Simpsons Comics Thread - Page 49

D DEBBS · 08-01-2010, 10:33 AM

My best internet friend told me that the Comic Book Guy series will be 5 issues, not three.

Charlie · 08-02-2010, 04:50 AM

That's been known for quite a while and mentioned several times in this topic, Debbs.

ArchiveGuy · 08-03-2010, 05:41 PM

Greetings all! Details on the first Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, including the four covers, and a comparison with the four covers they parody, can be found on the Comics Guide on the Simpsons Archive at
http://www.snpp.com/guides/comics.html
For anyone who hasn't explored that guide previously, in addition to documenting all the US comics, it includes 1) multiple indexes to every Radioactive Man comic, including all the references to those not "reprinted" and an explanation to all the Faux letters 2) an index to all the back covers, 3) an index to all the I&S Stories, 4) an index to all the fan mail and drawings by fan last name and 5) all the "Meet the Artists" sections transcribed. Lastly, comic reprints are precisely detailed from each *story* to the places where they have been reprinted, and the book list has a corresponding detail showing the source of each story / faux advertisement. Suggestions, corrections, questions and complaints are all welcome. Thanks!

Charlie · 08-03-2010, 06:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiveGuy

Greetings all! Details on the first Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, including the four covers, and a comparison with the four covers they parody, can be found on the Comics Guide on the Simpsons Archive at
http://www.snpp.com/guides/comics.html
For anyone who hasn't explored that guide previously, in addition to documenting all the US comics, it includes 1) multiple indexes to every Radioactive Man comic, including all the references to those not "reprinted" and an explanation to all the Faux letters 2) an index to all the back covers, 3) an index to all the I&S Stories, 4) an index to all the fan mail and drawings by fan last name and 5) all the "Meet the Artists" sections transcribed. Lastly, comic reprints are precisely detailed from each *story* to the places where they have been reprinted, and the book list has a corresponding detail showing the source of each story / faux advertisement. Suggestions, corrections, questions and complaints are all welcome. Thanks!

I was looking through this guide a few weeks ago and there was one thing I was going to email about - for Bart Simpson #49 the guide says that the last two stories had a misspelled credit to 'Mark Hammill'. It's actually credited to Nathan (checked in my US direct edition from August 09).

ArchiveGuy · 08-03-2010, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie

I was looking through this guide a few weeks ago and there was one thing I was going to email about - for Bart Simpson #49 the guide says that the last two stories had a misspelled credit to 'Mark Hammill'. It's actually credited to Nathan (checked in my US direct edition from August 09).

Excellent catch! What I intended to say was "they misspell the Colors artist as Nathan Hammill", i.e., with two m's instead of one. In stating that I switched the first name to Mike... and misspelled the word misspell! Will be corrected in next upload. Thanks!!

Charlie · 08-03-2010, 08:24 PM

No problem

Itchy · 08-16-2010, 03:53 PM

Does anyone know if Bongo actually hired anyone after making that thread about looking for artists?

hammster · 08-17-2010, 03:01 AM

So I got that crossover crisis book thing for my Birthday yesterday. Anyone else think it is truly fantastic? I love all the artwork and extra stuff and the whole thing is just beautifully done. Really happy with it.

Charlie · 08-17-2010, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Itchy

Does anyone know if Bongo actually hired anyone after making that thread about looking for artists?

Who knows. They were advertising at other places too (there's an identical thread over at PEEL). I've noticed the last year and a half or so there's been a huge increase in new artists, so maybe they did find some people.

ArchiveGuy · 08-17-2010, 09:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hammster

So I got that crossover crisis book thing for my Birthday yesterday. Anyone else think it is truly fantastic? I love all the artwork and extra stuff and the whole thing is just beautifully done. Really happy with it.

