Simpsons Comics Thread

[ArchiveGuy]

Picked up Milhouse #1 this morning and as promised on the Bongo blog the back cover is an illustration (and not an advertisement) the evolution of which was described on the bongo blog...

http://www.bongocomics.com/blog

The center has a full page insert - a "Thrill House" Milhouse sticker by Nathan Kane, drawn in what strikes me as the style of the crazy cars cards and stickers from the 70's, such as the Odd Rods series, except Milhouse is on a bike, naturally.

The Bongo Bonus sticker is a superhero one associates exclusively with Milhouse. We'll leave it there for now until others here acquire their copy!

ArchiveGuy

[ArchiveGuy]

Greetings all! Free Comic Book Day is coming, and with it we often see notices that former and current writers and artists from Bongo (and even others from Simpsons related productions) are on hand. Unfortunately news of where and when is often difficult to come by and is often not available until a day or two before.

Here's where FCBD maintains the official list...
http://www.freecomicbookday.com/Home/1/1/27/199
..but as of this morning there are no current Bongo artists listed.

Bongo last year posted some of them for FCBD 2011, where they said;
Last Year's List
Several of Bongo’s artists and writers will be appearing around the country on Saturday, including: Bill Morrison and Jesse McCann (signing at Comics Unlimited in Westminster, CA from 11 AM to 1 PM), Andrew Pepoy (signing at Third Coast Comics in Chicago, IL from 1-3 PM), Phil Ortiz (signing at The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach, CA from 12-4 PM), and Evan Dorkin (signing at Comic Book Jones in Staten Island, NY).
http://www.bongocomics.com/blog/05/0...-book-day-2011

Now, checking the same places most have no info on signings, however:

The Comic Bug in Manhattan Beach has no current Bongo people but Richard Starkings will be there;
http://thecomicbug.com/2012/05/05/jo...urday-may-5th/

Evan Dorkin will appear again at Comic Book Jones
http://comicbookjones.com/FCBD_2012_Flyer.jpg

Anyone know of any other signings? If you hear of anything please post it here!
Last by mid-April we had a lot more info...
http://www.nohomers.net/printthread....&pp=25&page=61

Thanks!
ArchiveGuy

[Captain Squid]

Picked up Milhouse #1 today. The Thrillhouse sticker almost makes me want to pick up a second issue, just so I can have one to keep and one to stick on something:

[Charlie]

For anyone interested, Otter Press is resuming the publication of all Simpsons series in Australia, with a few changes. The last issue printed was #174, about a year ago (at that time they were running about 3-4 months behind the US schedule). They're resuming with #175, but it will be a bi-monthly title where two issues are combined into one (so it will be US #175 and #176 in a single issue), so they will remain around 15 months behind the American schedule, and will include bonus posters much like the UK edition. Unlike the UK edition, though, this is going to be ashcan/digest size (smaller in dimension than a standard comic book).

Super Spectacular #14 has also just been released (came out December 2011 in the US), and Otter Press have used the new style logo. I guess this is the worldwide debut of the new logo for Super Spectacular. I don't have the issue as I already own the US edition, but I'll try and get a picture next time I see it. They're also using the new-style for the Simpsons Comics revival, even though they're currently printing issues that came out well before the changes - in a way it looks kind of weird having the new logo on covers it wasn't originally included on.

[Charlie]

Also, I'm honestly questioning the long-time potential of Simpsons Illustrated. None of the comic stores in my city have stocked #2, and neither have any of the other stores in the country that I get comics through if all else fails (including eBay, where they generally have everything). All stores here used to get Simpsons Classics, so it seems weird that they're not bothering with what is basically the replacement to that series. Only thing I can think of is Classics was more successful for collectors that never got the older issues, because they knew that the stories were being reprinted in order. Now it's such a mixed bag from so many different series, I can see why people can't see the appeal of it. I've had to order it direct from the US, which is a shame, as I've never had to do that for a brand new comic before.

[yodazone]

The new August solicits are out:

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...ongoaugust.htm

3 Bongos and 1 Squarepants.

[speedmaster]

I'm looking forward to Li'l homer. Should be a lot of fun hopefully. I just wish they would give Moe his own One-shot comic....

[Mother Teresa Jr]

I want a Patty and Selma one. They did this with one of the early issues. They've also had Patsy and Selma related stories. I always get a kick of them!

[yodazone]

5 Jimbos are on ebay now for $122 with 4 hours left:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...#ht_500wt_1202

[Charlie]

There's a teaser pic of one of the upcoming Bongo San Diego exclusives that's now posted on Bongo's facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/BongoComics



hmmm....looks very Summer Olympics centric!!!

There's already ads for this in the new Australian issue of Simpsons Comics, kind of ruining the surprise for any of us Aussies that would love to see what was going to be unveiled at Comic Con (the publishers here release the SDCC and Free Comic Book Day releases as proper in-store releases here). I can't remember the exact name - it was either "The Simpsons Race For Gold" or "The Simpsons Go For Gold". The cover is practically what you see in that image - it's Homer roasting a wiener over the torch. The description seemed to refer to two stories, I'm not sure if they're new or not, and can't remember the names of them (I really should have taken a picture). The thing that jumped out at me though, was it includes a humorous "map" of London, with parodies and different characters from the show/comics appearing.

