchmenWatchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...
, with Radioactive Man taking the part of state-supported hero Doctor Manhattan. The comics are published as if they were the actual Simpsons universe's Radioactive Man comics; a "1970s"-published comic features a letter written by a ten-year-old
Marge BouvierMarjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, for instance. The comic also takes the idea that the title has been running since the 1950s and each issue of the real series is a random issue from that run. So one issue might be issue #357, the next #432 and the next #567 etc.
Radioactive Man was merged with Simpsons Super Spectacular in 2005.
Bartman and Radioactive Man
Bartman and Radioactive Man was a 16-page one-shot released in 1994. The comic was featured in the
Hero IllustratedHero Illustrated was a comic book-themed magazine published in the early to mid 1990s in the United States. Columnists included Andy Mangels, and Frank Kurtz was at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication.- History :Hero...
magazine, and it contained a mini poster of Bartman and Radioactive Man. The story was written by Steve Vance.
Krusty Comics
Krusty Comics was another short-lived series, with three issues published from January to March 1995. Each one of these issues contained a part of a three-part story entitled The Rise and Fall of Krustyland, about Krusty the Clown opening an amusement park to pay back a gambling debt.
Lisa Comics
Lisa Comics was a one-shot, with the sole story being Lisa in Wordland, a parody of Alice in Wonderland. It was released in April 1995 and tells the tale of
Lisa SimpsonLisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening...
getting caught in an alternate reality called Wordland while chasing after a postman. The postman turns out to be
Ned FlandersNedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the next door neighbor to the Simpson family and is generally...
and while he gives her a tour through the wondrous world they get caught by Mr. Burns. Burns forces Lisa to battle him in a game of Scrabble; she accepts and after a while she gets upset and smashes the board. Suddenly she wakes up and discovers it's all a dream.
Simpsons Summer Special
Simpsons Summer Special was a one-issue comic book. It was printed in December 2001, and was only available in Australia and New Zealand.
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
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Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis is a two part
crossoverA fictional crossover is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, or because of unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common...
between the animated series
FuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
and The Simpsons. Part one was released on August 21, 2002 and part two on January 28, 2003, as its own series, independent from Simpsons Comics and
Futurama ComicsFuturama Comics is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics and based on the television series Futurama. It has been published bi-monthly in the United States since November 2000 . It has been published in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2002 and four trade paperbacks have been released...
. Both parts were published in the beginning 2003 in the United Kingdom as issues 3 and 4 of the regular Futurama Comics series.
The series was written by Simpsons Comics writer
Ian BoothbyIan Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
and was illustrated by James Lloyd. The ending was originally written as a joke ending, but later Boothby and Lloyd used the ending to create the sequel to the series, Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II, published in 2005.
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book is a five-part comic book mini-series starring the character
Comic Book GuyComic Book Guy is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria, and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. He is the proprietor of a comic book store, The...
. The five issues were released between July and November 2010.
Simpsons Classics
Simpsons Classics (or
Best of Simpsons Comics in the UK) is a series that publishes old issues of the Simpsons Comics. It has been released on a quarterly schedule every year since 2004, and each issue reprint two issues of the initial Simpsons Comics series.
