Futurama/Simpsons crossover

Anyone looking forward to next month's Futurama/The Simpsons crossover 2 part comic?

Jonah Falcon

"Jonah Falcon" schrieb

Not really. :/ Most crossovers are really cheesy, I hope the writers are up to this difficult task.

I must admit that I'm not really a fan of the Futurama comics, many are just too shallow. Mabye Futurama just doesn't work in comic form.

Michael Herzog wrote in message news:ahr86d$htr$04$[email]...

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There's more than one writer on the comic? Then why the hell was I doing all the work? That lazy @#$!!

Oh and the comic is really quite good. James Lloyd does the art and it's the best I've every seen in a Bongo comic. Lots of fun stuff happens. Honest.

Ian Boothby

Ian Boothby" schrieb

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All comics were really funny, too funny. ;)

Futurama (in my opinion) is not all about fun, it's more. It also has its sad and romantic moments, that's what makes it interesting for me. Futurama without that is just another wacky space cartoon show.

So can't you step on the brake, make them a little less funny?

Michael Herzog wrote in message news:ai37kr$rge$01$[email]...

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If you're talking about the Futurama comic book the crossover is the first time for me writing the characters so if the previous Futurama comics were too funny I don't have a lot to do with that. If what you're saying is you want more touching moments then there are a few in the crossover.

It's tricky to do the touching stuff in comics. You don't have that soundtrack pumped up in the background playing Simple Minds. But note taken.

"Ian Boothby" schrieb

taken.

That's what I meant when I said comics may be not the right medium for Futurama. :)

I'm very happy that you try to bring these special moments in. I also think that it's not only the writers that make the comics too funny, there sure are the people who pay the writers and decide whether your story suits the audience or not.

Michael Herzog wrote in message news:ai5j64$tjf$06$[email]...

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The people that pay us writers are pretty open and if you don't like the story the writers are pretty much to blame. The final approval goes to Bill Morrison (who was art director of the show and really knows the feel of what Futurama is) and Matt Groening himself. This isn't like those Gold Key Road Runner comics when I was a kid where the Road Runner had three kids and everyone spoke in rhyme leading you to say, "Did anyone doing this actually watch the cartoons?".

It's nice that nowadays the creators of cartoons like Futurama or Powerpuff Girls are involved in the comics as well.

=v= Off to remedial Alan Moore class with you!

=v= Perhaps you mean Pizzicato Five's "Don't You Forget About
Me."  Not to be confused with "Today's Tom Sawyer," which was
that great song played at the end of "Leela's Homeworld."  This
is all explained in the FAQ, of course.
    HTH,
    <_Jym_>

P.S.: Has anyone noticed that the new Coke commercial is using the music from Men In Hats' "Baby Love Child?"

Whuh?

Men without Hats - Safety Dance (Aussie version) was sung by "That Guy" in Futurestock Rush - Tom Sawyer and Gloria Estefan - Conga were played on Anthology of Interest 2 Pizzicato 5 - Baby Love Child was played at the end of Leela's Homeworld Simple Minds - Don't You Forget About Me was played at the end of Luck of the Fryish Spin Doctors - Two Princes was played by the ship just before it got the new personality on Love and Rocket Hanson - Mmmbop was played in Anthology of Interest Beck featured in Bendin' in the Wind

and there's probably more

"Jym Dyer" schrieb

Maybe you should read it, then. ;) I don't really get your comment.

"Don't you forget about me" by "Simple Minds" from the "Breakfast Club" soundtrack.

Very cleverly done - it's set up by the Brain Spawn returning, and stranding the cast inside a Simpsons comic book (the only non-pornographic comic in the 30th Century.)

Some other funny moments includes the living nerd planet, whose comic book moon features the heads of Stan Lee, etc - and Scott McCloud as his character's head. (When the Brain Spawn stupefy the living planet, he says, "Duh! It WAS a good idea for George Lucas to have Greedo fire first!")

Anxiously awaiting Part 2, Jonah Falcon