Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium: Volume 5

Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium #5

by Matt Groening

The fifth volume in the sought-after Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium series is bursting with classic comic strips featuring everyone’s favorite family—The Simpsons. Included is a collectible, one-of-a-kind, pullout paper craft of one of Springfield’s favorite landmarks. Bart starts his own humor magazine, and it isn’t long before Springfield’s resident funnyman Krusty the Clown wants in on the business. Then, donut-lovers Homer Simpson and Chief Clancy Wiggum take over each other’s deliciously do-nothing jobs. And speaking of switcheroos, Bart boards the wrong airplane and finds himself mistaken for local Springshire lad . . . Brit Simpson. And when Ned Flanders opens his own friendly tavern, Homer finds himself torn between two bartenders, the ever-surly Moe or everyone’s favorite neighborino. Throw in an alien abduction, some home disrepair, a pseudo-scientific trip to an alternate reality, a ghostly superhero pairing, and a rescue mission beneath the nuclear power plant, and you have the most colossal compendium yet. And make that dream of a personal home theater a reality with your very own scale model of Springfield’s classic movie house, the Aztec Theater. The Colossal Compendium series boasts upgraded heavier paper, an increased page count of 176 pages, and includes a unique and collectible paper craft. Volume 5 features the Aztec Theater. As the series progresses, fans will be able to assemble their own three-dimensional version of the city of Springfield and usher in a paper paradise!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor, Fiction

176 pages, ebook

Published May 15, 2020

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

[Etienne · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the funniest Simpson comic book I've read. The humor felt a bit old from time to time, like old used jokes. Some stories were really good but the overall is a bit disappointing.

[Sophie Crane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm loving the collection, maybe it's not very objective because I'm a fan of the series but the books are very good. I hope you will continue every year to bring out a new one and do not stop as they have done with other collections.

[Danielle Shelton Walczak · Rating 3 out of 5]

Being a big Simpson’s fan, this compendium was a bit flat for me. I know they comics can be funnier and some of the conclusions left something to be desired in the humor department. For me there were too many superhero stories. As always I don’t believe there are enough stories focusing on my favorite character, Lisa Simpson. I did enjoy Brit Simpson, when the Simpson family meet the British version of Bart, and vice versa. I also enjoyed Drinker, Failure, Bowler, Spy- when Ned Flanders sets up a competing bar to Moe’s. However, the latter and the former stories weren’t enough to warrant more then an average rating for this Colossal Compendium volume 5.

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes another fun entry into the world of Simpsons comics. It started out slow with the first two (which I rated under 3 stars each), but picked up with some really great ones in the middle and end (The MAD parody with actual entries from it including Star Drek, as well as some of the others: Ned’s Bar, Brit Simpson, the Nerds of Prey saving Bartman)

A 3.6/5 overall after my averaging but I’d bump it up to a 3.75 or even 4!

[Natasha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fairly standard offering from the The Simpsons Comics. It was an easy and light hearted read.

[Chelsea Merkley · Rating 1 out of 5]

My son read this. I did not. I do not approve of this comic or the show.

[Mikael Hasan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The fifth volume in the sought-after Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium series is bursting with classic comic strips featuring everyone’s favorite family—The Simpsons.