Simpsons Comics trade paperbacks
Many Simpsons Comics have been reprinted and collected in
trade paperbacksIn comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
by the American publisher
HarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
since 1994. Several issues from Krusty Comics, Lisa Comics, Bartman and Itchy & Scratchy Comics have also been included in the trade paperbacks.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Simpsons Comics Extravaganza |
Simpsons Comics #1-4 |
July 10, 1994 |
ISBN 0-0609-5086-2 |
| Simpsons Comics Spectacular |
Simpsons Comics #6-9 |
June 23, 1995 |
ISBN 0-0609-5148-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Simpsorama |
Simpsons Comics #11-14 |
May 5, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5199-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Strike Back! |
Simpsons Comics #15-18 |
October 11, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5212-1 |
| Bartman: The Best of the Best |
Simpsons Comics #5, Bartman #1-3, Itchy & Scratchy #3. |
March 28, 1997 |
ISBN 1-8528-6820-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Wing Ding |
Simpsons Comics #19-23 |
May 22, 1997 |
ISBN 0-0609-5245-8 |
| Simpsons Comics On Parade |
Simpsons Comics #24-27 |
May 19, 1998 |
ISBN 0-0609-5280-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Big Bonanza |
Simpsons Comics #28-31 |
January 27, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-5317-9 |
| Simpsons Comics A Go-Go |
Simpsons Comics #32-35, 10 |
February 16, 2000 |
ISBN 0-0609-5566-X |
| Simpsons Comics Royale |
Simpsons Comics #50, Krusty #1-3, Lisa #1 |
March 6, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3378-X |
| Simpsons Comics Unchained |
Simpsons Comics #36-42 |
March 19, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-0797-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Madness |
Simpsons Comics #43-48 |
April 1, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-3061-8 |
| Simpsons Comics Belly Buster |
Simpsons Comics #49, 51, 53-56 |
February 3, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0605-8750-4 |
| The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger |
Simpsons Comics #15, 52, 79, Itchy and Scratchy special |
November 1, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0071-9170-7 |
| Simpsons Comics Barn Burner |
Simpsons Comics #57-61, 63 |
February 15, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4818-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Jam-Packed Jamboree |
Simpsons Comics #64-69 |
April 11, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0608-7661-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo |
Simpsons Comics #71-75, 77 |
April 10, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3126-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Dollars to Donuts |
Simpsons Comics #78, #80, 82-84 |
April 9, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-3697-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Hit The Road! |
Simpsons Comics #85, #86, 88-90 |
February 27, 2009 |
ISBN 9-781848-562271 |
| Simpsons Comics Get Some Fancy Book Learnin |
Simpsons Comics #62, #70, #76, #126, #148 |
April 6, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-5787-9 |
| Simpsons Comics: Homer For The Holidays |
Simpsons Winter Wingding #1-3 |
October 8, 2010 |
? |
| Futurama/Simpsons Crossover Crisis |
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis #1-2, The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II #1-2, Simpsons Comics #1 (loose reprint), Simpsons Comics #87 |
April 1, 2010 |
ISBN 0-8109-8837-2 |
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror paperbacks
Trade paperbacks collecting most the issues of the Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror series have been released since 1999 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo |
collects issues #1-3 |
September 8, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-8762-6 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Spine-Tingling Spooktacular |
collects issues #4-6 |
September 18, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3714-9 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Fun Filled Frightfest |
collects issues #6-7 |
September 2, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-6070-3 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha |
collects issues #8-9 |
September 19, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-4872-5 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Dead Man's Jest |
collects issues #10-11 |
August 26, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0615-7135-0 |
| Treehouse of Horror: From Beyond the Grave |
collects issues #12-13 |
August 23, 2011 |
ISBN 978-0-06-206900-9 |
Bart Simpson paperbacks
Issues of the Bart Simpson series have been collected and published in trade paperbacks every year since 2002 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Big Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #1-4 |
July 9, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-8469-3 |
| Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #5-8 |
June 17, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-5590-4 |
| Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #9-12 |
July 6, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0607-2178-2 |
| Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #13-16 |
May 31, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4819-2 |
| Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #17-20 |
May 2, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-2455-9 |
| Big Beastly Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #21-24 |
April 3, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3128-2 |
| Big Brilliant Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #25-28 |
May 6, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-5022-7 |
| Bart Simpson: Son Of Homer |
collects issues #29-33 |
July 1, 2009 |
ISBN 0-0616-9879-2 |
| Bart Simpson: Class Clown |
collects issues #33-37 |
May, 18, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-7629-6 |
External links
The following is a list of comic book series based on the animated TV show
The SimpsonsThe Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...
and published by
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
in the United States. The first comic strips based on The Simpsons appeared in 1991 in the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
, which was a companion magazine to the show. The comic strips were popular and a one-shot
comic bookA comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
entitled Simpsons Comics and Stories, containing three different stories, was released in 1993 for the fans. The book was a success and due to this, the creator of The Simpsons,
Matt GroeningMatthew Abram "Matt" Groening is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful television series, The Simpsons and Futurama....
