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Simpsons Comics #138
by Wein and Valenti
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor

When a torrential rainstorm threatens to raise the level of Springfield River and destroy Springfield's crumbling levees, only one outspoken environmental advocate, only one eco-aware tree-hugging activist, only one global-warming truth–telling second grader can save the town from disaster...Lisa Simpson!
Enjoy a cautionary tale from Springfield this January...before it's too late!!!

Futurama Comics #35
By Boothby and Lloyd
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/humor

From the files of the Secret Justice Team comes a tale of derring-do and action-packed action, as Captain Yesterday (Fry), Clobberella (Leela) and Super King (Bender) face the vengeful wrath of the spawn of one of the greatest villains from their decidedly small Rogues Gallery, The Sun.
Futurama Comics delivers the big laughs this January!




Simpsons Classics #15
By Groening
$3.99/$4.99 CAN
64 pages/magazine/color/all ages/humor

Tired of being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, Krusty the Clown forms his own country to avoid paying taxes. However, Krustonia is not the utopia he dreams of and keeping his subjects happy requires more than a little song, a little dance, or a little seltzer down your pants. And speaking of tax shelters, Mr. Burns' sizable investment in professional wrestling may come to an end when Captain Slamtastic announces retirement, that is, unless the business-minded billionaire can find a suitable replacement that can fit in the tights. Also included a Ned Flanders mystery and a battle of the babies between Maggie and Gerald, the baby with one eyebrow. (Collects Simpson Comics #28 & 29)

Simpsons Comics #137
by Dixon/Costanza
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor

Homer is the last FAT man. After a nuclear plant accident forces a radioactive cloud into the atmosphere, Homer finds himself alone and still quite oversized in a very different and much more slender city. What is the secret behind his morbid obesity? Water retention? Big bones? A secret stash of pork rinds? Whatever it is, Homer may be humanity's last link to the fat gene and Springfield's last chance to avoid wasting away to skin and bones.
Gangway for weight gain this December!

Bart Simpson #39
By McCann, Peyer, Verrone and Yambar
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages humor

Bart, getting a little tired of being treated like a kid and feeling a little too big for his britches, wakes up one morning, well, BIG! And, Mr. Burns exacts his revenge on Maggie when he gets a law passed that makes anyone who is a drain on society, including babies, a criminal! Will Bart become small again? Will Maggie spent her toddlerhood in prison? Find out this and more in the comic that will bring out the kid in you.
Don't delay your delinquency any longer - ask Bart how this December!

Simpsons Super Spectacular #6
By Lash and Rodriguez
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages humor

In 1994, Bongo Comics presented "When Bongos Collide," a monumental three-issue crossover to end all crossovers--and one company messed with their heroes heads, spent 52 weeks getting all crossovered and 52 weeks getting uncrossed and another staged a comic company civil war. Now Bongo is back with this sweeping saga in all its superheroic, evildoing, matter, anti-matter, whatsa matter, parallel world blending, costumed avenger team-upping, marginal character killing, mind wiping glory! Prepare for the shortest, self-contained, single issue, semi-annual, crossover event in comic book history!!
Prepare for the noncontinuity-altering crisis comic of its time this December!

Our friends at Bongo have provided Comics Alliance with an 8 page preview of the new Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13. This issue wil be on sale September 26.

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13
By Barta, Boothby, Duggan, Guerra, Oswalt, Posehn, Rodriguez
$4.99/$6.99 CAN
64 pages/magazine/color/humor

Comedians of Comedy, Patton Oswalt ('King of Queens', 'Ratatouille'), Brian Posehn ('Just Shoot Me') and Gerry Duggan, and Thomas Lennon ('Reno 911') join with Bongo's Ian Boothby and his life partner and gal pal Pia Guerra (Y:The Last Man) and humor faves Hillary Barta and Tone Rodriguez to become Stand-up Comics of Comics in the unluckiest and unlikeliest horror book of all-time Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror the 13th! From ravenous fishy mutations to pygmy youth-making libations, it's a comic congregation that will stir the humours and put a horrifically happy smile on your face. Tremble with laughter this September!

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Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13 Preview

Should you be one of the geographically challenged who lives a universe away from any of the 12 7-Eleven stores temporarily redesigned as Kwik-E-Marts around the U.S. -- one of several ginormously, clever promotions for The Simpsons Movie -- last month, you're in luck.

