List of The Simpsons comics
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This is a list of The Simpsons comics. So far, nine comic book series have been published by Bongo Comics since 1993.[1] The Simpsons and Bart Simpson comics are also reprinted in the United Kingdom, under the same titles, with various stories from the other Bongo series reprinted in the main Simpsons comic. The comics have also been collected in book form.
| Title | First release | Last release |
|---|---|---|
| The Official History of Bongo Comics | 1993 | 1993 |
| Simpsons Comics and Stories | January 1993 | January 1993 |
| Simpsons Comics (144 Issues) | November 1993 | present |
| Bartman (6 Issues) | December 1993 | July 1995 |
| Itchy & Scratchy Comics (4 Issues) | December 1993 | November 1994 |
| Radioactive Man | January 1994 | present |
| Bartman And Radioactive Man (1 Issue) | 1994 | 1994 |
| Krusty Comics (3 Issues) | January 1995 | March 1995 |
| Lisa Comics (1 Issue) | April 1995 | April 1995 |
| Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror (13 Issues) | September 1995 | present |
| Bart Simpson (42 Issues) | 2000 | present |
| Simpsons Summer Special (2 Issues) | December 2001 | December 2001 |
| Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis (4 Issues) | August 2002 | January 2003 |
| Winter Wingding (2 Issues) | 2006 | present |
| Summer Shindig (1 Issue) | 2007 | present |
| Simpsons Treasure Trove (3 Issues) | 2007 | present |
[edit] Simpsons Comics and Stories
This was a comic that was only released one time. It was later replaced by Simpsons comics.
[edit] The Official History of Bongo Comics
This was a limited edition 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 only issue were ten pages long.
[edit] Simpsons Comics
Simpsons Comics is a monthly United States comic book series based on the animated TV show The Simpsons, published by Matt Groening's Bongo Comics group. The first issue was published in November of 1993. Since then over one hundred issues have been released, with the 100th issue mainly the comic book equivalent of a clip show.
Since March 1997, the comic has also had a monthly UK edition. This mainly reprints the strips from the U.S. edition, along with pages featuring UK readers' drawings (currently Springfield Multiplex for movie parodies, and Springfield Cable Network for TV parodies) and Junk Mail, a letters page which also features generic drawings, along with the readers' frequent attempts to guess the identity of the man who answers the letters. The U.S. and Australian editions used to have Junk Mail, but it disappeared beginning with #114.
Also published is Simpsons Classics, which reprints strips from earlier editions of Simpsons Comics. The stories have, however, been reprinted in trade paperbacks by Harper Perennial since 1995.
From 1994 to 1999, excerpts from Simpsons Comics were occasionally printed in Disney Adventures, even though the magazine was intended for children and Disney has no ownership of The Simpsons.
In the Latin edition, the magazines first published by the Mexican Grupo editorial vid here started in the same order in February, 1996.
As of November 2007 Simpsons Comics are published in Serbia by Večernje novosti. [1]
[edit] Bartman
Bartman was a shortlived comic book series with only six issues released.
[edit] Itchy & Scratchy Comics
Itchy & Scratchy Comics was another shortlived comic books with only three issues released as well as one speciel edition, called Itchy & Scratchy Holiday Hi-Jinx. There are three different versions of Itchy & Scratchy #1. One version came with a poster that could be combined with posters contained in Radioactive Man Comics #1, Simpsons Comics #1 and Bartman Comics #1 to make a giant poster. This version sold for $2.25. Another version that came out at the same time only cost $1.95, had a barcode on the cover and did not come with a poster. The third variant was a reprint of the comic and instead of a barcode it had the top right portion of Bart Simpsons head and the comic did not come with a pull-out poster.
In 1993 there was a signing at Golden Apple Comics in Los Angeles where members of the Bongo Comics group autographed 500 copies of Itchy & Scratchy #1 and gave out a special Certificate of Authenticity (COA) with them. Each COA was individually numbered and had a raised seal stamped into it.
Two different versions of Itchy & Scratchy Holiday Hi-Jinx #1 were produced. Both copies originally sold for $1.95. One copy had a barcode and the other version did not. On some copies of these comics a sticker was placed over the original price with a larger price of $2.25 listed.
[edit] Radioactive Man
Radioactive Man has escaped from the fictional world of Bart Simpson to appear in a real comic book intermittently published by Bongo Comics, which has also published, since 1994, a number of comics featuring Bart Simpson, the Simpson family, and other characters from the television show.
Issue #1 of the Bongo comic differs from RM #1 as seen in Simpsons episode "Three Men and a Comic Book". 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 Incredible Hulk #1), the Bongo series' Claude was not wearing tattered clothes. In the books, Claude's survival is due in part to a large thunderbolt shaped chunk of metal being attached to his head. Throughout the book series the shard of metal was always attempted to be removed, but each attempt has nasty consequences which results in it being put back in his scalp again.
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 Watchmen, 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 Bouvier, for instance.
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.
Simpsons Super Spectacular is a series published by Bongo Comics. It was first released in June 2006, containing 5 stories. The series acts as a continuation of Radioactive Man comics with the inclusion of the Springfield-universe superheros including Homer as Pieman, Bart as Bartman as well as Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl from Treehouse of Horror X. One of the stories has Bartman and his sidekick Milhouse meet their almost exact equals in Shelbyville.[2]
[edit] Bartman And Radioactive Man
Bartman And Radioactive Man was a comic book that was only released in one issue. It is 16 pages long and was featured in "Hero Illustrated" magazine in 1994
[edit] Krusty Comics
Krusty Comics was another short lived comic book series. It was only printed in three issues from January 1995 to March 1995.
[edit] Lisa Comics
Lisa Comics was only printed in one issue. It was released in April 1995 and it was 30 pages long.
[edit] Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror
Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror is Bongo Comics's annual horror comic. It is published around September-October, for Halloween, and takes its name from the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. The comics feature guest artists and writers, typically parody the conventions of modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted version of the people of Springfield, like the TV episodes.
In Britain, these are printed as part of the normal Simpsons Comics rotation. Some people call them the "Simpsons Halloween Annuals."
[edit] Bart Simpson
Bart Simpson comics are a short stories comic book series centered on Simpsons star Bart Simpson. These comics all have between 3 and 7 different short comics and sometimes a bonus comic or three about Bongo Super Heroes. Bart Simpson Comics have been in publication for a much shorter time than regular Simpsons Comics and have different types of plots, covers, drawings and titles than regular Simpsons Comics. They are also reprinted in the UK by Titan magazines.
[edit] Simpsons Summer Special
Simpsons Summer Special is a comics book that was only printed in two issues. It is only available in Australia and New Zealand.
[edit] Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis
The Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis is a two part crossover between the animated series Futurama and The Simpsons. It was published in 2002 and 2003 by Bongo Comics. A sequel, Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II, was published in 2005.
In the US, the series was published as its own series, independent from Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics. In the UK, it was published as issues three and four of the regular British Futurama Comics series.
The series was written by Simpsons Comics writer Ian Boothby and illiustrated 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, Crossover Crisis II.
Part One was released on August 21, 2002 and Part Two on January 28, 2003 in the USA - both parts were released in early 2003 in the UK.
[edit] References
- ^ Shutt, Craig. "Sundays with the Simpsons". MSNBC. Retrieved on 2007-07-08.
- ^ SUPERSIMPSONS.COM: Bartman, Radioactive Man, & More!
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