, and his companions Bill Morrison, Mike Rote, Steve Vance and Cindy Vance created the publishing company Bongo Comics. By the end of 1993, Bongo was publishing four titles: Simpsons Comics, Bartman, Radioactive Man and Itchy & Scratchy Comics. Since then, many more titles have been published, out of which Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Simpsons Super Spectacular, Simpsons Summer Shindig, and Simpsons Winter Wingding.
Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics are reprinted in the United Kingdom by the publishing company
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
, under the same titles. Various stories from other Bongo publications released in the United States, are also reprinted in the UK Simpsons Comics. The same titles are published in Australia by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
. Issues of Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror and Bart Simpson have been collected and reprinted in
trade paperbacksIn comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
in the United States by
HarperCollinsHarperCollins is a publishing company owned by News Corporation. It is the combination of the publishers William Collins, Sons and Co Ltd, a British company, and Harper & Row, an American company, itself the result of an earlier merger of Harper & Brothers and Row, Peterson & Company. The worldwide...
.
Full list of publications
| Title |
First issue |
Last issue |
| Simpsons Comics and Stories |
1993-01January 1993 |
1993-01January 1993 |
| The Official History of Bongo Comics |
1993-01993 |
1993-0 1993 |
| Simpsons Comics |
1993-11November 1993 |
present |
| Bartman |
1993-12December 1993 |
1995-07July 1995 |
| Itchy & Scratchy Comics |
1993-12December 1993 |
| 1994-11November 1994 |
| Radioactive Man |
1994-01January 1994 |
2004 |
| Bartman and Radioactive Man |
1994-131994 |
1994-131994 |
| Krusty Comics |
1995-01January 1995 |
1995-03March 1995 |
| Lisa Comics |
1995-04April 1995 |
1995-04April 1995 |
| Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror |
1995-09September 1995 |
present |
| Bart Simpson |
2000-132000 |
present |
| Simpsons Summer Special |
2001-12December 2001 |
2001-12December 2001 |
| Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis |
2002-08August 2002 |
2003-01January 2003 |
| Simpsons Super Spectacular |
2006-06June 2006 |
present |
| The Death of Comic Book Guy |
2011-14July 2011 |
present |
| The Simpsons Winter Wingding |
2006-13November 2006 |
present |
| The Simpsons Summer Shindig |
2007-13 June 2007 |
present |
| Simpsons Treasure Trove |
2007-13 July 2007 |
present |
Simpsons Comics
Simpsons Comics is a monthly series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons. The first issue was published on November 29, 1993. Since then over one hundred issues have been released, with the 100th issue mainly the comic book equivalent of a
clip showA clip show is an episode of a television series that consists primarily of excerpts from previous episodes. Most clip shows feature the format of a frame story in which cast members recall past events from past installments of the show, depicted with a clip of the event presented as a flashback. ...
. It was originally published bi-monthly, but went monthly in the fall of 2000.
Since March 1997, the comic has also had a monthly United Kingdom edition. This mainly reprints the strips from the U.S. edition, along with pages featuring UK readers' drawings (currently Springfield Multiplex for movie parodies, Springfield Cable Network for TV parodies, and Android's Dungeon for video game and comic book parodies) and Junk Mail, a letters page which also features generic drawings, along with the readers' frequent attempts to guess the identity of 'Junk Mail Guy', the incredibly sarcastic man who answers the letters and has apparently been locked up in a basement. The U.S. and Australian editions used to have Junk Mail, but it disappeared beginning with #114.
