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Cover Credits: Matt Groening, Jason Ho, Mike Rote, Serban Cristescu
Script: Patric Verrone
Pencils: Tom King
Inks: Phyllis Novin
Letters: Karen Bates
Color: Joey Mason
Editor: Bill Morrison

BENDER BREAKS OUT
This is less a story as it is an exercise in playing with comic book conventions and involving the reader in a bit of fun and interaction. This is the second script by Futurama writer Patric Verrone and in both stories he has made strides in providing a fun and interactive reading experience and I hope that he continues to provide scripts for the comics even if they are straight ahead stories.

Loosely the plot revolves around Bender breaking out of the comic book world and in to another realm and it is up to the rest of the gang to track him down and bring him back to their reality. Along the way there are Omicronians L'rrr and NdNd and a tour of the Bongo Comics offices lead by editor Bill Morrison. In the end, of course, Bender is brought back and everything returns back to normal.

Futurama Simpsons Crossover Crisis TPB

Front Cover

This is the mother lode of all TPB - the one most clamored to have collected for either Simpsons or Futurama comics fans and Bongo did not disappoint. Not only do you get all four issues of this great limited series there is a plethora of extra material including sketches, pin-ups, and additional comics. This tome comes in at over 100 pages of Futurama and Simpsons madness. This was originally released in 2010 but since the old ABPoG site had been down for so long I am now just getting in to reviewing it and posting about it.

I won't talk too much about the stories here as I have already reviewed them as part of my initial comic book reviews which can be found here:

Futurama-Simpsons Crossover Part 1
Futurama-Simpsons Crossover Part 2
Futurama-Simpsons Crossover Part 3
Futurama-Simpsons Crossover Part 4
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John DiMaggio Interview on CNN

I came across this pretty good article on CNN regarding voice over actors and their lack of use in big budget movies. The article and interview includes Futurama voice actor John DiMaggio.

Futurama Panel from SDCC 2013

The last(?) Futurama Comic Con panel at Comic Con hosted and moderated by Bill Morrison, formerly of Bongo Comics and including Matt Groening and David X. Cohen. According to Groening SDCC would not allow more than five panelists so instead they have included 'special guests' and voice actors John DiMaggio, Phil LaMarr, Lauren Tom, Maurice Lamarche, Tress Macneille, David Herman, Katey Segal, and Billy West.
 

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Cover Credits: Jason Ho, Mike Rote, Nathan Kane
Script: Ian Boothby
Pencils: James Lloyd
Inks: Andrew Pepoy
Colors: Nathan Hamill
Letters: Karen Bates
Editor: Nathan Kane

Bongo Bonus Stamp: 88 Nibbler

Tartar House Five
What starts out as a normal evening out with the Planet Express gang quickly turns in to a trip through both time and space for a favorite resident doctor - Dr. Zoidberg. The Professor has invited everyone to dinner to show them his latest invention - the Quantum Ring that exists in all time periods simultaneously. When the appetizers of calamari arrives Zoidberg steals what he thinks is a calamari ring which turns out to be the Professor's Quantum Ring sending Zoidberg on a trip that even Alice would have agreed was pretty trippy.

San Diego Comic Con 2012

Some great work by Nathan
Kane and Jason Ho

Another Comic Con has come and gone and am already looking forward to next year. This has probably been the 12th or 13th time we have attended the show and have seen it go through many changes just in these past few years. Our own experience has also changed with the maturation of the show and this year we had the biggest change of all in introducting our new little one to the show. Last year we were pregnant so we tried to stay away from the main points of interest in the Con and so was the same this year with the little one. It certainly has been an eye opener as we have found some really great vendors and artists doing some really great work. While we did not pick up too many things for ourselves (more on that later) we did pick up plenty of new books for the little one and made some great new friends at the show. Not a bad four days for somebody who slept through 90% of the show.

WonderCon Wrap Up

A few weeks ago San Diego's Comic Con sister show WonderCon made its way to the Anaheim Convention Center for a year. Typically the show is held in San Fransisco but due to the facility being remodeled WonderCon needed a new venue for the show. It was great having such a well known show in my back yard (I am an Orange County resident) which was good because I didn't have to spend two (2) hours on the freeway to get there, nor spend almost $200 a night on a hotel room.