SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2013
BONGO COMICS FOR JULY
BART SIMPSON COMICS #85
Written and art by Sergio Aragones, and various, cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote.
"Exit Through the Comic Shop." Critics herald El Barto as the breakout artist of his generation -- but when someone steps forward to take the credit, the real El Barto has something to "spray" about it. Then Maggie leads a crew of marauding buccaneers on a merry chase on the high seas, and the last beer in the house keeps slipping away from Angry Dad.
32 pages, $2.99.
SIMPSONS COMICS #204
Written and art by Mike W. Barr, cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote.
When Ned Flanders' beatnik parents arrive for an unexpected visit, he and Homer buddy up and discover they have more in common than they ever thought. Prepare yourself for the granddaddy of all "daddy issues" issue!
32 pages, $2.99.
SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #7
Written and art by Matt Groening, cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote.
While participating in a reality TV show, Homer Simpson and Ned Flanders trade places, houses, and just about everything else, and the funny thing is, they kind of like it. Meanwhile, Lisa attends a smart kid summer camp and finds herself caught up in an act of international espionage. Then Bartman's superhero sidekick, Houseboy, takes on superpowers with a push of a button on a cellphone developed by Professor Frink -- that is until, he dials a wrong number and becomes a very, bad boy indeed!
48 pages, $3.99.
SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM VOLUME 1 TP
Written and art by Matt Groening, cover by Jason Ho.
Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium is a brand-new series of oversized collections featuring the very best Simpsons comics and stories gathered in one great big grab bag of fun. Spend a blue ribbon day with the Simpsons at the Springfield Fair; beat the summer heat with Homer Simpson; travel to a parallel dimension for an extraordinary Bartman, Stretch Dude and Cupcake Kid super team-up; enter the slightly skewed mind of Ralph Wiggum; and even venture into the future where the Simpson family might very well be responsible for saving (or destroying) the world! All that and much more await you... and it all begins with Volume One!
176 pages, $16.99.
MYLO XYLOTO #6
Written by Coldplay, Mark Osborne, art by Alejandro Fuentes, Dylan Haggerty, cover by Alejandro Fuentes.
With Major Minus victoriously in command and his mind-crippling Hypnoflow device switched on, the Sparker revolution is in grave danger of dissolving into nothingness -- unless, that is, an unlikely hero makes a drastic choice to end the misery and suffering that is upon them all. The great history of the Xylobrites and the extraordinary power that lies within its citizenry will not die easily in this thrilling conclusion to Coldplay's polychromatic comic opera Mylo Xyloto!
40 pages, $3.99.
UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES
SPONGEBOB COMICS #22
Written by Shane Houghton and various, art by Gregg Schigiel and various, cover by Gregg Schigiel.
When SpongeBob and Patrick use a new bubble formula, they find it can do almost anything -- including create exact living duplicates of themselves! Evil twins have never been so transparent or so menacing as they are in "Bubble Double Trouble"! Then, in "See? Dragon!" SpongeBob is convinced he's found a dragon's tooth, but Squidward and Mr. Krabs think he's just finally lost his grip. Does Old Man Jenkins hold the secret to what the tooth really is? Well, yes and no. You'll see. Also in this issue: a gorgeous Bikini Bottom camping poster by Bob Flynn (Bravest Warriors), SpongeBob's amazing new facial hair, facts about coral reefs, and much more!
32 pages, $2.99.
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