Very well done, and released by Abrams ComicsArts, instead of Harper/Bongo/Titan/etc with, of course, a price to match (although it's now being discounted, down to 16.47 on Amazon.) It includes the four Simpsons/Futurama Crossover issues, of course, Simpsons #87 and new stuff, all of which we itemized;

Contents Pages Contents
New Material 2 Introduction by Matt Groening
Futurama Simpsons #1 25 Chapter 1: Somewhere Over The Brain-bow!
Futurama Simpsons #2 25 Chapter 2: Liquid Diamond is Forever!
Simpsons Comics #87 27 Hail to the Cat
Simpsons Comics #87 1 Who's Who in the New Revolutionary War?
Simpsons Futurama #1 29 Chapter 3: Slaves of New New York!
Simpsons Futurama #2 27 Chapter 4: The Read Menace!
Summer Shindig #2 11 Chili Chili Bang Bang
Futurama Simpsons #1 1 Fut/Simp Infinitely Secret CC #1 - Cover Art
Futurama Simpsons #2 1 Fut/Simp Infinitely Secret CC #2 - Cover Art
Simpsons Futurama #1 1 Simpsons/Fut CC II #1 - Cover Art
Simpsons Futurama #2 1 Simpsons/Fut CC II #2 - Cover Art
Simpsons Comics #87 1 Simpsons Comics #87 - Cover Art
New Material 26 Rough Stuff: Thumbnail layouts, rough layouts
New Material 17 The Simpsons/Fut Masterpiece Gallery
Simpsons Comics #1 Reprint of Simpsons Comics #1

Depending on how this sells I suspect they will consider additional high-end reprint volumes. Do people think this was worth it, or would they have preferred the usual reprint volumes?

Bruce

ArchiveGuy · 08-17-2010, 09:43 AM

Apologies, intended to preview that previous post, not post that, to see if it formatted correctly, which it didn't. Guess I'll just link to it;
http://www.snpp.com/guides/booklistu...ml#BKC034USDET

Bruce

yodazone · 08-21-2010, 08:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArchiveGuy

Very well done, and released by Abrams ComicsArts, instead of Harper/Bongo/Titan/etc with, of course, a price to match (although it's now being discounted, down to 16.47 on Amazon.) It includes the four Simpsons/Futurama Crossover issues, of course, Simpsons #87 and new stuff, all of which we itemized;

Contents Pages Contents
New Material 2 Introduction by Matt Groening
Futurama Simpsons #1 25 Chapter 1: Somewhere Over The Brain-bow!
Futurama Simpsons #2 25 Chapter 2: Liquid Diamond is Forever!
Simpsons Comics #87 27 Hail to the Cat
Simpsons Comics #87 1 Who's Who in the New Revolutionary War?
Simpsons Futurama #1 29 Chapter 3: Slaves of New New York!
Simpsons Futurama #2 27 Chapter 4: The Read Menace!
Summer Shindig #2 11 Chili Chili Bang Bang
Futurama Simpsons #1 1 Fut/Simp Infinitely Secret CC #1 - Cover Art
Futurama Simpsons #2 1 Fut/Simp Infinitely Secret CC #2 - Cover Art
Simpsons Futurama #1 1 Simpsons/Fut CC II #1 - Cover Art
Simpsons Futurama #2 1 Simpsons/Fut CC II #2 - Cover Art
Simpsons Comics #87 1 Simpsons Comics #87 - Cover Art
New Material 26 Rough Stuff: Thumbnail layouts, rough layouts
New Material 17 The Simpsons/Fut Masterpiece Gallery
Simpsons Comics #1 Reprint of Simpsons Comics #1

Depending on how this sells I suspect they will consider additional high-end reprint volumes. Do people think this was worth it, or would they have preferred the usual reprint volumes?

Bruce

The Simpsons/Futurama Hardcover/Slipcase should get some nominated for some books awards or something.

I hope they follow it up with a Simpsons Futurama Crossover III series.

The second crossover mini series ended on a cliffhanger note....

biffwestwood · 08-22-2010, 08:25 AM

Good news everyone! The website bongocomics.com is active again.

ArchiveGuy · 08-23-2010, 08:45 PM

The masthead on Simpsons Comics #169 shows a new intern: Abe Groening.
Like father, like son.

**Jamie** · 08-23-2010, 10:32 PM

must be because he has tons of experience being a comic strip character

Charlie · 08-31-2010, 11:49 PM

Also, there's giant one-page ads in the latest issues announcing that Junk Mail is making a return. No longer can I flaunt the fact that I had the last letter ever published in the US comics (#113, December 2005).

