From the BBC and Sky TV sensation, the Simpsons, comes an all-new, all-warped, superhero for the '90s - Bartman! It's "so long Superman", "bye, bye Batman" and "Daredevil - D'oh!", as Bart Simpson takes to the roofs of Springfield to fight crime, champion the weak, and wear a cool purple mask and cape.

More stories of mayhem from the world's favourite dysfunctional family - the Simpsons! In 'The Absent-Minded Protester', it's Grampa's turn to take to the streets of Springfield in the guise of his graffitti-writing, outlaw, alter-ego, El Grampo! And in 'Dullards to Donuts' Homer's favourite food becomes strangely addictive, as Mr Burns introduces his own unique brand to the power plant. Finally, in 'Sense and Censorability', Homer and Comic Book Guy plead the First Amendment to defend their right to read comics. A worthy cause.. but then you knew that, right?

He's yellow - but he sure ain't mellow! Everyone's favourite antisocial prankster, Bart Simpson, returns in another collection of hilarious, brain-bending adventures! There's something funny going on in the cornfields, and Bart is to blame; Bart and Milhouse get creative in "The Simpson Project"; inventions ahoy in "Bart's Invisible"; and our hero goes on a quest for the ultimate glossary of comic book sound effects sure to end with a KABOOM.

The second of three volumes collecting the complete Simpsons Treehouse of Horror comics by creator Matt Groening—packaged in a deluxe, die-cut slipcase that glows in the darkThe Treehouse of Horror started as an annual Halloween tradition on The Simpsons, beginning during the second season in 1990. In 1995, the first of 23 comics were produced by Bongo, and while some adapted the TV episodes, most told new stories written and illustrated by some of the biggest names in comics, including Kyle Baker, Dan Brereton, Gerry Duggan, Pia Guerra, Peter Kuper, Carol Lay, Nina Matsumoto, Terry Moore, Steve Niles, Brian Posehn, James Robinson, Scott Shaw!, and Jim Woodring. Collected for the first time in a deluxe hardcover slipcase with an all-new die-cut cover, these award-winning comics place the world’s most beloved animated family in exciting horror, science fiction, and supernatural settings, making this series the perfect gift for the Halloween season and Simpsons fans of all ages. This second volume in the trilogy is the perfect addition to any Simpsons collection. The volume also includes an introduction by Lisa Simpson.

He's yellow -- but he sure isn't mellow! Everyone's favourite antisocial prankster, Bart Simpson, returns in another collection of hilarious, brain-bending adventures! It's a rumble in the jungle as the mighty Bartzan protects his jungle queen in 'Bartzan and the Ancient Golden Forbidden City of Gold'; Bart takes Ralph Wiggum under his wing in 'Little Buddy Day'; public speaking becomes public leaking in 'Bart's Big Spill'; history may never recover when Professor Frink unwittingly helps Bart become 'The Time Bandit'; and even Maggie and Lisa get a look in on the action when alien kidnappers and saxophone camp cause trouble for the Simpson girls! All these stories and many more can be found in The Big Beefy Book of Bart!

The third volume in Canongate's acclaimed series, with a specially commissioned introduction from The Simpsons' Matt Groening. We travel into the mid-1950s as Linus learns to talk, Snoopy begins to explore his eccentricities, Lucy's unrequited crush on Schroeder takes final shape, and Charlie Brown becomes ... well, even more Charlie Brown-ish.

The newest volume in the Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium is bursting with classic comic stories featuring everyone's favorite family--The Simpsons--and includes a collectible, one-of-a-kind, pullout paper craft of one of Springfield's favorite landmarks.

This continuing series of handpicked stories is chock-full, featuring 176 pages of comedic gems in a high quality trade paperback format that includes a pullout paper craft that will allow the reader to recreate the second in a series of Springfield's favorite landmarks.

Join the fun as Bart meets his double-crossing doppelganger, Homer proves there IS cause to be alarmed at the nuclear power plant, Moe and the barflies invent a popular beer-flavored donut, the whole family makes itself busy as bees while trying to make money in the honey business, and Bartman faces his deadliest foe of all . . . the Bartman of the Future And much, much more Then build your very own replica of one Homer Simpsons' favorite nightspot, Moe's Tavern, with your very own two hands

It's hard to believe that the Simpsons have been around for a whole decade. When America was first introduced to this nuclear family, they were only featured in 30-second shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. From these modest origins, they've skyrocketed in popularity, shooting up the charts to become the No.1 FOX show for kids under 17 and No. 4 for adults 18 to 34. Today, The Simpsons is the longest-running animated series of all time (dethroning The Flintstones in February 1997), and an intrinsic part of American pop culture.

