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Revision as of 23:36, 7 December 2006 by 72.153.238.181 (talk) (→Issues)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)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.
Also published is Simpsons Classics, which reprints strips from earlier editions of Simpsons Comics. The stories have, however, also been reprinted in trade paperbacks since 1995.
From 1994 to 1999, excerpts from Simpsons Comics were printed in Disney Adventures, although the magazine is intended for children and Disney has no ownership of the franchise.
Issues
The American Simpsons Comics was originally published bimonthly, but beginning with #13, began monthly publication. It went back to bimonthly publication at #30 before finally resuming monthly publishing at #51.
Bimonthly issues:
- Issue #1 - November 1993
- "The Amazing Colossal Homer"
- "Bart Simpson's Creepy Crawly Tales: The Collector"
- Issue #2 - January 1994
- "Cool Hand Bart"
- "Patty & Selma's Ill-Fated Romance: My Sister, My Homewrecker!"
- Issue #3 - March 1994
- "The Perplexing Puzzle Of The Springfield Puma"
- "Krusty, Agent of K.L.O.W.N."
- Issue #4 - May 1994
- "It's In The Cards"
- "The Gnarly Adventures Of Busman"
- Issue #5 - July 1994
- "When Bongos Collide!"
- Issue #6 - September 1994
- "Be-bop-a-Lisa"
- "Chief Wiggum's Pre-Code Crime Comics: The End of El Barto"
- Issue #7 - November 1994
- "The Greatest D'oh! On Earth"
- "McBain Comics: Dead to the Last Drop"
- Issue #8 - January 1995
- "I Shrink, Therefore I'm Small"
- "Edna, Queen of the Congo: Jungle Bungle"
- Issue #9 - March 1995
- "The Purple Prose Of Springfield"
- "Homer Simpson's Pathetic Pal Barney Gumble: Asleep at the Well"
- Issue #10 - May 1995
- "Fan-Tasty Island"
- "Apu Nahasapeemapetilon's Kwik-E-Comics: Apu's Incredible 96 Hour Shift (Without Having a Break)"
- Issue #11 - July 1995
- "Fallen Flanders"
- "Homer On The Range: The Kwik-E and the Dead!"
- Issue #12 - September 1995
- "Survival Of The Fattest"
- "White-Knuckled War Stories: Spare the Rod, Spoil the Grunt!"
Monthly issues:
- Issue #13 - October 1995
- "Give Me Merchandising or Give Me Death!"
- "Jimbo Jones' Wedgie Comics: Rebel Without a Clutch"
- Issue #14 - November 1995
- "To Heir i$ Homer"
- "Itchy and Scratchy: This Blood's For You"
- "Bongo Cantankerous Coot Classics: Nostalgia Ain't What it Used to Be"
- Issue #15 - December 1995
- "A Trip to Simpsons Mountain"
- "Heinous Funnies: Kill 'Er Up With Regular"
- Issue #16 - January 1996
- "Waitresses in the Sky"
- "Itchy and Scratchy: Lead it Bleed"
- "Bumblebee Man in:!Ay, que lastima!"
- Issue #17 - February 1996
- "What's the Frequency, Simpson?"
- "KrustyCo Presents: Dartin' Around"
- "Headlight Comics: The Dame and the Clown"
- Issue #18 - March 1996
- "Get Fatty"
- "Bart's Pal, Milhouse: The Quest for Yaz"
- Issue #19 - April 1996
- "Don't Cry for Me, Jebediah!"
- Issue #20 - May 1996
- "The Artist Formerly Known as Bart"
- Issue #21 - June 1996
- "Stand and Deliverance"
- Issue #22 - July 1996
- "Little Big Mart"
- Issue #23 - August 1996
- "Bart de Triomphe"
- "Reverend Lovejoy's Hellfire Comics: Citizen Shame!"
- Issue #24 - September 1996
- "Send in the Clowns"
- "Li'l Homey: Homey Alone"
- Issue #25 - October 1996
- "Marge Attacks!"
- "Itchy and Scratchy #0: Game Called Because of Pain"
- Issue #26 - November 1996
- "Get Off the Bus!"
- "The Unbearable Lightness of Barney"
- "Diner Violations"
- Issue #27 - December 1996
- "They Fixed Homer's Brain!"
- "Tales of the Briny Deep: Down the Hatches, Boys!"
- Issue #28 - January 1997
- "Krustonia: or I Just Can't Keep it Down"
- "Flanders' Big Score"
- Issue #29 - February 1997
- "Let's Get Ready to BUMBLE!!"
- "Maggie Simpson: Bringing Down Baby"
Bimonthly issues:
- Issue #30 - April 1997
- "Smitherses!"
