SDCC Futurama Returns Comic

Futurama Returns Comic
July, 2007

Futurama Returns Comic
Title: Futurama Returns!
Layouts: Bill Morrison
Penciller: Jason Ho
Inks: Mike Rote
Colors: Nathan Kane
Letters: Karen Bates

This comic serves as a transition from the ending of the Futurama run on Fox and the re-boot at Comedy Central with the ordering of 4 straight to DVD movies that would later be chopped up in to a total of 16 individual half hour episodes to be shown first on Comedy Central.

With the poor treatment that Futurama received from the Fox Network the creative team behind this comic took many liberties in taking shots at their former network, timeslot, and the geek fans who demanded more Futurama

The story revolves around the Planet Express crew completing their original 72 'episode' deliveries and Planet Express going out of business but not before having to relive all their original missions over and over through a time warp thanks to the Carton Network when Planet Express is 'cancelled' from future 'episodes' by the Box Network. Carton Network, however comes to the rescue and orders four (4) additional missions to the delight of a throng of screaming Futurama geeks who are attending Package-Con in San Diego.

The art is top notch on this little gem with layouts by Bill Morrison and a great pencilling and inking job by Bongo staffers Jason Ho and Mike Rote.  Both of these guys continue to produce great work for Bongo Comics on both Futurama and the Simpsons line of comics.
At the 2007 Comic Con the good folks at Bongo Comics were nice enough to produce this cool mini-comic chronicling the fate of Futurama at Fox and the rebirth at Comedy Central that also served as a tribute to the rampant fan base that is the Futurama Community. As an added bonus at the Futurama Panel at the show the cast did a table read of the comic and can also be found on the Bender's Game DVD as an added feature.  The comic was free at the Comic Con and Bongo gave out many copies. Many can be found on eBay these days and since so many were given away purchasing one should not put you out too many dollars.  It is a great little addition to any Futurama collection or if you are just in to the comics your collection is not complete without it.