*Futurama* Bongo Comic?

Is Bongo going to publish a *Futurama* comic?

Mike

Bongo Comics did register the internet domain FUTURAMAWORLD.COM a few months ago. They also registered the domains SCIENCEFRICTION.COM, SCIFRI.COM and SCIFRY.COM two years ago.

On 2 May 1999 20:31:26 GMT, Michael Morbius wrote:

Michael Morbius wrote:

I may be in the minority for saying this, but I sincerely hope not. In my opinion, the Futurama comedy seems more situational than punchline-oriented (or more to the point, the punchlines are often the situations themselves). I honestly don't think that Futurama would translate well in a comic. To me it's akin to the personal disaster with Animaniacs. That show was hilarious for any adult- the kids got the physical humor, but they never really got the jokes the way us adults did. I'd hate to see the genuine pananche of Futurama cheapened by a comic book version of the show. At least, that's my opinion. And opinions are like hair: if you have it, flaunt it.

I read over on The Futurama Chronicles that Bill Morrison, Bongo Comics guru, is indeed planning Futurama Comics, as well as All My Circuits and other spinoffs.

NightShadow wrote in message news:372cd125.238393186@news...

NightShadow wrote in message ...

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I've read several of the Simpsons comics, and wasn't particularly impressed with any of them. In fact, I thought all of them were just terrible. Bad artwork, bad ideas, bad plots, nothing funny....

Which ones did you read? I thought some of them had some great plots.

Jeremy Reaban wrote in message news:[email]...

impressed

grosse wrote in message ...

I read the one where Marge catches one of her sisters kissing Homer. Only it turned out not to be Homer, but Marvin Monroe wearing a Homer mask.

I also read the one where Homer becomes giant sized. (Like 100 feet tall).

I read the one where the elementary school's statue was taken.

And I read the one about Otto being a driver in a post apocalyptic world ('Busman', I think).

I've read more (the library has them), but those are the ones I remember. I didn't think they were very good. And the plots were ripped off from something else....

Jeremy Reaban wrote in message ...

How about Simpsons number 36. That one was pretty good.

Ian Boothby writer Simpsons Issue #36

Ian Boothby wrote:

"The Geek Shall Inherit the Earth" kicked *ass*. I loved Hena--Democratically Elected Princess and William Shatner and Comic Book Guy declaring non-warp speed "a triumph" and the fact that the Frink android actually *was* commissioned to steal old people's teeth...among other things. I also like anything with Doug, Gary, and Benjamin. That's probably my favourite issue.

Don't you live here in Vancouver?

Mike

Michael Morbius wrote in message ...

thanks and yep

Ian

Ian Boothby wrote...

I wrote a Simpsons script that I also thought was pretty @#$%& good. I sent it to Bongo comics, and several months later they returned it, with a letter telling me that as a matter of policy they refused to even _look_ at it.

Ian, just HOW does one go about getting one's foot in Bongo's door?????

Eric Perlin wrote in message ...

Well all I can tells ya' is what I did. I self-published 18 issues of an comic called "I" and 6 of one called Squares. Both were xerox digest sized books. Any hoo I was selling them in san jose at a convention and the Bongo Comics booth was there. I gave 'em some and asked if they were looking for any freelancers. they said to send 'em one and I did. They didn't buy it but I got to do a 4 page back up story. From there I moved on to full issues.

So ask first if they (or hell any comic company) is accepting freelance work. Then submit your spec. Make sure it's in the right format, the Dark Horse Comics web page is good for finding a format.

Ian Boothby (hey if you any of you live in Canada I have a sketch comedy show called The 11th Hour on CBC this summer.)

"[email] (Jeremy Reaban)" reveals: << I've read several of the Simpsons comics, and wasn't particularly impressed with any of them. In fact, I thought all of them were just terrible. Bad artwork, bad ideas, bad plots, nothing funny.... >>

I gave up on the various "Simpsons" comics after two things: The absolutely HORRIBLE artwork in the first issue of Krusty's comic; and the storyline that had Radioactive Man show up in Springfield, and various townsfolk suddenly became superheroes. Why can't any non-superhero comic book STAY that way? Sheesh, even the freakin' Archies became superheroes at one point...

That aside, I did get a big kick out of the "Radioactive Man" miniseries a few years back. They did a great job of spoofing the various eras of comics from over the years. And all the really inside jokes hit home with a long-time reader like myself.

tpe (Okay, were there any other Evan Dorkin fans disappointed in his "Simpsons Treehouse of Horror" issue? Feh! Maybe my expectations were too high, but that issue was really blah. I don't remember liking Peter Bagge's issue, either.)