Bart Simpson Breaks Out: An Iconic Graphic Novel of Springfield Mayhem, Pranking, and Bartman Adventures

by Matt Groening

Escape brain-numbing boredom with Bart Simpson!

Bart and his pals are holding nothing back! First, the sons of The Legitimate Businessman’s Social Club (aka the Mafia) take over Springfield Elementary, and they have their sights set on recruiting Bart as their newest member. And when Lisa applies her study habits to the art of pranking, she gives Bart a healthy dose of competition for the title of “Class Clown.” Then, Bartman tangles with an eight-baby-wielding villain named Dr. Octuplets. Also, Martin Prince makes a move up the social ladder, Homer offers Maggie the moon, and Principal Skinner resorts to desperate measures to contain the force that is . . . Bart Simpson!

Genres: Graphic Novels, Graphic Novels Comics, Fiction, Comics

128 pages, Paperback

Published April 2, 2019

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

[Eliza · Rating 4 out of 5]

i love reading Simpson graphic novels they are so funny they are all little short stories and are really funny so good

[Neha · Rating 5 out of 5]

A laugh-out-loud graphic novel based on the hit TV show, “The Simpsons!” I loved all the short stories woven throughout! Apu, an Indian character who owns a convenience store, is particularly funny in one of the tales, and I found myself laughing quite jovially at another scene depicting Bart’s aversion to reading, which contrasts my personality completely. The visual depictions and graphics are done exactly like the show and make each and every scene funnier and more entertaining. Overall, this graphic novel is fantastic, and I recommend all fans of the TV show to check this one out! 5 stars!

[Quentin Wallace · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simpsons comics never disappoint. I'm really bummed Bongo stop publishing. I keep hoping another company will pick up the license, and also that Harper will continue with graphic novels of already published material.

As far as this volume goes, the art styles varied slightly but everything still looked like The Simpsons in the style of the cartoon. The stories were mostly funny with plenty of comic book in-jokes.

The Simpsons translates great to comics, and it was evident as always here.

[blueygurl2016 · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was pretty fun. I wasn’t really a fan of the Ouija board one but I gotta say, the Milhouse Goes to Heck was actually pretty funny and sadly realistic. Unfortunately there really are preachers that use the threat of hell to scare people into salvation and then it isn’t a genuine conversion because they they didn’t really understand Christ’s Lordship, they were just scared of hell.

[Teresa · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always fun to take a break from serious reading for a bit of silliness!

[Meghan · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars

[Tia · Rating 5 out of 5]

I do love a good Simpsons story. It made it even better that it was in a comic form. I loved it☺️.

[Ed C · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have never read any simpsons comics before but i am a general fan, i really enjoyed this. I love Bart and it is a really funny collection of tales.

[Anastasia Antony · Rating 4 out of 5]

Between 4 to 4.45 star rating

[erini · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.75 / 5

[Karla Dee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed these and it was very nostalgic bc it's been forevs since I've watched the show. Loved that lisa tries to be a prankster like bart and ends up choosing to be a nerd.

[M SReads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy going funny graphic novel that was a random choice.

Very enjoyable