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YEA, WHO EVEN FINDS IT TAWTALIZING! Comic BOOK GUY, 1 WAS A WE SHALL MEET THIS WEEKEND AT THE TIRCONIA ‘8/-MON-SC-FI-CON! DISTRIBU ‘00D FoR You, PALLY. BUT iF YOURE FINISHED WITH SOUR MONTHLY REORDERS,GLoRIs, MU DEAR, 1 WOULD UKE YOU TO MEET MY FRIEND, GREETINGS, EVAN. HE IS AN “ZZ” WHO. WRITES FAN FICTION IN WHICH O2ZIE OSBOURNE TRAVELS TO SHANE IS INTO THE LAND OF OZ WHERE. CUCLOPEAN BEINGS: DR, Oz IS THE WIZARD. (OF THE FEMININE > PERSUASION. Ory cour THEY HAVE THE ONE ISSUE T MISSING. TM AFRAID ITS NOT GOING TO WORK OUT FOR US, CCLORIS CLANE! I CAN! INOT ASSOCIATE MYSELF WITH LADY OF SUCH QUESTIONABLE TASTE!1 GUESS MY HEART'S JUST NOT INIT ANYMORE. DOLPH, HAVE YOU EVER WANTED SOMETHING. ‘MORE FROM LIFE? ‘ARE YOU OAS? IT APPEARS YOUR ENTHUSIASM FoR JUSTICE 1 ‘WANING. 7's pur Ir is 4, Your Tui ALL BEHIND NEW KING, RALPH! Tats rane wire tH ScEpres 1 AGAIN, ANOWNT MS FST ecu WE DONT CHOOSE THIS DUTY, TT CHOSE US. WHAT OF THE LIVES WE, DREAMT OF, DOLPH? WHAT. of oun FUTURE? AGREED. 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What sick experiments are you doing down here, HUH?Y [Well,might a5 well spill 1#.Lm really @ scientist P fer FoodGlommeCorp Ine.,the Company that done makes Springfield favorite Junk foods Tye been ‘testing the t GS about effects of diffurst S ee sishees ike flies ina Where'd you get all these donixts again?=-AND THIS IS A PORTRAIT OF MY GREAT, GREAT, GREAT UNCLE TWICE REMOVED, CAPTAIN BLACKBURNS THE PIRATE. YES, QUITE. HE IS THE CURSE OF ALL THE SAILED THE SEVEN SEAS BURNS MEN, WOMEN ADORED HIM BEING A SCOURGE To ‘AND MEN ENVIED HIM.” HUMANITY AND WHAT NOT. ARR. THIS “ERE STRATEGY WILL BE KEEPIN’ THIEVES: FROM THIEVIN’ WHAT. T ALREADY DID THIEVE. "A CANNY SORT OF FELLOW, HE HID HIS PIRATE TREASURE WITHIN HIS TROUSERS.""UNFORTUNATELY, CAPTAIN BLACKBURNS: MET HIS END ONE FATEFUL DAY DUE. To THE INCOMPETENCE OF HIS FIRST MATE." BUT ENOUGH CHITCHAT. TIME TO MAKE MORE MONEY! SS1 SEE YOURE NOT THE RABBLE WHO. THERE YOU HAVE IT. A USUALLY VISITS MY STORE. SIDING BEGINS CACOPHANY OF CARTOONERY ak "AT TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS..AND I THE LIKES BEFORE HAVE NEVER Bo ACCEPT BITCON, BEEN SEEN! AND TODAY JT CAN “ALL BE YOURS! LET THE AUCTION BEGIN WELL, THESE IS NICE AND ALL, SUT WE: THOUGHT THIS HERE (OUR BACK-HOME. HEIFER IS FEELIN. A, MITE.LONELY IFN, YA GETS MY DRIFT. STILL, T RECKON WE courb USE Us SOME MORE OUTHOUSE READIN TO PARAPHRASE MATT MURDOCK, 1 CERTAINLY SHOULD HAVE SEEN THIS: COMING. SSIGHIE ALL RIGHT, THROW IN SOME BATHTUB MOONSHINE AND YOUVE GOT A DEAL, How ‘BOUTS 1 eve YA TWO JUGS A’ POSSUM ‘SQUEEZIN'S AND A SUITCASE FULL & conreoerare| ‘BILLS FER THE. (WHOLE LOT?aC Tis Ca SCLC a)PLUGGING AWAY What's that you say? You love Bongo comics, but you just can’t get enough of television's favorite family? You're wondering what other Simpsons goodies the hardworking folks at Bongo have fon the horizon? Well good news, everyone! Today I'm going to fill you in on what we've been cooking up these last few months over at the house that Matt built. (That's a figurative expression. Our office building was actually constructed in the 19203 and originally used as both a tap dance rehearsal ‘and tuna cannery.) space Lise Coy BONGO eee COLLECT THEM ALL! Gilg CTT tis Cte) Want to rule the world? Then be on the lookout for C. Montgomery Burns’ Handbook of - World Domination! Considered weak- armed and menacing, Monty's making his way to a bookstore near you. Response has been great for our Simpsons Comics Colossal Compendium series. I's Bongo's first-ever numbered trade collection, and. volume two is coming out just in time for some summer reading. Well..mid- summer reading, anyway. Belin FAMILY HISTORY Here's a sneak peek at the most coffee table-worthy Simpsons book of the year. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Simpsons, this oversized tome is three hundred plus pages of unfiltered ‘Simpsons fun. Think you know the ‘Simpsons? Think again! Al this and more is waiting for you in 2014. We told you it was gonna be a busy year! os eT ) es A NEXT ISSUE! iks need some form of clean ies that run, of course, on s SIMPSONS COMICS #212 SQS Power mad mr. Burns makes another grab on the pocketbooks of he citizens of Springfield with his |) newest product..the electric car! Afterall those || Greenpeace: energy transportation to promote. their anti- | greenhouse gus act electricity provided by the Springfield Nuclear ! Power Plant! ete ‘Cremations Crstogner Une AouNsTRATION eonomatonDON'T GET CAUGHT! oe ara’ d) AU i i! SNA STS Da Ca Te DTeererR)5 St f=") AeSSAC‘ a 3, 2014 | \y v rs Lobia seligppanaase Cro) d | a. ot ee yar ast taTHE VAULT OF SIMPSONOLOGY" SERIES STICKERS! POSTERS! HIJINX GALORE! THE 2” DISTALLMENT SEVAULT OF IS AVAILABLE THIS MARCH? =>