The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Fun-Filled Frightfest

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #3

by Matt Groening

The cryptkeeper of comedy, Matt Groening, the creator of 'The Simpsons', presents his newest collection of hell–arious humour. Join Matt Groening, the King of Comic Chaos and the creator of America's favourite family, 'The Simpsons', as he cooks up a creepy cornucopia of knee–knocking, white knuckling, knee–slapping knick–knacks. Brace yourself for beer–bellied beasties, frozen cavemen, ghoulish groundskeepers, price–gouging Kwik–E clerks, wonderful wizards, drooling aliens, banned books, talking horses, defective duplicates and parallel worlds. If you have a taste for terror and a hankering for humour, satisfy your appetite with this deliriously delicious treat not for the faint of heart or the very ticklish!

Genres: Comics, Graphic Novels, Horror, Humor, Collections, Graphic Novels Comics, Tv

128 pages, Paperback

First published September 2, 2003

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

[Mutant Mike · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Simpsons has been successful at collaborating with high profile guest artists for their couch gags, and it works over at Bongo, too. This anthology contains an Ennis/McCrea Aliens parody, a Bizarro Homer clone story by Mark Hamill, A Wizard of Oz parody by Usagi Yojimbo's Stan Sakai, and an origin story for Devil Flanders by Jim Mahfood, the artist behind Clerks the Comic Book. Good stuff!

[Christine (KizzieReads) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some were funny, some were meh.

[Aimee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A comical comic that fans of The Simpsons and spook will enjoy to pass the time.

[Rob McMonigal · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Simpson Comics stayed fresh long past the show's own expiration date, and I'm still sad to see them go. But we'll always have collections like this one, with everyone from Gail Simone to Garth Ennis to Stan Sakai(!) jumping in on the fun of really playing around in the world of Springfield.

This is an evergreen title I re-read periodically. Maybe I'm about due again...

[Dillon Harris · Rating 5 out of 5]

‘Marge, I’m taking the kids to hell!’
‘Be back by 11, it’s a school night’

This series just gets better and better. Considering it was still released as comic books across the world and likely marketed for a younger audience, I’m surprised by just how dark they went with some of the stories, as well as how gory the art gets. Truly wonderful. Any fans of ‘Treehouse of Horror’ will be very pleased.

Featuring an ‘Alien’ parody by Garth Ennis and a ‘Bizarro World’ parody by Mark Hammil, as well as a very experimental Wizard of Oz send off, an adventure in hell and, my personal favourite, Homer waking up in a strange universe of white people with five fingers.

This comic was brimming with creativity. Clearly made by people who love the show and these characters, but were given the freedom to experiment.

[Kayla · Rating 4 out of 5]

I absolutely adore the simpsons! And the art work in this book is beautiful! Can’t wait to read the others now!

[Arman Waggoner · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simpsons Humor AND Halloween Horror, sign me up

[Caroline]

I rescued this one from my parents house and loved re-reading it.

[Elizabeth · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was my first time picking up one of the Treehouse of Horror comic specials and I must say I thought it was a lot of fun and enjoyed it a lot.

This is the first time I can ever really recall actually loving the art in a Simpsons comic. Since it's Treehouse of Horror there's a lot more room to play around and be creative, it makes a lot more overall sense to have some really different artwork, but I was really impressed, I absolutely loved the style in several of the segments in this.

The individual stories were a lot of fun to read too. Lots of laughs, appearance from "Flaming Moe" and Flanders as Satan, some fun parodies, etc. It was basically everything I would have wanted from a THOH comic special.

If you like Simpsons comics and you like THOH, this is definitely something you want to be reading.

[Fergus Lees · Rating 4 out of 5]

This novel fits into the " Graphic novel " section on the bingo board

I decided to read this book when I got it for my birthday and then later in the day I opened the graphic novel and started reading it.

I like this book because of how the Illustrations matched the story and what was happening,because some comics don't do this too well which makes them hard to read and to understand what is going on. Also after every sub-comic the style of illustration changes which kept the book interesting

The things I didn't like about the book was some of the humor that I and probably a lot of other people couldn't relate to.

I would recommend this book to ages 10-15 and to anyone in for a laugh

[Dann · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Fun-Filled Frightfest is a delightful holiday treat from Matt Groening and Bongo Comics. This graphic novel features 6 short stories, TV and book ads from Kang and Kodos, a Sideshow Bob sing-along, and various Halloween guides. Unfortunately a lot of the jokes and spoofs are rather lame; particularly the songs and games. And the artwork for the story segments is awful, with really crude designs and coloring. Yet there’s still some of that old Simpsons charm to the humor and a couple of the stories are rather fun. Though it’s not as strong as previous Halloween specials, The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Fun-Filled Frightfest is entertaining and delivers some good laughs.

[Robbie Markus]

So far it's amusing and worth reading. It has 7 or 8 scary stories involving the simpsons. For example, in one story, two scientists dig out Homer frozen in ice 2000 years into the future. They take him to the lab where they give him tests, to learn about the people 2000 years ago. Two days later, Homer wakes up, wondering where he is or what he's doing here. When he falls asleep, he is captured by a random man. The man displays Homer to the public as the freak from 2000 years ago, and pays people to look at him. There are several other stories that make me laugh, as always with The Simpsons.

[Lisa Burris · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're a fan of the Simpsons or of great comic writing and art, check out this series. Each year, guest artists take over Simpsons comics and create stories of their own using the Simpsons characters. Collections such as this are fun to read, because the familiar Simpson family and their neighbors in Springfield are drawn and written just a little differently than we are used to. This makes the Treehouse Of Horror series exciting and ever-refreshing.

[Timo · Rating 1 out of 5]

Minulla on aina ollut ennakkoluulo Simpsonit-sarjakuviakohtaa. Mielessäni ne putoavat kakkapaska-kuoppaan, sillä eivät ne koskaan voi saavuttaa sitä taikaa, mikä on alkuperäisessä sarjassa.
Joko mielikuvani myrkytti lukemisen tämän kanssa, mutta kakkapaskaa tämä oli. Hengetöntä ja mielikuvituksetonta. Parit kivat kuvat, mutta kuitenkin kakkapaskaa.
Ainoa syy, miksi ostin tämän, on se, että tässä on Garth Ennisin kirjoittama tarina. Ja olen kerännyt kaikki Garth Ennisin kirjoittamat tarinat.

[KylieAtkinson · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is my first graphic novel (to complete a reading challenge) and I thought the good old Simpsons would be a great place to start. Unfortunately, for me, a lot of their charm comes from the character voices. Even though you can still hear that voice when you read it, it's just not the same. The jokes just felt lame. Some of the artwork in parts was a bit basic too. Not for me but maybe the kids will enjoy it more.

2106 Reading Challenge - A graphic novel

[Cristianl6 · Rating 2 out of 5]

It look like a good book but it needed more scary stuff. One thing they need to put real scary stories. Second it needed to be funny and scary the same time. More stories than facts. More scary facts and funny. It needed to be less inappropriate. They need to think like a child and what are they scare about.

[angrykitty · Rating 5 out of 5]

i don't have any of the other simpsons comics, but i have all of the halloween ones. i was gonna buy a non halloween comic, but then i decided to by another comic.....sometimes it's hard to be an adult....

[Justin Fraxi · Rating 5 out of 5]

I never get tired of that particular River Styx joke.

[Greta is Erikasbuddy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This wasn't the BEST Simpson's comic out there but it had it moments.