Since the release of the first Simpsons Comics issue in the United States in 1993, the comic book series has been published at some point in the following countries around the world:
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
,
AustriaAustria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
,
BrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, the
Czech RepublicThe Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
,
EstoniaEstonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
,
FinlandFinland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
,
FranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
,
GermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
,
HungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
,
ItalyItaly , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
,
LithuaniaLithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
,
MexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
, the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
,
NorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
,
RussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
,
SpainSpain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
,
SwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
,
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and the
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror is an annual horror series. It has been published around September–October, for
HalloweenHallowe'en , also known as Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the night before All Saints' Day...
, every year since 1995. It takes its name from the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. Like the episodes, the comic book always feature three stories in each issue. The stories are written and illustrated by some of the most famous people in the comic book business. Over the last dozen years, the series has had stories created by such industry stars as
Garth EnnisGarth Ennis is a Northern Irish comics writer, best known for the Vertigo series Preacher with artist Steve Dillon and his successful nine-year run on Marvel Comics' Punisher franchise...
(
PreacherPreacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by the American comic book label Vertigo , with painted covers by Glenn Fabry....
),
Dan DecarloDaniel S. DeCarlo was an American cartoonist best known as the artist who developed the look of Archie Comics in the late 1950s and early 1960s, modernizing the characters to their contemporary appearance and establishing the publisher's house style...
(
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
),
Evan DorkinEvan Dorkin is an American comics artist and writer. His best known works are the comic books Milk and Cheese and Dork...
(
Milk and Cheese Fun with Milk & Cheese is a comic book by Evan Dorkin and was published by Slave Labor Graphics. It follows the adventures of an anthropomorphic, misanthropic carton of milk and a wedge of cheese...
),
Marv WolfmanMarvin A. "Marv" Wolfman is an award-winning American comic book writer. He is best known for lengthy runs on The Tomb of Dracula, creating Blade for Marvel Comics, and The New Teen Titans for DC Comics.-1960s:...
and
Gene ColanEugene Jules "Gene" Colan was an American comic book artist best known for his work for Marvel Comics, where his signature titles include the superhero series, Daredevil, the cult-hit satiric series Howard the Duck, and The Tomb of Dracula, considered one of comics' classic horror series...
(
BladeBlade is a fictional character, a superhero/vampire hunter in the Marvel Comics universe. Created by writer Marv Wolfman and penciller Gene Colan, his first appearance was in the comic book The Tomb of Dracula #10 as a supporting character.The character went on to alternatively star and co-star...
,
Archie ComicsArchie Comics is an American comic book publisher headquartered in the Village of Mamaroneck, Town of Mamaroneck, New York, known for its many series featuring the fictional teenagers Archie Andrews, Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle and Jughead Jones. The characters were created by...
,
Tomb of DraculaThe Tomb of Dracula is a horror comic book series published by Marvel Comics from April 1972 to August 1979. The 70-issue series featured a group of vampire hunters who fought Count Dracula and other supernatural menaces...
) and rock stars
Gene SimmonsGene Simmons is an Israeli-American entrepreneur, singer-songwriter, actor, and rock bassist. Known as "The Demon", he is the bassist/vocalist of Kiss, a hard rock band he co-founded in the early 1970s.-Early life:...
(
KissKiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
),
Alice CooperAlice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
and
Rob ZombieRob Zombie is an American musician, film director, screenwriter and film producer. He founded the heavy metal band White Zombie and has been nominated three times as a solo artist for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance.Zombie has also established a career as a film director, creating the...
. The stories usually parody modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted versions of the people of
SpringfieldSpringfield is the fictional town in which the American animated sitcom The Simpsons is set. A mid-sized town in an undetermined state of the United States, Springfield acts as a complete universe in which characters can explore the issues faced by modern society. The geography of the town and its...
.
Bart Simpson
Bart Simpson comics were first published in the United States in late 2000, and have remained on a bi-monthly schedule since then. The comic book series is centered on the Simpsons star
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, but it also features the children of Springfield and each issue commonly has several short stories.
The Australian edition of Bart Simpson comics was first printed in 2002 by
Otter PressOtter Press is an Australian publishing group, which releases the American Simpsons Comics series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with Simpsons Comics #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series...
