Bartman: The Best of the Best!

Bartman (1993) #1-3

by Matt Groening, Steve Vance, Jan Strnad

What's more exciting than a new episode of The Itchy and Scratchy Show and more valuable than compromising photos of Principal Skinner? Why, it's Bartman TM : The Best of the Best! America's most popular cartoon family jumps from the small screen to the big, full-color pages of Matt Groening's first-ever collection of the wildly successful Bartman TM comic series. With the help of his trusted sidekick Milhouse, Bart "Bartman" Simpson, archenemy of evil, battles the likes of The Penalizer, the sinister Canker and outerspace aliens as he protects the good citizens of Springfield. Follow Bartman on the adventures of a lifetime!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Humor, Fiction, Comic Book, Graphic Novels Comics

128 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 1995

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

[Phantom]

I WANT TO READ BARTMAN COMICS!!!! I DON'T WANT TO BUY THE COMIC! PLEASE, I JUST WANT TO READ THE COMICS!!

[Dj. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very good book. And for anyone who likes the Simpsons then they will love this comic book. And as well as I very much enjoy the superhero references, for example: The Incredible Hulk = The ingestible Bulk. Batman = Bartman. The Jokester = The Joker.

[Roisin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bartman: do I have to say anymore!

[Dillon Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic, nostalgic read. The three-part event where the entire town gets superpowers as a result of a nuclear explosion was one I remembered loving as a kid, and though its writing is not as smart as the series, I had a good time. Takes advantage of the comic book structure to do something a little different very well.

[Graham Barrett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lot of fond memories reading this way back when, probably one of my first forays into The Simpsons (imagine my surprise when Bart's costumed alter ego wasn't a common feature on the show).

[Michelle Obama · Rating 5 out of 5]

Bartman was good for me, I was always interested in reading the Simpson, It was always my favourite tv show to watch since I was a kid. The book was more silly then serious because Bart failed his test. His parents were mad at him because they want Bart to succeed his History test.

[Simon Turner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love this take on Bart Simpsons superhero alter ego: "Batman". Read these comics when I was younger, so I was excited to pick this up. Annoyingly, it doesn't have all the Batman comics and is missing 2 or 3. But, it contains the main issues and is an enjoyable book for Simpsons fans.

[Achinthya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hilarious! 3 comics gathered into one. Radioactive Man, The Penalizer, etc. all star in this one, and Itchy and Scratchy actually come to life! This is one YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS!

[taz/ matthew · Rating 5 out of 5]

FUNNY!

[Harry · Rating 5 out of 5]

I use to read this book when i was younger i still enjoy it now.

[Joe Vincent Iscala · Rating 2 out of 5]

just to pass my time...

[Nicolas · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first few issues were fun, but I really didn't enjoy the big Radioactive Man/Itch & Scratchy/Bartman
crossover story.

[Tryvell]

A awesome book i definitely think you should read this if you like the simpsons

[Redwan Orittro · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always, Simpsons comings by Groening will never let you down!

[Curtis · Rating 4 out of 5]

I had a whole bunch of these Simpsons Comics trade paperbacks when I was a kid. I got the first three of them while on holiday in Florida and was absolutely thrilled with them. After that, I got hold of them where I could and ended up with maybe 7 or 8 before I grew out of them. This was my favourite and I used to wonder why they hadn't made Bartman into more of a series.

I reread this recently and found that I'm really too old for this now, and the jokes are nowhere near up to the standard of even the worst episode of the TV show (a fact which I did notice at the time but cared less about). I'd probably give it 2-stars if I was basing it purely on that reading. However, I remember reading it again and again and always really enjoying it so I'll go with the nostalgia rating and allow it to represent The Simpsons comics as a whole, which I thoroughly enjoyed over and over again.

[Talha Saleem · Rating 5 out of 5]

best book to read. I will suggest to read this book it was my first book to read. first I thought this book will be boring to read then I just started read this book for Two days I started to read more and more it was good to read I love it.

[Stephen Coleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

As a kid I loved the Simpsons, I loved Bart, and I loved Batman. We ended up keeping this in the house for a long time.

[Jesús · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it. It felt like old Simpsons episode, like a Halloween special. I’m definitely going to read more Simpsons comics.

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book is the bomb