Bartman: The Best of the Best! [Paperback]

Matt Groening (Author), Steve Vance (Author), Jan Strnad (Author)

Book Description

Series: Simpsons Comics Compilations | Publication Date: October 27, 1995

What's more exciting than a new episode of The Itchy and Scratchy Show and more valuable than compromising photos of Principal Skinner? Why, it's Bartman^TM: The Best of the Best! America's most popular cartoon family jumps from the small screen to the big, full-color pages of Matt Groening's first-ever collection of the wildly successful Bartman^TM comic series.

With the help of his trusted sidekick Milhouse, Bart "Bartman" Simpson, archenemy of evil, battles the likes of The Penalizer, the sinister Canker and outerspace aliens as he protects the good citizens of Springfield.

Follow Bartman on the adventures of a lifetime!

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About the Author

Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy^® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated FOX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. In addition, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group in 1993 and currently serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics and more than 36 comic compilations, as well as many instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: It Books; 1st edition (October 27, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060951516
• ISBN-13: 978-0060951511
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 6.7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,216,605 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Matt Groening, creator and executive producer of Fox's Emmy Award®-winning series The Simpsons, made television history by bringing animation back to primetime and creating an immortal nuclear family. The Simpsons is the longest running primetime animated series in television history and is currently the longest-running comedy on television, having aired more than 400 episodes. In July 2007, the highly anticipated feature film The Simpsons Movie opened in theaters with worldwide grosses of more than $525 million to date.

Originally brought to life in 1987 for The Tracey Ullman Show, The Simpsons was Groening's amazing entry into the television animation world. Previously, he was best-known for his "Life in Hell" cartoon strip, an irreverent portrayal of love, work, school, life and relationships that currently appears in more than 250 newspapers worldwide and in a multitude of books.

Groening's other Emmy-Award®-winning creation, Futurama, launched on Fox in March 1999 and ran for five seasons. Last year Fox released the direct-to-DVD full-length original feature Futurama: Bender's Big Score. Three additional films will be released and the entire series with new episodes will air on Comedy Central this year.

In 1993, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group, where he serves as publisher of The Simpsons Library of Wisdom, Simpsons Episode Guides, Simpsons Comics, Bart Simpson Comics, Radioactive Man Comics, Simpsons Comics Treasure Trove, the annual Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror, Futurama Comics, more than 36 comic compilations, as well as instant classics including Bart Simpsons Guide to Life, The Simpsons Handbook, and The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album among others!

In addition to the many awards bestowed on his creations (including Emmys, Annies, and the prestigious Peabody Award), Groening was personally honored with the Rueben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, the highest honor presented by the National Cartoonist Society. To date there are more than 14 million copies of books from HarperCollins in print throughout North America, the UK, and Australia based on The Simpsons, Futurama, and Life in Hell.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bartman is required reading for Simpson fans!, January 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Bartman: The Best of the Best! (Paperback)

The Bartman comic books are Groening's best of his Bongo Comics, and the part where Bartman has a crossover with The Simpsons comic book is pure gold--a nuclear explosion makes Springfieldians mutate into either superheroes or supervillains, and the irony of each superpower is hilarious! Don't miss out on this short-lived but extremely clever comic series!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality over Quantity, December 21, 2002

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This review is from: Bartman: The Best of the Best! (Paperback)

Rather than containing a lot of shorts and fillers like the other Simpsons Comics books (which are fun, too), The Best of the Best includes 3 super length comics all of which are very well written, imaginative, and hilarious. Here's what you get:

"Comic Cover Caper"-Bart uncovers Comic Book Guy's scam to secure a steady supply of over-priced, defective comic books in his store. Bartman must take on resident bullies Jimbo, Dolph, and Kearny while learning a little about the American market place in the process.

"Where Stalks the Penalizer!"-Mysterious things are happening to Springfield's vandals, loiterers, and hoodlums. The perpetrator is known to the media simply as "the Penalizer." A defender of justice for everyone (even for those who sometimes beat him up), Bartman pursues this force of disciplinary evil.

"When Bongos Collide"-Itchy and Scratchy pop out of the Simpsons' television and wreak havoc at the nuclear power plant! You'll never guess the reaction! Super size comic strip of over 60 pages!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's SUPERIFFIC!, April 24, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Bartman: The Best of the Best! (Paperback)

Bartman, The Best of the Best is the Simpsons tailor-made for the superhero fan! Hilarious for fans of American comic books!