The Simpsons is a celebration of this family's phenomenal decade. Arranged by season, the book covers each episode of the television show, with the special episodes (the annual Halloween show, "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" and "Krusty Gets Kancelled") receiving eyeball-busting two-page spreads. In addition, special sidebars are sprinkled throughout, showing:

• Simpsons firsts

• Bart's chalkboard lines

• Top Homerisms

• An Itchy & Scratchy filmography

• A Springfield timeline

• Things the audience may have missed

Highlighting the best of every show, The Simpsons is the ultimate celebration of the cartoon family that has kept America in stitches. It is the ultimate must-have for all Simpsons aficionados.

What would happen if the Planet Express crew and the citizens of New York City in the 31st Century met the Simpsons and the citizens of Springfield . . . and how is it even possible? Prepare yourself for a Simpsons saga filled with Futurama! A Futurama fable suffused with the Simpsons! Featuring a plethora of pleasing plot devices including: evil brain spawn, lactose-intolerant space aliens, a giant ball of yarn, flying cars, mistaken identities, world domination, the brittle fabric of reality torn asunder, a comic book-collecting sentient planet, the Dewey Decimal system, self-eating watermelons, slave labor, space pirates, power-crazed vampires, super hero battles, unflattering underwear, mad science run amok, and much, much more! This is the epic story that you've been waiting for . . . a story so big, so ambitious, so sweeping that it can only be told in a 208-page, large format, slip-cased edition, complete with new material, supplemental stories, preliminary sketches, character designs, and a pin-up gallery featuring the talents of comics industry luminaries Alex Ross, Sergio Aragones, Geof Darrow, Kyle Baker, Peter Kuper, and Bernie Wrightson, among others. It's a comic convergence on a reality ripping, time altering, space traveling, intergalactic scale! It's The Simpsons Futurama Crossover CrisisUncut and all comedy! First published in 2002 and 2005 as two two-part, comic book mini-series (Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis and The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II), these four hard-to-find comics are collected together for the first time in a hardcover collection, encased in a die-cut slipcase, and packaged with a reprint of the very first Eisner Award-winning issue of Simpsons Comics from 1993. "Abrams' initial release is a beautifully designed package, a glossy hardcover in a glossier slipcover, as bright and colorful as a grab-bag bin in a candy-store."-The Onion AV ClubFrom Publishers Weekly Two classic animated series are brought together in a comic that offers many surprises, including how well it all works when transported to a new medium. Although both sources are the creation of cartoonist Matt Groening, the broadcast runs of each series referred to the other as works of fiction within their own universes, perhaps seeking to avoid the temptation of an attention grabbing crossover. And yet somehow this assemblage ably accomplishes just such a task while remaining faithful to the source materials. When Futurama's crew from the Planet Express delivery service become trapped in the fictional world of a Simpsons comic book, they must escape from Springfield. But shortly afterward they open a rift that brings the Simpsons characters into the Planet Express world, where the fictional characters must be rescued and returned to the pages of their comic book. Boothby's writing excels at letting each universe and the characters in them maintain their subtly distinct identities even when they blend. The overarching story for the book is designed to easily allow opportunities for affectionate references to comics, to science fiction, and to notable works of fiction. While the Simpsons comics included in the collection are not as strong, the crossover story takes what could have been a simple throwaway gag and instead crafts a funny, intricately detailed story. (Apr.) Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Get ready every "Futurama" and Matt Groening fan, here comes Futurama-O-Rama, the very FIRST comic compilation based on the Emmy-nominated television show "Futurama." It's a long way from making a pizza delivery on New Year's Eve to the bustling cityscape of New York in the 31st century, but for Phillip J. Fry it only took one little cryogenically frozen nap. Awakening in a future imagined by "The Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Fry finds a job at an interplanetary messenger service and falls in with Leela, a sexy one-eyed space orphan, and Bender, an alcoholic misanthropic robot programmed to bend things. Blast off with this all-new Futurama comics collection, and leap feet first into a fun-filled future!

Here lies the first of THREE all-new, all-comic volumes chronicling the stories you didn’t see on screen. Adventure above the clouds, in the forest, and beyond the seas… well, beyond one sea. But it’s a new one! There are Beans to meet and beans to eat and beans to plant and Beans who just can’t. There are giants in the sky and beers on tap, a unicorn and something that is not at all a unicorn. Including “educational” and “informational” inserts to enhance your reading pleasure! Let us carry you back to Dreamland for new quests, new friends, new foes, and maybe a cocktail along the way, in these exciting comic adventures! Bean, Elfo, and Luci await!

