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On this date 20 years ago, the very first issue of Simpsons Comics was released, Bongo Comics Group’s first comic.

But it wasn’t the first Simpsons Comic… Simpsons Illustrated #1, first on sale April 4, 1991, was. Well, technically it wasn’t a Simpsons comic, it was a magazine. The very first Simpsons COMIC was Simpsons Comics and Stories 1 from January 1993, nearly eleven months before Simpsons Comics 1 was released. (Oh, and by the way, Illustrated #1 and Comics and Stories #1 were published by Welsh Publishing, not Bongo. If Bongo DID publish them, then this would only be the 20th anniversary of Simpsons Comics).

Simpsons Illustrated #1

Simpsons Comics and Stories #1

HAPPY 20TH ANNIVERSARY SIMPSONS COMICS, AND BONGO! The blog wishes you another happy year of publishing in 2014.

After one and a half years…

This site has been online for one and a half years now but it has not remained a head figure in the UK comic world, well, it never really was one, to the end. To all you still following the site, it is with great sadness that I am closing the site. The site will still remain online, but it will no longer be updated. The reason why I am closing this site is because things have been rather busy my end, and I cannot find time to review the comics. I am setting up a new blog, called Phinbart’s Rants (working title!) where I hope most of my followers will follow me too. I may post comic-related news there, and perhaps in the future, this site may come alive again.

Until then, farewell.

Phinbart.

Simpsons Comics #203 now on sale!

Today, Simpsons Comics #203 was made available in your local comic book store, or wherever you buy your comics the second they come out.

Looks like Homer almost ran the comic into a lawsuit. Good job, blue-haired lawyer. And change your hair, that’s the only interesting thing about you…plus, there’s already another Springfieldian that draws attention because of her hair.

This time, Bart creates (another) successful humor magazine for his class. Krusty the Clown co-opts the idea, and turns it into a satirical monthly serial of his own (I know you’re probably saying, “Krusty, how could you?”, but there’s more) – and he hired Bart as the head writer. (“Sorry, Krusty, but it did seem like you were stealing the idea for a magazine Bart created, like what happened in a comic two decades ago”) But Bart didn’t have Homer in mind for the perfect cover spokesman for the mag- now called D’oh! Magazine D’oh!

And there’s more Simpsons Comics now available on the official app. Last issue (saves you trailing to the store and buying a copy, not a very good choice of comic, Comixology…) and Radioactive Man #7 are now available.

And if you’re wondering why I’m taking a more humourous side to things, rather than just cut-n-pasting the comic info from BongoComics.com to here, it’s because of the new, slick, WordPress design.

Simpsons Comics #212 (UK) released!

Today in the UK, Simpsons Comics #212 was released! The issue comes with a free squirter torch. Woo-hoo(!)

This issue, Homer accidentally spills beer on the Springfield Internet Hub, and in result, the internet goes down. As a consequence, the Simpson family have to provide the town’s internet needs, in The Dot Com Before the Storm Also, Itchy and Scratchy are working at a gas station and fight over a girl, in Kill-er-up with Regular

There’s also a competition this issue! Titan would like readers to come up with a crazy or silly invention idea, much like what Professor Frink does. The best ideas will be printed and their favourite will win a cool prize. To send in your inventions, go to simpsonsmail@titanemail.com with the subject header ‘Frink-ventions’ and a picture attached, or send them to ‘Frink-ventions’, Simpsons Comics, Titan Comics, 144 Southwark Street, London SE1 OUP!

On the 4th of July, Lisa gets to compete in an awesome ‘Mathletes’ quiz….but the school can;t afford to get her there. Because of this, we get to see a side of Lisa we’ve never seen before…anyone else up for some rebelling? Meanwhile, Bart causes a Squishee explosion at the Kwik-E-Mart! Don’t confuse him for a stuffed toy! That’s all in Simpsons Comics #213, on sale July 4th. And make sure you don’t miss meeting Teenage Homer in next week’s new Best of the Simpsons #71 – oh, and watch out for some exclusive Simpsons comic strips – only ever seen in newspapers a decade ago!

That’s it for now! Smell ya later.

P.S. Don’t just buy Simpsons Comics for the free gift. Most of the time they’re rubbish.

Apologies

Apologies to all our blog readers for not being able to keep the blog up to date.

Things have been a bit busy at home lately, which is way I hadn’t reported on the latest issues being available. Also, for UK readers, I haven’t been able to post a “Let’s Take a Look at…” post because of this; one should be on its way soon.

Thanks to all the readers who stick around and read the posts!

Apologies again.

Summer Shindig #7 released!

In this issue of Summer Shinding, there’s a summer bonanza of sizzling hot Simpsons stories! First, Bart and Milhouse battle it out to see who will become the Springfield Isotopes’ new batboy. Next, Mr. Burns commandeers the Springfield public beach in the middle of a heatwave and stands between the citizens of Springfield and the surf. And when the Simpson family takes a summer vacation on the Silver Flash express train, they don’t seem to be going anywhere in a flash and they are expressly miserable. Last but not least, when Bart and Milhouse are lost, Homer seeks the help of the only rule of law in the backwoods of Springfield, Judge Dredd-neck…okay, it’s Cletus.

That’s it for now! Smell ya next time!

Bart Simpson #45 (UK) released!

Today in the UK, Bart Simpson #45 was released! It comes with a free Super Soaker.

In this issue, a science class accident turns the whole town against Bart in Everybody Really Hates Bart; Bart’s short-cut to the movies doesn’t actually turn out to be a short cut in, you guessed it, Bart’s Short Cut; Lisa designs a prize-winning corn maze – which she herself gets lost in, in Children of the Corn Maze; a mysterious prankster threatens to ruin Lisa’s sax performance, in The Case of the Sax Solo Saboteur; Bart becomes an unwitting subject of Lisa’s experiments, in Decisions Decisions; we find out what the residents of Springfield REALLY think of Bart, in Many Faces of Bart; a woodland adventure is set ahead for Bart and Milhouse in Into the Woods, and Homer needs to fetch Maggie’s diapers in time, and then she shows off her artistic skills, in this issue’s Maggie’s Crib stories.

Next time in Simpsons Comics, Homer destroys the internet – hardly surprising, right, but then The Simpsons are forced to replace it, in Simpsons Comics #212, out 6 June! And on the 20th June, in Best of the Simpsons #71, it is revealed how Marge and Homer got together, and how young Homer got into a love triangle with teen Marge and Mr. Burns’ teen niece – yikes!

That’s all for now! Smell ya next time!

Bart Simpson #83 released!

In today’s new issue, Principal Skinner resorts to desperate measures get Bart to turn in a book report. And in, literally, another literary tale, Bart and his pals head into the Springfield forest in search of what they believe to be a dead body while Homer gets his lard on while competing in a pie-eating contest.

Smell ya next time!

Simpsons Comics #202 released!

In today’s new Simpsons Comics issue, Homer’s lifelong dream of becoming his own boss comes true at last, but his new boss is a lot harder on him than he ever imagined. And while it is all work and no play, Homer spends less time with his family, which becomes surprisingly difficult for both Bart and Grampa.