, in a digest-sized edition with a bonus Radioactive Man comic book, and has been released since then on a quarterly schedule (every three months). They are also reprinted in the United Kingdom by
Titan MagazinesTitan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Nick Landau's Titan Publishing Group. Titan also owns several Forbidden Planet specialist comics and collector stores .Titan Magazines' publishing director is Chris Teather.TPG also owns Titan Books,...
.
Simpsons Super Spectacular
Simpsons Super Spectacular is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics. It was first released in 2005 in the United States. The series acts as a continuation of the Radioactive Man comics with the inclusion of the Springfield-universe superheroes including
Homer SimpsonHomer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the patriarch of the eponymous family. He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta and first appeared on television, along with the rest of his family, in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Pieman,
Bart SimpsonBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
as Bartman as well as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl from the Simpsons episode "
Treehouse of Horror X"Treehouse of Horror X" is the fourth episode of The Simpsons eleventh season, and the tenth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, consisting of three self-contained segments. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on Halloween 1999. In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddily-Did", the...
". It is still being released approximately once every six months in the United States.
Simpsons Comics and Stories
Simpsons Comics and Stories was a one-shot comic book edition of the magazine
Simpsons IllustratedSimpsons Illustrated was a companion magazine to the American animated television show The Simpsons. It featured, among many other things, articles and interviews about the show and comics based on the Simpsons universe...
. Due to the success of this comic book, the
Bongo ComicsBongo Comics Group is a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Steve and Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison, and Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. It publishes comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, along with original material...
group was created. The comic book was then replaced by Simpsons Comics.
The Official History of Bongo Comics
The Official History of Bongo Comics was a one-shot limited edition comic book of only 750 copies, which were given out to a few patrons at the San Diego Comic Con in 1993 as part of the launch of Bongo Comics. The single issue was only ten pages long.
Bartman
Bartman was a short-lived series that told the tale of
Bart Simpson'sBartholomew JoJo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family. He is voiced by actress Nancy Cartwright and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
superhero alter-ego, Bartman. It was one of the four 'premiere' series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The Bartman series lasted only six issues, and was canceled in 1995. Many smaller Bartman stories have since been published in Simpsons Comics and Bart Simpson comics.
The main writers and artists for the first three issues were Steve Vance and Bill Morrison, who were behind the creation of Bongo Comics itself. In late 1994, Steve Vance and his wife Cindy left Bongo Comics. The Bartman comic was put on hold and there was a gap of 9 months between Bartman #3 and #4. #4-6 contained a three-issue story arc written by Gary Glasberg and Bill Morrison, and with issue 6, Bartman was discontinued. However, in the Simpsons Game, Bart's super-power is turning into Bartman.
Itchy & Scratchy Comics
Itchy & Scratchy Comics was a short-lived series, and one of the four original series released in late 1993 with the start of Bongo Comics. The first issue was released on November 29, 1993, and only two more issues were released after that as well as one special edition, called Itchy & Scratchy Holiday Hi-Jinx. The comics tried to expand on two characters that really did not need any expanding, and the readers thought Itchy and Scratchy was best in short, violent bursts and that full-length stories only took away from the visceral shock of the cartoon, so the comic book series was canceled in 1994.
There were three different versions of the first Itchy & Scratchy issue available at the time. One version came with a poster that could be combined with posters contained in Radioactive Man #1, Simpsons Comics #1 and Bartman #1 to make a giant poster. This version sold for US$2.25. Another version that came out at the same time only cost US$1.95, but had a bar code on the cover and did not come with a poster. The third variant was a reprint of the comic and it had the top right portion of Bart Simpson's head covered over the original bar code. This version also cost US$1.95 and did not come with a poster.