Starved for the whole truth, man?

Take a bite out of this bitsy but beefy package, brimming with flavorized morsels of wit, wisdom and worldly knowledge brought to you by the one and only Bartholomew J. Simpson -- get the hard-knocks facts of life from the guy who's seen it all, heard it all, done it all and denies it all.

(The "J" stands for "Jo-Jo"...)

The Simpsons are slammin' in this gut-bustin', sidesplitting, spine-bursting, page-turning collection of "Simpsational" comedy. Full color.

Bongo raises the bar with the premier volume of its brand new Simpsons Comics trade series Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium: Volume 1.

The Simpsons notoriety will be hard to keep under wraps with this brand new collection of comic stories that will catapult them once again onto the world stage. This new series, Colossal Compendium, will maintain the same recognizable series name throughout its run. Each volume will also have a unique name and volume number. Each collection will have a minimum of 5 comics, chosen carefully and specifically because the comics work together to provide a deeper, darker meaning than each on its own.

Each new volume boasts upgraded heavier paper, and increased page count to 176 pages and includes a unique and collectible paper craft. As the series progresses, fans will be able to assemble their own three-dimensional version of the city of Springfield and usher in a paper paradise Volume 1 kicks it off with a replica of Moe's Tavern. The series will also feature artwork on the spine that creates an image of the Simpsons family when the volumes are aligned on the book shelf. The series will ultimately encapsulate Simpsons Comics issues #106 - #199.

It is all the Simpsons Comics fun that fans have come to expect wrapped in an invigorating new package.

The master of mayhem, Matt Groening, will drive you berserk with this crazy collection of crackpot comics. Find out what bizarre secrets lie in the bowels of the Kwik-E-Mart, but beware the effects of the Squishie brain freeze. Witness the outrageous events that take place when Bart manages to have all the teachers deported at Springfield Elementary and they are replaced by substitutes -- Lisa and Martin. Watch Krusty the Clown turn the town upside-down with his new Krustyburger spokesman. See Bart go from zany to brainy as he attempts to outwit, outlast, and outlive both the dramatic return of his arch-nemesis Sideshow Bob and a near-fatal fling into the future. Then, it is Homer's turn to put his life on the line in the most dangerous game show ever invented. Simpsons Comics Madness will have you bouncing off the walls with insane fits of laughter.

Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons," serves up a high-octane collection of combustible tales. It's a red-alert laugh riot when all of Springfield moves in with Mr. Burns after a hazardous nuclear cloud engulfs the town. Then, fire up the grill as Krusty the Clown's famous franchise gets some not-so friendly competition from a new burger meister--Homer Simpson And when Springfield faces its worst financial crisis in history, Mayor Quimby sets off a firestorm of trouble by declaring that the town be open for business 24/7. Watch the pies fly after Marge hires Krusty the Clown as her new life coach. Finally, in an incendiary fable, Homer is appointed the new fire chief and literally decides to fight fire with fire. This volatile and explosive comic collection will ignite a wildfire of hysterics.*

*Caution: This edition does not come equipped with any laugh-saving devices.

Homer's irrepressible eldest son returns for a series of chaotic adventures. In Big Fat Trouble in Little Springfield, Bart learns that while fat children are funny, becoming one isn't always; in Grrrl-Whirl, Bart's one-boy assault on girl power is undermined when he - falls in love? And in Close Encounters of the Nerd Kind, evil space aliens Kang and Kodos get an unexpected surprise when they first kidnap Earth's greatest nerd - Bart's sister, Lisa - and then Earth's greatest menace (no prizes for guessing who!). And that's just the first few pages!

From Dave Eggers: For this year's edition of The Best American Nonrequired Reading, we wanted to expand the scope of the book to include shorter pieces, and fragments of stories, and transcripts, screenplays, television scripts -- lots of things that we hadn't included before. Our publisher readily agreed, and so you'll see that this year's edition is far more eclectic in form than previous editions. Along the way to making the book, we also came across a variety of things that didn't fit neatly anywhere, but which we felt should be included, so we conceived the front section, which is a loose Best American roundup of notable words and sentences from 2005. It is, like this book in general, obviously and completely incomplete, but might be interesting nevertheless.