Bart Simpson: Master of Disaster

by Matt Groening

From one calamity to the next, Bart Simpson Master of Disaster will take you over the brink of laughter again and again. Hope for the best and expect the worst, when Bart, Milhouse, and Martin pull their resources together to buy a brand-new model kit that brings them together in more ways than one. Then, Principal Skinner and Bart enter into a game of “tag” . . . sprayed all over school property. And when Lisa gets a bump on the head, Bart tries to convince her that she has a reputation as a mischief-maker. Add in a trip to Mexico, a nuclear nightmare near-miss, Vikings, vampires, making faces, alien races, acting strange, climate change, and you have the makings of a catastrophe of monumental proportions . . . or maybe just an ordinary day in the life of Bart Simpson!

Genres: Humor, Graphic Novels

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2016

About the author

Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland, Oregon.

Groening is best known as the creator of The Simpsons. He is also the creator of Futurama and the author of the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. Groening distributed Life in Hell in the book corner of Licorice Pizza, a record store in which he worked.

He made his first professional cartoon sale to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers.

Reviews

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a fun and enjoyable read. A prime example of how well the comics live up to the show.

Viva La Bart had my favourite art in this volume. Most of the stories were quite funny. Maggie's Crib was the fun surprise of this volume.

I would definitely recommend this to fans of the show or comics. A great read for anyone looking for a fun way to spend a little of their readin time.

[Ruby Escalona · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's the Simpsons - so what else can you expect? Fun comics that make for a good read. Perfect while reading in the car (and on the go) - my favorite story was the one of Maggie in Homer's workplace for the first time.

Grab it from your library (it can be a bit expensive if you bought it yourself) :)

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

After all the Simpsons comics I’ve read this one was just “okay” and a very solid 3/5.

The illustrations on some are still a little too wacky for me, but getting past that, the stories were also a little meh compared to others.

The best ones to me were Gamemaster Lisa, Lisa’s amnesia and Maggie’s First Day. I did also enjoy seeing Skinner’s ways of changing Bart’s graffiti too but that one just kind of fizzles at the end (like Bart’s cans of paint).

Overall, I had a fun time reading the Simpsons comics and have managed to get through pretty much all the ones I had available to me (expect a Treehouse of Horror one that I’ll leave for closer to Halloween). I am going to miss reading them because in a lot of ways the stories were actually more entertaining than what’s on the show now!

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Simpsons volume as always. This volume includes work from Sergio Aragones, which is a always a plus. And the Simpsons is such a natural fit for him.

I've never really been disappointed with a Simpsons comic, just always a fun read.

[blueygurl2016 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this book pretty well. It had some funny parts. It was overall pretty entertaining. It felt like episodes of the Simpsons. My least favorite art was the one with Radioactive Man; it felt like primitive Simpsons. But I enjoyed the inclusion of Kang and Kodos. That was fun.

[Cale · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is another example of how well the comic book captures the flavor of the TV series - most of the stories in here would make suitable basic plots for an episode. There's nothing particularly standing out in this volume, although the inclusion of Maggie one and two page stories by Sergio Aragones is nice to see, and some work pretty well. Otherwise, it's more of the same; if you're a Simpsons fan, that's probably all that you're looking for.

[Alice Rachel · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish they would create all new material and stop recycling the old comics because the original drawings are just awful.