SPONGEBOB COMICS ANNUAL GIANT SWIMTACULAR (2013)

"It's our Finny Friendship Issue, celebrating aquatic affinity among the denizens of Bikini Bottom! See SpongeBob dare the dangers of dry land to save his (debatable) friendship with Squidward! Witness SpongeBob and Patrick fall out over a dumb TV cartoon program! Observe SpongeBob's invisible imaginary friend-or at least read a good description of him! Plus: Squidward befriends a flower in 'SpongeFunnies'; and science cartoonist Maris Wicks tells us about real world fish 'friends' - sharks and remoras!"

"United Plankton Pictures presents its second annual 48-page swimtacular, filled with super-themed stories by some of the finest cartoonists on dry land! When Mr. Krabs is kidnapped by a bitter restaurant critic (is there any other kind?), Squidward must reveal his super-secret identity - the tentacled avenger known as The Squishy Knight!"

"This year, the SpongeBob Comics Annual-Size Super-Giant Swimtacular charts a course for the future in science-fictional dystopian yarns like 'Mermaid Man 39,616 AD,' 'SpongeBob ConsumerPants,' 'Bikini Bottom Wasteland,' and 'Planet of the Squids.' They're all framed by a piratey tale drawn by comics legend Ramona Fradon! Plus, enjoy Patrick's singular vision of things to come in 'The Future is Wow' by James Kochalka, and a back cover pinup by Jake Parker (Missile Mouse) showing all your underwater pals as maritime mechanical robots!"

"United Plankton's annual Swimtacular is a saturated celebration of super heroics! In 'SpongeBob BabysitterPants' Mermaid Man is turned into a mewling infant in a Mermalair mishap. And guess who babysits him? Then comics legend Neal Adams depicts a new more relevant, more groovy Mermaid Man in a story we didn't have to call 'The Green Harpoon's Challenge!' Also: advertisements for next year's Saturday morning cartoon cause a crisis in SpongeBob's life, Pearl has a comic convention at the Krusty Krab, and Patrick becomes the new embarrassingly clad hero Speed o' Lightning!"

"It's a selection of soggy sword-and/or-sorcery sagas by some of comics' finest creators! In 'Krill the Conqueror' by Braden Lamb & Shelly Paroline (Adventure Time), a tiny barbarian pest vows to retake his vermin people's lost kingdom, the Krusty Krab - but why is SpongeBob helping him? Next in 'The Scheme of the Sinister Submersible,' Mermaid Man-armed only with lame party tricks-must rescue that famous aquatic wizard the Divining Diver from the depths of Damp Dimension! Then read along with Patrick and SpongeBob as they make their way through a Dangers & Dead Ends Pick-Your-Own-Predicament book - 'The Monster Boat of Frighfulness!' All this brought to you wrapped in a Jacob Chabot cover that's a veritable handbook of advanced hilarity!"

"Why are SpongeBob, Patrick, Squidward, and Mr. Krabs starring in a Bikini Bottom mashup of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Treasure Island, Moby-Dick, and more maritime masterpieces? It's simple: The dread Censor Ship has ordered SpongeBob Comics' creative crew, the United Plankton pirates, to clean up their act - or walk the plank! Henceforth, all SpongeBob Comics must be educational and literary, to boot! But as SpongeBob and friends go on their highfalutin' quest through a bunch of literary rip-offs-er, homages, the true spirit of SpongeBob sneaks its way into the narrative - in the form of Patrick and SpongeBob's new silly Squishy Dance!"