I'm only just getting into reading the latest batch of comics I've picked up, but a couple notes; the black-light poster in Futurama #50, while just ripped from the cover of the Time Bender Trilogy paperback, looks wonderful. Also, the new paper they're printing on (even glossier than before) makes everything really pop off the page.

ArchiveGuy · 09-01-2010, 08:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Charlie

Also, there's giant one-page ads in the latest issues announcing that Junk Mail is making a return. No longer can I flaunt the fact that I had the last letter ever published in the US comics (#113, December 2005).

...and since there was only one letter in that issue, that rather distinctly identifies a letter from "Australia via -Email". Which leads to a question I've been meaning to ask, anyone else have art or letters published in Bongo Comics? I've attempted to extend your 15 seconds of fame by indexing all the names of everyone who had art or letters printed here;
http://www.snpp.com/guides/comics_fans.html
Will be adding Simpsons Illustrated letters to that soon! ...and eventually Futurama.

Bruce

Charlie · 09-02-2010, 08:13 PM

Ha yeah that's me, I picked up some US issues in mid-2005 (and been getting them ever since) and saw the email address, so thought I'd email them. In retrospect it's a terrible letter, but hey, apparently I'm their first comic book ambassador

I also had a picture printed in the Australian version of #95 which is even more embarrassing.

08-03-2010, 05:41 PM	#1443
ArchiveGuy Newbie Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New York Posts: 15	Comic Book Guy Greetings all! Details on the first Comic Book Guy: The Comic Book, including the four covers, and a comparison with the four covers they parody, can be found on the Comics Guide on the Simpsons Archive at http://www.snpp.com/guides/comics.html For anyone who hasn't explored that guide previously, in addition to documenting all the US comics, it includes 1) multiple indexes to every Radioactive Man comic, including all the references to those not "reprinted" and an explanation to all the Faux letters 2) an index to all the back covers, 3) an index to all the I&S Stories, 4) an index to all the fan mail and drawings by fan last name and 5) all the "Meet the Artists" sections transcribed. Lastly, comic reprints are precisely detailed from each story to the places where they have been reprinted, and the book list has a corresponding detail showing the source of each story / faux advertisement. Suggestions, corrections, questions and complaints are all welcome. Thanks!

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08-01-2010, 10:33 AM	#1441
D DEBBS Tyrant:laps milk from soupmug Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 3,360	My best internet friend told me that the Comic Book Guy series will be 5 issues, not three.

08-03-2010, 08:24 PM	#1446
Charlie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 7,881	No problem

08-17-2010, 09:43 AM	#1451
ArchiveGuy Newbie Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New York Posts: 15	Apologies, intended to preview that previous post, not post that, to see if it formatted correctly, which it didn't. Guess I'll just link to it; http://www.snpp.com/guides/booklistu...ml#BKC034USDET Bruce

08-22-2010, 08:25 AM	#1453
biffwestwood Hired Goon Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,122	Good news everyone! The website bongocomics.com is active again.

08-23-2010, 08:45 PM	#1454
ArchiveGuy Newbie Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: New York Posts: 15	The masthead on Simpsons Comics #169 shows a new intern: Abe Groening. Like father, like son.

08-23-2010, 10:32 PM	#1455
Jamie pineapple shoes Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: olympia, wa Posts: 10,837	must be because he has tons of experience being a comic strip character

08-31-2010, 11:49 PM	#1456
Charlie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 7,881	Also, there's giant one-page ads in the latest issues announcing that Junk Mail is making a return. No longer can I flaunt the fact that I had the last letter ever published in the US comics (#113, December 2005). I'm only just getting into reading the latest batch of comics I've picked up, but a couple notes; the black-light poster in Futurama #50, while just ripped from the cover of the Time Bender Trilogy paperback, looks wonderful. Also, the new paper they're printing on (even glossier than before) makes everything really pop off the page.

09-02-2010, 08:13 PM	#1458
Charlie  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 7,881	Ha yeah that's me, I picked up some US issues in mid-2005 (and been getting them ever since) and saw the email address, so thought I'd email them. In retrospect it's a terrible letter, but hey, apparently I'm their first comic book ambassador I also had a picture printed in the Australian version of #95 which is even more embarrassing.