BONGO COMICS FOR NOVEMBER

FUTURAMA COMICS #81

Written by Ian Boothby, art and cover by Mike Rote and various.

Professor Farnsworth invents a reality-reversing machine that makes everything opposite of what it was (or is?) and somehow manages to send Fry a thousand years into the past rather than the future. And if that sounds confusing, it's because it makes perfect sense.

32 pages, $3.99.

SIMPSONS COMICS #234

Written by Ian Boothby and various, art by Dean Rankine and various, cover by Jason Ho.

During a family trip to the science museum, Homer takes a fantastic voyage that he'll not soon forget; Milhouse goes on an adventure of his own after suffering from Squishee brain freeze; and Ned Flanders reveals "The Seven Diddly Sins."

32 pages, $3.99.

SIMPSONS ILLUSTRATED #26

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

Hark! Celebrate the winter break around the hearth with a healthy helping of heartfelt holiday stories! First, Mr. Burns jacks up the cost of power in Springfield with alarming results! Then, Homer goes into hibernation for the winter. Next up, Ned Flanders gets a lesson in the "true" meaning of Christmas. And, when all the girls at Springfield Elementary try to capture Bart beneath the mistletoe, will he remain cootie-free? Finally, Homer does everything he can to get the whole family to attend the Springfield Holiday Parade.

48 pages, $4.99.

SPONGEBOB COMICS #62

Written by Jay Lender and various, art by Jacob Chabot and various, cover by George O'Connor.

Squidward is determined to educate those morons SpongeBob and Patrick about the glories of classic myths and legends. What could possibly go wrong? It's not like evil spirits in the Bikini Bottom Museum of (Not Actually) History could possess Patrick and make him take on qualities of destructive deities from world mythology, right/ Also, see SpongeBob take in an exile from King Neptune's court! Learn about sea monsters of fact and fable! And thrill to a battle of the beards as King Neptune takes on the Flying Dutchman!

32 pages, $3.99.