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Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium #3
Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium Vl 3
Simpsons Comics - Colossal Compendium
176 pages, Paperback
First published July 7, 2015
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Matt Groening
1,069 books437 followersMatthew 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.
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.
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January 7, 2017
Volume three includes these comic books: Bart Simpson #48. Bart Simpson’s Pal Milhouse #1. Li’l Homer #1. Maggie #1. The Malevolent Mr. Burns #1. Professor Frink Fantastic Science Fiction #1. Ralph Wiggum Comics #1. Simpsons Comics 155, 162, 180, 186. Simpsons Super Spectacular #9.
August 29, 2020
I bought this out of order from my LCS because the first two had already been sold and he was out of stock of Simpsons back issues. Of course it matters not at all there is no Simpsons comics narrative that one must follow it's all one-shot stories, just for laughs of course and often more funny than the current Simpsons tv series (Season 20-too much).
The main centerpiece of this book is a brilliantly cynical take on Superhero "event" comics called "The Greatest Radioactive Man Event Ever!" Written by Batton Lash and drawn by Tobe Rodriguez it surgically skewers the always overwrought and overpriced "events" of comicdom (I'm currently suckered into the fairly stupid Empyre Avengers/Fantastic Four event from Marvel s0 this Simpsons story came as much needed comedic relief). I won't go into it too much because of laziness of course but in the Simpsons event Krusty the Clown has become the head of Radioactive Man comics and as always he's going to do the event that takes the least amount of time and effort going into it and as well try to extract the most amount of money he possibly can from the fanboy buyer. Not only was this topical for the 00's when this story came out but it holds true for today and events in the past from the 60's - the 90's.
I love Bongo comix and wish I'd kept up w/them over the years since they are no longer in business of course. I was an early buyer of the comix in the 90's, have a lot of first issues in pretty crappy condition but lost interest in that style of comic (or more likely had a lot less disposable income) and stopped buying 'em. I went to Universal Orlando a couple of years ago and saw a bunch of Simpsons comix in the Simpsons gift shop, picked 'em up and have since started buying back issues where I see 'em. I now got Volumes 1 & 2 of the Colossal Compendium series on order and am quite happily anticipating great funny comix reading fun. Cheers.
The main centerpiece of this book is a brilliantly cynical take on Superhero "event" comics called "The Greatest Radioactive Man Event Ever!" Written by Batton Lash and drawn by Tobe Rodriguez it surgically skewers the always overwrought and overpriced "events" of comicdom (I'm currently suckered into the fairly stupid Empyre Avengers/Fantastic Four event from Marvel s0 this Simpsons story came as much needed comedic relief). I won't go into it too much because of laziness of course but in the Simpsons event Krusty the Clown has become the head of Radioactive Man comics and as always he's going to do the event that takes the least amount of time and effort going into it and as well try to extract the most amount of money he possibly can from the fanboy buyer. Not only was this topical for the 00's when this story came out but it holds true for today and events in the past from the 60's - the 90's.
I love Bongo comix and wish I'd kept up w/them over the years since they are no longer in business of course. I was an early buyer of the comix in the 90's, have a lot of first issues in pretty crappy condition but lost interest in that style of comic (or more likely had a lot less disposable income) and stopped buying 'em. I went to Universal Orlando a couple of years ago and saw a bunch of Simpsons comix in the Simpsons gift shop, picked 'em up and have since started buying back issues where I see 'em. I now got Volumes 1 & 2 of the Colossal Compendium series on order and am quite happily anticipating great funny comix reading fun. Cheers.
January 12, 2024
I loved the 3 part Radioactive Man story. At some points I felt exactly like Bart with some content I loved in my life that’s disappointed me. Some of the shorter ones were great too, which others were just meh.
Overall it’s a 3.5-3.75ish when I average out all my ratings for each story, but the 3 part story is 4s all across!
Overall it’s a 3.5-3.75ish when I average out all my ratings for each story, but the 3 part story is 4s all across!
August 25, 2018
Even better than the last edition of the Colossal Compendium series. I especially loved how they brought back characters we don't really see anymore in the show.
September 26, 2022
The art and style are great but the jokes did not land for me
January 6, 2023
Entertaining read, with some great stories that felt very original.
March 8, 2019
That was a waste of money.
Boring and forgettable stories with no point. No witty remarks or clever jokes.
Terrible like the last seasons of the show.
Boring and forgettable stories with no point. No witty remarks or clever jokes.
Terrible like the last seasons of the show.
November 17, 2015
A collection of short graphic stories based on the TV series.
The stories were OK but nothing special - fans of the cartoons will probably enjoy them.
Real rating 2.5
The stories were OK but nothing special - fans of the cartoons will probably enjoy them.
Real rating 2.5
January 6, 2023
It's bursting with classic comic stories featuring everyone’s favorite characters.
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