[yodazone]

There's already ads for this in the new Australian issue of Simpsons Comics, kind of ruining the surprise for any of us Aussies that would love to see what was going to be unveiled at Comic Con (the publishers here release the SDCC and Free Comic Book Day releases as proper in-store releases here). I can't remember the exact name - it was either "The Simpsons Race For Gold" or "The Simpsons Go For Gold". The cover is practically what you see in that image - it's Homer roasting a wiener over the torch. The description seemed to refer to two stories, I'm not sure if they're new or not, and can't remember the names of them (I really should have taken a picture). The thing that jumped out at me though, was it includes a humorous "map" of London, with parodies and different characters from the show/comics appearing.

Any chance you could you take a pic? Especially of the map...

[Rikhardr]

Been a Simpsons comic collector for some time now!

Really enjoy the reading the story lines and the graphics are like eye candy.

[Mother Teresa Jr]

Been a Simpsons comic collector for some time now!

Really enjoy the reading the story lines and the graphics are like eye candy.

Really? Even when they're completely off-model and look horrible? Don't get me wrong, they were pure gold back in the day!

[zach]

being completely off-model is what good comics good.

[Charlie]

When its obvious that they've asked the artist to do it in their own style (like the Dean Rankine short stories in a few of the latest issues), it doesn't really bother me and feels like something new. What bothers me is when artists that really try to emulate Groening's style continually produce sub-par work and shows no improvement (cough, John Costanza).

[yodazone]

"Life In Hell" winds down:

http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/n...-hell-20120620

[Dark Homer]

I sent bongo comics an e-mail asking for confirmation 5 days ago and they never replied

jerks

well they did reply today and apologized, so now I feel real bad about calling them jerks

[Charlie]

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori.../bongosept.htm

Bongo comics for September.

That looks a lot like Hilary Barta artwork on the cover of THOH 18 (edit: oops, didn't read the description - it confirms that), though I don't like how Bart looks so horribly off-model. Simpsons 194 cover is terrible too, SLH looks sloppily drawn and what's with Homer's face? Though it's being written by Nina Matsumoto, who is one of their best artists from the last few years - and it's not every day you see an already-established Bongo artist writing the story too (while she does perfectly fine Simpsons-style comics, my favourite of hers is the anime style section in Simpsons 131).

Disappointed to see that even though Sergio has material in Bart Simpson, there's still no sign of a Funnies return.

[the real comic book guy]

http://www.paninicomics.de/simpsons-...old-i8359.html

[yodazone]

http://www.paninicomics.de/simpsons-...old-i8359.html

Awesome! Wonder what the print run for the exclusive is for SanDiego. The Comicon site has been slow in posting the exclusives:

http://www.comic-con.org/cci/

[Bug Boy]

I just got a bunch of Simpsons Comics in the mail, it took so long to put them all in bags and boards

[Captain Squid]

Hey, a fellow Superior Squad member! Hello Bix- er, I mean Bug Boy.

Just picked up the latest Futurama and Summer Shindig. Was hoping they'd have Super Spectacular, but that doesn't release until Wednesday.

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Edit: An FYI to Radioactive Man fans: the latest Summer Shindig has a new Radioactive Man story in it. Looks good! Haven't read it yet, but it looks to deal with wannabe RM impersonators. Also there is a story involving Kent Brockman dressed as Superman and a story involving a Duff Brewery tour.

[Bug Boy]

Hey, a fellow Superior Squad member! Hello Bix- er, I mean Bug Boy.

Just picked up the latest Futurama and Summer Shindig. Was hoping they'd haveSuper Spectacular , but that doesn't release until Wednesday.

-Edit: An FYI to Radioactive Man fans: the latest Summer Shindig has a new Radioactive Man story in it. Looks good! Haven't read it yet, but it looks to deal with wannabe RM impersonators.

I read it about two weeks ago, really good. Can't wait for Super Spectacular 15[/B]

[Captain Squid]

Yeah, the RM comics have always been consistently great. Simpsons Comics is hit or miss for me, Bart Simpson Comics is too kiddy. But RM has yet to disappoint. Super Spectacular looks to give Plasmo the Mystic more show, which is great. I always liked his floating eyeball under a hood design.

[Charlie]

Just got Simpsons #191. There's some really nice ads in it, like for the upcoming Radioactive Man hardcover. There's also a full-page mock ad for Buzz Cola at the back, which was a nice touch.

As for the comic itself, I found flaws with the story and art. The ending was pretty lame (no offence to Ian Boothby, but that seems to be normal for a lot of his stories). There were some really great jokes though, there was a recurring joke with references to past episodes and comics, with Bart never being able to recall them, and there was a good one-liner about his shirt. The biggest problem I had was Apu seemed really out of character - just, the way his sentences were constructed is nothing like how it is in the show or previous comics.

The art was really shocking, and I think that's saying a lot considering this is a Phil Ortiz issue. A lot of the character