In 1993, there was a signing at
Golden Apple ComicsGolden Apple Comics is a comic book store in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.-History:The store's original owner, Bill Liebowitz, was a yo-yo champion in the 1950s, a co-founder of Rhino Records, and had recurring roles as himself in Archie Comics. He opened Golden Apple in Hollywood in 1979,...
in Los Angeles, where members of the Bongo Comics group autographed 500 copies of Itchy & Scratchy #1 and gave out a special
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(COA) with them. Each COA was individually numbered and had a raised seal stamped onto it.
Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man was one of the four "premiere" series released by Bongo Comics in late 1993. The series has been released in two volumes, an early run from 1993–1994, and the current run that's been going on since 2000. Smaller Radioactive Man stories have also been published in Simpsons Comics. As a tie-in promotion of
The Simpsons MovieThe Simpsons Movie is a 2007 American animated comedy film based on the animated television series The Simpsons. The film was directed by David Silverman, and stars the regular television cast of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress...
a special "Radioactive Man Comic Book Edition #711" was sold at
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s as part of their Kwik-E-Mart promotion.
Within the Bongo Comics, Radioactive Man is secretly Claude Kane III, a millionaire playboy whose personality was well-intentioned, but bumbling and not overly bright. In addition (which became a recurring storyline element), Claude's personality was permanently stuck in a conservative 1950s outlook on everything, no matter what the time era in question was. A running gag is that in order to preserve his secret identity, Claude is constantly wearing various types of hats, in order to conceal the lightning bolt-shaped shrapnel sticking out of his head.
Issue #1 of the Bongo comic differs from Radioactive Man #1 as seen in The Simpsons episode "
Three Men and a Comic Book"Three Men and a Comic Book" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 9, 1991...
". While featuring a similar scenario and accident (Claude getting his trousers caught on barbed wire just before a mega-bomb explodes. This is a parody of Bruce Banner getting caught by the Gamma Bomb in the Incredible Hulk#1), the Bongo series' Claude was not wearing tattered clothes. In the comic book, Claude's survival is due in part to a large thunderbolt-shaped shard of metal embedded in his head by the explosion. Claude would attempt to remove the bolt throughout the book series, but each attempt has nasty consequences which results in it being put back in his scalp again. Additionally, the bolt's presence would save his life numerous times in increasingly bizarre ways.
Maintaining the satirical standards of the television show, these comics often parody genre comic books, and the reader can follow the evolution of Radioactive Man from a 1950s irradiated hero through the politically reactionary or radical years of the 1960s and 1970s, and the dark, troubled years of the 1980s and 1990s comic book hero. Indeed, one comic displays a startling similarity to Alan Moore's
WatchmenWatchmen is a twelve-issue comic book limited series created by writer Alan Moore, artist Dave Gibbons, and colourist John Higgins. The series was published by DC Comics during 1986 and 1987, and has been subsequently reprinted in collected form...
, with Radioactive Man taking the part of state-supported hero Doctor Manhattan. The comics are published as if they were the actual Simpsons universe's Radioactive Man comics; a "1970s"-published comic features a letter written by a ten-year-old
Marge BouvierMarjorie "Marge" Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family. She is voiced by actress Julie Kavner and first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987...
, for instance. The comic also takes the idea that the title has been running since the 1950s and each issue of the real series is a random issue from that run. So one issue might be issue #357, the next #432 and the next #567 etc.
Radioactive Man was merged with Simpsons Super Spectacular in 2005.
Bartman and Radioactive Man
Bartman and Radioactive Man was a 16-page one-shot released in 1994. The comic was featured in the
Hero IllustratedHero Illustrated was a comic book-themed magazine published in the early to mid 1990s in the United States. Columnists included Andy Mangels, and Frank Kurtz was at one time a managing editor. The journal won the 1995 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Periodical/Publication.- History :Hero...
magazine, and it contained a mini poster of Bartman and Radioactive Man. The story was written by Steve Vance.
Krusty Comics
Krusty Comics was another short-lived series, with three issues published from January to March 1995. Each one of these issues contained a part of a three-part story entitled The Rise and Fall of Krustyland, about Krusty the Clown opening an amusement park to pay back a gambling debt.