You can still pose in front of the quintessential landmark of Simpsons' mythology -- Moe's bar wasn't available, unfortunately -- with the aid of the Simpsonizeme, a Web site named for what it can and will do to you, if you dare let it!

All you need to play is a digital color image of yourself, preferrably a 5X7 in a jpg or png format, and with lots of contrast that you can upload to the site (co-sponsored by Burger King and 20th Century Fox), which sounds kinda strange to me, especially if you want to experiment with mustard-colored skin and a George Washington-style hairdo, as I did below.

Simpsons Comics #135
by Boothby and Ortiz
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor

A father/son fishing excursion turns into an adventure when Bart's old man goes to battle with a marlin on the open sea. There'll be no hemming and hawing when the Simpsons weigh anchor and head out to rough waters.

Bart Simpson #38
By Houlihan, McCann, Peyer, DeCarlo, Lloyd, and Matsumoto
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor

Bart is made principal for a day and trades places with Seymour Skinner––what will happen when Bart needs to play by the rules and Skinner begins to plot his own revenge? Then, Milhouse gives the 4-1-1 on what it takes to be the "king of cool" at your school. Finally, after a run-in with the school bullies, Ralph is forced to learn the value of a dollar.

Simpsons Classics #14
By Groening
$3.99/$4.99 CAN
64 pages/magazine/color/all ages/humor

First, Sideshow Bob sets a "speed" trap for Bart on his bus ride to school. Then, Homer undergoes a surgical procedure that makes him smart, helping him to bond with Lisa on levels she never imagined possible. But will his newfound intelligence be the end of the Simpsons? And join Captain McCallister for a helpin' of salt pork and a salty sea tale, you swabies! (Collects Simpsons Comics #26 & 27)

Simpsons Comics #134
by Boothby and Ortiz
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/all ages/humor

Homer saves the day and his friends during a work-related cruise by proving to be unsinkable. Then Mr. Burns, looking for a way to assure the public that the Springfield Channel (his personal nuclear waste dumping site) is perfectly safe, tricks Homer into swimming the channel as a publicity stunt. But what's a dip in the water without a little chilhood trauma and a killer whale out to settle an old score. Jump in, the water's fine (not really) this September!

Futurama Comics #33
By Boothby and Valenti
$2.99 USA/ $3.99 CAN
32 pages/standard format/color/humor

It's a comic of gargantuan proportions when Amy accidentally spritzes herself with a less than refreshing enlarging spray. Soon Amy is an unstoppable and unfashionable behemoth unceremoniously destroying New New York City. Not to mention that Bender bites off more bit torrents than he can chew as a video pirate, and the 50 foot Amy is soon on a collision course with his classic film inspired flights of fancy. Comics don't get bigger or better than this in September!

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13
By Barta, Boothby, Duggan, Guerra, Oswalt, Posehn, Rodriguez
$4.99/$6.99 CAN
56 pages/magazine/color/humor

Comedians of Comedy, Patton Oswalt ('King of Queens','Ratatouille'), Brian Posehn ('Just Shoot Me') and Gerry Duggan, and Thomas Lennon ('Reno 911') join with Bongo's Ian Boothby and his life partner and gal pal Pia Guerra (Y:The Last Man) and humor faves Hillary Barta and Tone Rodriguez to become Stand-up Comics of Comics in the unluckiest and unlikeliest horror book of all-time Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror the 13th! From ravenous fishy mutations to pygmy youth-making libations, it's a comic congregation that will stir the humours and put a horrifically happy smile on your face. Tremble with laughter this September!

Can't find that Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer Slurpee cup at a friendly, neighborhood 7-Eleven near you? Despite last weekend's box office numbers, the Fantastic Four sequel is merely yesterday's news, compared to last week's debuts of Die Hard 4, Ratatouille and Transformers.

And, I suspect, The Simpsons Movie, opening in three weeks, may rule the roost when all's said and done... which leads me back to the question about what the heck happened to those FF cups. Looks like they may have been dumped for another movie tie-in.

Thanks to The Simpsons Movie, a dozen 7-Elevens across the United States are getting a temporary makeover, converting for the month into Kwik-E-Marts. Those stores, along with most of the rest, will sell such Simpsons ephemera as Buzz Cola, KrustyO's cereal and Squishees slush drinks exclusively, according to the Associated Press.

One of those 25 products may interest comics fans a good deal, according to Advertising Age: A special plastic-wrapped issue of Radioactive Man (#711) and sold exclusively at 7-Elevens for $3.99.

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The Simpsons Visit Kwik-E-Mart