BONGO COMICS FOR JULY

BART SIMPSON #97

Written by Tony Digerolamo, John Zakour, cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote.

College nerds Doug, Gary, and Benjamin have developed a new app, but it's going to take the marketing savvy of one Bart Simpson to make them all multi-millionaires. And Bart is needed once again when he's is recruited ó well, kidnapped ó by Kang and Kodos to help counter an attack on Rigel 7. When microcosmic and macrocosmic forces convene, it's up to the boy with the name on the comic to answer the call.

32 pages, $2.99.

SIMPSONS COMICS #222

Written by Ian Boothby, art by Jason Ho, Mike Rote, cover by Jason Ho.

After being embarrassed and rejected by Bart, Homer takes an impressionable Ralph Wiggum under his wing. But it doesn't take long before Bart gets jealous and wants back in on the father/son/extra son relationship. Meanwhile, Lisa has problems of her own when she is responsible for disappearance the class hamster, only to discover a Lost World of long gone schoolroom pets in the deep recesses of Springfield Elementary -- a New Hamsterdam, if you will.

32 pages, $2.99.

SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM VOLUME 3 TP

Written by Matt Groening, cover by Jason Ho, Mike Rote.

Start off with a little ring-a-ding-ding from the new "King of Cool" Professor Frink, some harmless daydreaming from Bart's pal Milhouse, some bedtime nursery rhyming with Maggie Simpson, and a bit of back-in-the-day, nostalgic reminiscing from Mr. Burns. Even a tyke-sized Homer tries his hand at some magical wishing, and Ralph Wiggum does a little role modeling. Then, Sideshow Bob goes slumming to exact his revenge, Bart sets about reinvigorating his favorite superhero comic magazine, and Homer thinks he's seeing double when he discovers a another brother from yet another mother.

176 pages, $17.99.

SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #18

Written by Matt Groening, cover by Mike Rote, Jason Ho

"Hail to the Cat!" is the story of how one political animal takes on city hall and wins. However, when Snowball II becomes mayor, Springfield gets a crash course in history repeating itself and may very well be responsible for yet another British Invasion. And when Chief Wiggum gets a taste of his own chili, made from the merciless peppers of Quetzlzacatenango, he experiences a viaje misterioso of his own in "Chili Chili Bang Bang."

48 pages, $3.99.