Lisa Comics
Lisa Comics was a one-shot, with the sole story being Lisa in Wordland, a parody of Alice in Wonderland. It was released in April 1995 and tells the tale of
Lisa SimpsonLisa Marie Simpson is a fictional main character in the animated television series The Simpsons. She is the middle child of the Simpson family. Voiced by Yeardley Smith, Lisa first appeared on television in The Tracey Ullman Show short "Good Night" on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening...
getting caught in an alternate reality called Wordland while chasing after a postman. The postman turns out to be
Ned FlandersNedward "Ned" Flanders, Jr. is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Harry Shearer, and first appeared in the series premiere episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire". He is the next door neighbor to the Simpson family and is generally...
and while he gives her a tour through the wondrous world they get caught by Mr. Burns. Burns forces Lisa to battle him in a game of Scrabble; she accepts and after a while she gets upset and smashes the board. Suddenly she wakes up and discovers it's all a dream.
Simpsons Summer Special
Simpsons Summer Special was a one-issue comic book. It was printed in December 2001, and was only available in Australia and New Zealand.
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
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Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis is a two part
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between the animated series
FuturamaFuturama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...
and The Simpsons. Part one was released on August 21, 2002 and part two on January 28, 2003, as its own series, independent from Simpsons Comics and
Futurama ComicsFuturama Comics is a comic book series published by Bongo Comics and based on the television series Futurama. It has been published bi-monthly in the United States since November 2000 . It has been published in the United Kingdom and Australia since 2002 and four trade paperbacks have been released...
. Both parts were published in the beginning 2003 in the United Kingdom as issues 3 and 4 of the regular Futurama Comics series.
The series was written by Simpsons Comics writer
Ian BoothbyIan Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...
and was illustrated by James Lloyd. The ending was originally written as a joke ending, but later Boothby and Lloyd used the ending to create the sequel to the series, Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II, published in 2005.
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book
Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book is a five-part comic book mini-series starring the character
Comic Book GuyComic Book Guy is a recurring fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. He is voiced by Hank Azaria, and first appeared in the second-season episode "Three Men and a Comic Book", which originally aired on May 9, 1991. He is the proprietor of a comic book store, The...
. The five issues were released between July and November 2010.
Simpsons Classics
Simpsons Classics (or
Best of Simpsons Comics in the UK) is a series that publishes old issues of the Simpsons Comics. It has been released on a quarterly schedule every year since 2004, and each issue reprint two issues of the initial Simpsons Comics series.
Simpsons Comics trade paperbacks
Many Simpsons Comics have been reprinted and collected in
trade paperbacksIn comics, a trade paperback is a collection of stories originally published in comic books, reprinted in book format, usually capturing one story arc from a single title or a series of stories with a connected story arc or common theme from one or more titles...
by the American publisher
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since 1994. Several issues from Krusty Comics, Lisa Comics, Bartman and Itchy & Scratchy Comics have also been included in the trade paperbacks.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Simpsons Comics Extravaganza |
Simpsons Comics #1-4 |
July 10, 1994 |
ISBN 0-0609-5086-2 |
| Simpsons Comics Spectacular |
Simpsons Comics #6-9 |
June 23, 1995 |
ISBN 0-0609-5148-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Simpsorama |
Simpsons Comics #11-14 |
May 5, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5199-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Strike Back! |
Simpsons Comics #15-18 |
October 11, 1996 |
ISBN 0-0609-5212-1 |
| Bartman: The Best of the Best |
Simpsons Comics #5, Bartman #1-3, Itchy & Scratchy #3. |
March 28, 1997 |
