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BART SIMPSON BLASTOFF TP

Written and art by Matt Groening and various, cover by Jason Ho.

Countdown to laughter! Bart Simpson will send you over the moon with high-octane hilarity as he leads the Springfield Elementary team to the state eating competition, does his best not to embarrass Marge on Mother's Day, learns a Kwik-E life lesson from Apu, gets a little bedtime assistance from Maggie, bonds with Grampa over a junky jalopy, and foils Mr. Burns plan to sidestep Springfield's child labor laws. Then, Lisa gets some surprising competition as she squares off against Bart in a contest to win a prized pony, teenagers Homer and Barney encounter zombies, and much, much more! It's a supersonic, supercharged, Bart Simpson shebang!

128 pages, $15.99.

SIMPSONS COMICS #220

Written by Max Davison, art by Phil Ortiz, Mike DeCarlo, cover by Jason Ho.

Ever need a place where you can find a sympathetic ear, get some friendly advice, and perhaps share an evening with friends while enjoying a lovingly prepared libation -- or do you just end up at Moe's Tavern. Well, there's a new mixologist in town, Ned Flanders, and he's serving up a fermented microbrew that may very well foment an unfortunate face-off. Enter Homer Simpson, who finds himself in the middle of it all-between a PO'd Moe and his holier-than-everyone else neighborino.

32 pages, $2.99.

SPONGEBOB COMICS #43

Written by Derek Drymon, Vincent DePorter, art by Vincent DePorter, Gregg Schigiel, cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

When SpongeBob's most awesome feats of fry-cookery fail to impress Mr. Krabs, the desperate sponge resorts to forbidden experiments to push himself up the short-order evolutionary ladder. Behold the all-encompassing kitchen power of "FryCook 2.0." Then, in "Mommie Drearest" the Flying Dutchman must beg SpongeBob to help him clean up his act before his ghostly, yet persnickety, mother visits. All this plus aquatic comics by Stephen DeStefano, Maris Wicks, Joey Weiser and more!

32 pages, $2.99.