- "Bart and Milhouse: Bore Us-The Movie-Gruel"
- Issue #31 - June 1997
- "Radioactive Homer: The Comic"
- "The Official Bongo Comics Convention Survival Guide"
- Issue #32 - August 1997
- "Rhymes and Misdemeanors"
- "The Bongos That Time Forgot"
- Issue #33 - October 1997
- "Milhouse the Man, Krusty in the Can, and the Great Springfield Frink-Out"
- "Tiger Teen: Special Issue--The Be-Sharps"
- Issue #34 - December 1997
- "Burnsie on Board"
- "The Simpsons Supporters Suggestion Spin Cycle"
- Issue #35 - February 1998
- "To Live and Diaper in Springfield"
- "More Bongos That Time Forgot"
- Issue #36 - April 1998
- "The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth"
- "Radioactive Man #160: The Heroic Life and Mortifying Death of Radioactive Man, Chapter 1"
- Issue #37 - June 1998
- "The Absent Minded Protester"
- "Radioactive Man #160: The Heroic Life and Mortifying Death of Radioactive Man, Chapter 2"
- Issue #38 - August 1998
- "Dullards to Donuts"
- "Radioactive Man #160: The Heroic Life and Mortifying Death of Radioactive Man, Chapter 3"
- Issue #39 - October 1998
- "Sense and Censorability"
- "Radioactive Man #160: The Heroic Life and Mortifying Death of Radioactive Man, Chapter 4"
- Issue #40 - December 1998
- "Sideshow Simpsons"
- "The Incredible Edible Exploits of Lard Lad: In Search of the Lost Donut Holes"
- Issue #41 - February 1999
- "Bart Simpson and the Krusty Brand Fun Factory"
- "The Day the Nagging Stopped"
- Issue #42 - April 1999
- "The Homer Show"
- "Classics Illustrated: Slobberwacky"
- Issue #43 - June 1999
- "Journey to the Cellar of the Kwik-E-Mart"
- "Poochie!"
- Issue #44 - August 1999
- "The Prime of Miss Lisa Simpson"
- "Bartman: Identity Crisis"
- Issue #45 - October 1999
- "Hamburger's Little Helper"
- "Mr. Sparkle: Destroy All Manga!"
- Issue #46 - December 1999
- "Angels With Yellow Faces"
- "Picture Perfect"
- Issue #47 - February 2000
- "The Rise and Fall of Bartholomew J. Simpson"
- "It's a Wonderful Slice"
- "Where Has All The Flour Gone?"
- Issue #48 - April 2000
- "Tic-Tac-D'oh!"
- "The Official Cockamamie's Mail Order Cult-alog of Cool Pop-Cultural Collectibles"
- Issue #49 - June 2000
- "Maggie Come Home"
- "Lisa Simpson, Storeroom Raider"
- Issue #50 - August 2000
- "Wall or Nothing"
- "Bartman: The 1001 Costumes of Bartman"
- "Itchy and Scratchy: Love Gory"
- "Krusty Comics: Krusty's 11"
- "Radioactive Man #99: Planet of the Strange O's"
- "Lisa Comics: Li'l Goodfellas"
- Issue #51 - October 2000
- "Bart and Lisa and Marge and Homer and Maggie (to a lesser extent) vs. Thanksgiving"
- "What Would Possibly Happen If...Cletus Went to College?"
Monthly Issues:
- Issue #52 - November 2000
- "Worst Christmas Ever!"
- "A Springfield Christmas Carol"
- Issue #53 - December 2000
- "The Beer Boys"
- "Around Town With Ned Flanders"
- Issue #54 - January 2001
- "Tanks for Nothing"
- "Itchy and Scratchy: Bash to the Future"
- "Homer vs. the Wallpaper"
- "Bart Simpson: Fork it Over"
- Issue #55 - February 2001
- "Siege on Evergreen Terrace"
- "Duff Daddy"
- Issue #56 - March 2001
- "The Yes-Man Who Would Be King"
- "Ned Flanders: Blind Luck"
- Issue #57 - April 2001
- "How The Vest Was Won!"
- "A Swingin' Affair"
- Issue #58 - May 2001
- "Mayor Me a Little"
- "Lisa's Historical Dream"
- Issue #59 - June 2001
- "Faking the Band"
- "The Simpsons Comic Strip: A Tale of Grandpa and Bart or 5 Cents, Please"
- "Kent's State"
- Issue #60 - July 2001
- "The Man With Two Wives"
- "Stretch Dude and Clobber Girl: My Sister, My Sidekick"
- Issue #61 - August 2001
- "The Paper Chase"
- "Asphalt Bungle"
- Issue #62 - September 2001
- "Bart Simpson's Bible Stories: The Prodigal Son/Abraham's Sacrifice/Noah's Ark"
- "A Bongo Blast From the Past--Krusty: Give a Hoot, Stay in School"
- Issue #63 - October 2001
- "The Bogey Man"
- "History O'Scotland's Greatest Gift to the World: Golf"
- "If Homer Simpson Invented Golf"
- Issue #64 - November 2001
- "Judge Marge"
- "Malibu Stacy: Stacy's Busy Day"
- Issue #65 - December 2001
- "Viva Bart"
- "Beauty School Hellcats"
- Issue #66 - January 2002
- "Cruisin' for a Bruisin'"
- "...So You Want To Work for Globex, Huh?"