ISBN 1-8528-6820-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Wing Ding |
Simpsons Comics #19-23 |
May 22, 1997 |
ISBN 0-0609-5245-8 |
| Simpsons Comics On Parade |
Simpsons Comics #24-27 |
May 19, 1998 |
ISBN 0-0609-5280-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Big Bonanza |
Simpsons Comics #28-31 |
January 27, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-5317-9 |
| Simpsons Comics A Go-Go |
Simpsons Comics #32-35, 10 |
February 16, 2000 |
ISBN 0-0609-5566-X |
| Simpsons Comics Royale |
Simpsons Comics #50, Krusty #1-3, Lisa #1 |
March 6, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3378-X |
| Simpsons Comics Unchained |
Simpsons Comics #36-42 |
March 19, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-0797-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Madness |
Simpsons Comics #43-48 |
April 1, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-3061-8 |
| Simpsons Comics Belly Buster |
Simpsons Comics #49, 51, 53-56 |
February 3, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0605-8750-4 |
| The Simpsons Holiday Humdinger |
Simpsons Comics #15, 52, 79, Itchy and Scratchy special |
November 1, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0071-9170-7 |
| Simpsons Comics Barn Burner |
Simpsons Comics #57-61, 63 |
February 15, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4818-4 |
| Simpsons Comics Jam-Packed Jamboree |
Simpsons Comics #64-69 |
April 11, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0608-7661-1 |
| Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo |
Simpsons Comics #71-75, 77 |
April 10, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3126-6 |
| Simpsons Comics Dollars to Donuts |
Simpsons Comics #78, #80, 82-84 |
April 9, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-3697-0 |
| Simpsons Comics Hit The Road! |
Simpsons Comics #85, #86, 88-90 |
February 27, 2009 |
ISBN 9-781848-562271 |
| Simpsons Comics Get Some Fancy Book Learnin |
Simpsons Comics #62, #70, #76, #126, #148 |
April 6, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-5787-9 |
| Simpsons Comics: Homer For The Holidays |
Simpsons Winter Wingding #1-3 |
October 8, 2010 |
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| Futurama/Simpsons Crossover Crisis |
Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis #1-2, The Simpsons Futurama Crossover Crisis II #1-2, Simpsons Comics #1 (loose reprint), Simpsons Comics #87 |
April 1, 2010 |
ISBN 0-8109-8837-2 |
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror paperbacks
Trade paperbacks collecting most the issues of the Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror series have been released since 1999 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo |
collects issues #1-3 |
September 8, 1999 |
ISBN 0-0609-8762-6 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Spine-Tingling Spooktacular |
collects issues #4-6 |
September 18, 2001 |
ISBN 0-0609-3714-9 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Fun Filled Frightfest |
collects issues #6-7 |
September 2, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-6070-3 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha |
collects issues #8-9 |
September 19, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-4872-5 |
| Treehouse of Horror: Dead Man's Jest |
collects issues #10-11 |
August 26, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0615-7135-0 |
| Treehouse of Horror: From Beyond the Grave |
collects issues #12-13 |
August 23, 2011 |
ISBN 978-0-06-206900-9 |
Bart Simpson paperbacks
Issues of the Bart Simpson series have been collected and published in trade paperbacks every year since 2002 by HarperCollins.
| Title |
Issues |
Release |
ISBN |
| Big Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #1-4 |
July 9, 2002 |
ISBN 0-0600-8469-3 |
| Big Bad Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #5-8 |
June 17, 2003 |
ISBN 0-0605-5590-4 |
| Big Bratty Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #9-12 |
July 6, 2004 |
ISBN 0-0607-2178-2 |
| Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #13-16 |
May 31, 2005 |
ISBN 0-0607-4819-2 |
| Big Bouncy Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #17-20 |
May 2, 2006 |
ISBN 0-0611-2455-9 |
| Big Beastly Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #21-24 |
April 3, 2007 |
ISBN 0-0612-3128-2 |
| Big Brilliant Book of Bart Simpson |
collects issues #25-28 |
May 6, 2008 |
ISBN 0-0614-5022-7 |
| Bart Simpson: Son Of Homer |
collects issues #29-33 |
July 1, 2009 |
ISBN 0-0616-9879-2 |
| Bart Simpson: Class Clown |
collects issues #33-37 |
May, 18, 2010 |
ISBN 0-0619-7629-6 |
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