SIMPSONS COMICS COLOSSAL COMPENDIUM TP (2025)

"Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium is a brand-new series of oversized collections featuring the very best Simpsons comics and stories gathered in one great big grab bag of fun. Spend a blue ribbon day with the Simpsons at the Springfield Fair; beat the summer heat with Homer Simpson; travel to a parallel dimension for an extraordinary Bartman, Stretch Dude and Cupcake Kid super team-up; enter the slightly skewed mind of Ralph Wiggum; and even venture into the future where the Simpson family might very well be responsible for saving (or destroying) the world! All that and much more await you and it all begins with Volume One!"

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 doppelgänger, 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!

"Start off with a little ring-a-ding-ding from the new 'King of Cool' Professor Frink, some harmless daydreaming from Bart's pal Milhouse, some bedtime nursery rhyming with Maggie Simpson, and a bit of back-in-the-day, nostalgic reminiscing from Mr. Burns. Even a tyke-sized Homer tries his hand at some magical wishing, and Ralph Wiggum does a little role modeling. Then, Sideshow Bob goes slumming to exact his revenge, Bart sets about reinvigorating his favorite superhero comic magazine, and Homer thinks he's seeing double when he discovers a another brother from yet another mother."

"It takes a whole town to pack a colossal compendium with loads of laughs! First up, Bart and Lisa vie for Lard Lad Donut Kid of the Year! Then, Homer and the barflies battle marauding wild beasts as members of the Springfield Bear Patrol; Mr. Burns commandeers the Springfield public beach in the middle of a heat wave; Ralph gets left home alone, Duffman shows his esprit de corps by carrying his message to the ends of the universe; Milhouse takes on an impossible mission; Cletus lays down the law in the backwoods; and McBain faces his archenemy 'MENDOZA!!!' And as if that wasn't enough food for thought, why not try your hands at building your very own KrustyBurger fast food franchise from the ground up!"

"Bart starts his own humor magazine, and it isn't long before Springfield's resident funnyman Krusty the Clown wants in on the business. Then, donut-lovers Homer Simpson and Chief Clancy Wiggum take over each other's deliciously do-nothing jobs. And speaking of switcheroos, Bart boards the wrong airplane and finds himself mistaken for local Springshire lad Brit Simpson. And when Ned Flanders opens his own friendly tavern, Homer finds himself torn between two bartenders, the ever-surly Moe or everyone's favorite neighborino. Throw in an alien abduction, some home disrepair, a pseudo-scientific trip to an alternate reality, a ghostly superhero pairing, and a rescue mission beneath the nuclear power plant, and you have the most colossal compendium yet!"

"Discover the reason why Homer Simpson seems to have a new job every week. Then, power mad powerbroker Mr. Burns makes a power grab with his newest power-propelled product. And Marge is back on 'the beat' when she teams up with Chief Wiggum to find out why all the donuts in Springfield have gone missing! Throw in Lisa's bout of synesthesia, a McBain matinee, a rapturous event that leaves Ned Flanders behind, and Bart's bilingual battle with a piñata, and you have another comic cornucopia of colossal proportions. And music lovers, look no further for that shiny new saxomaphone or tubamaba with your very own paper construct of King Toot's Music Store."