- Issue #67 - February 2002
- "Growing Pains!"
- "The Abominable Dr. Colossus"
- Issue #68 - March 2002
- "Merchants of Vengeance"
- "Dr. Nick Riviera in Crime Family Practice"
- Issue #69 - April 2002
- "In Burn$ We Tru$t"
- "How Marge Got Her Curtains Back"
- Issue #70 - May 2002
- "Greek to Me"
- "Aesop's Fables"
- Issue #71 - June 2002
- "Simpson-Sideshow Sibling Smackdown"
- "Marge Simpson in: A Recipe for Disaster"
- Issue #72 - July 2002
- "Homer's Run"
- "The Secret Origin of Sideshow Mel"
- Issue #73 - August 2002
- "Day of the Nerd"
- "Bummer Vacation"
- Issue #74 - September 2002
- "Laughter is the Worst Medicine"
- "Down Home Doctorin' Time, with Dr. Hibbert"
- Issue #75 - October 2002
- "The Permanent Record Room"
- "Truant or False"
- "What About If...Skinner Was Scottish?"
- Issue #76 - November 2002
- "Bard Boiled"
- Issue #77 - December 2002
- "The Many Faces of Bob"
- "Homer vs. the Raccoon"
- Issue #78 - January 2003
- "The Buck Stops Everywhere"
- Issue #79 - February 2003
- "Homer for the Holidays"
- Issue #80 - March 2003
- "All Fired Up"
- Issue #81 - April 2003
- "Lisa Simpson's Book Club"
- Issue #82 - May 2003
- "Ned the Simpson"
- "Lisa Goes to Camp"
- Issue #83 - June 2003
- "The Homer Effect"
- "How I Spent My Summer Vacation/To Hell and Back"
- "Brain Drain"
- Issue #84 - July 2003
- "The Principal of the Thing"
- Issue #85 - August 2003
- "The Simpson Family Circus"
- "Crap that No One Wanted"
- Issue #86 - September 2003
- "Yellow Crush"
- Issue #87 - October 2003
- "Hail to the Cat"
- Issue #88 - November 2003
- "License to Kilt"
- Issue #89 - December 2003
- "Lisa in the Middle"
- Issue #90 - January 2004
- "Homer's America"
- "Do the Copyright Thing"
- Issue #91 - February 2004
- "3000's Company"
- Issue #92 - March 2004
- "The Burger Kings of Comedy"
- Issue #93 - April 2004
- "Hotfoot in the Park"
- Issue #94 - May 2004
- "24/7 Heaven"
- Issue #95 - June 2004
- "Coach Me if You Can"
- Issue #96 - July 2004
- "A Tale Of Two Pin Pals"
- Issue #97 - August 2004
- "Feud, Glorious Feud"
- Issue #98 - September 2004
- "The Return of Xt'tapalatakettle"
- Issue #99 - October 2004
- "Marge Simpson Living"
- Issue #100 - November 2004
- "Clip Clip Hooray!"
- Issue #101 - December 2004
- "Sofa So Good"
- Issue #102 - January 2005
- "Uncle Burns"
- Issue #103 - February 2005
- "Anchormom"
- Issue #104 - March 2005
- "The Duffman Cometh!"
- Issue #105 - April 2005
- "Dr. Nick at Night"
- Issue #106 - May 2005
- "Simpsons: The Musical"
- Issue #107 - June 2005
- "To Kill a Mocking Bart"
- Issue #108 - July 2005
- "Big House Homer"
- Issue #109 - August 2005
- "Now Museum, Now You Don't!"
- Issue #110 - September 2005
- "Bad News Bearer"
- Issue #111 - October 2005
- "Know It All in the Family"
- Issue #112 - November 2005
- "The Simpsons Spinoff Showcase Quickly Cancelled Comic Book Cavalcade"
- Issue #113 - December 2005
- "Little Orphan Bart"
- Issue #114 - January 2006
- "Ring-a-Ding Springfield"
- Issue #115 - February 2006
- "Clown Therapy"
- "Verti-go-areeno"
- Issue #116 - March 2006
- "Mall or Nothing"
- Issue #117 - April 2006
- "Sandwiches are Forever"
- Issue #118 - May 2006
- "The 'X'-Men"
- Issue #119 - June 2006
- "The Flunky!"
- Issue #120 - July 2006
- "Homer Drops the Ball!"
- Issue #121 - August 2006
- "The Town that Time Forgot"
- Issue #122 - September 2006
- "One Plus Two Equals Zero"
- Issue #123 - October 2006
- "Bobbing For Vengeance"
- Issue #124 - November 2006
- "'Til Ned Do Us Part"
- "Angry Dad in 'The Roller Skate'"
Trivia
- The writers of the Simpsons TV series are said to dislike the comics for their less intelligent writing and absurd plots; in the episode Behind the Laughter, a fake documentary about the Simpson Family having a life outside the show, Marge claimed that Homer wrote the comics himself.
