RIP Life in Hell
Matt Groening has officially ended his iconic syndicated comic strip Life in Hell. It’ll be missed. His last strip ran 6/15/12. I discovered Life in Hell when I was a kid in the mid-80s as my mom would bring The Village Voice home each week, scouring the apartment listings and help wanted ads looking for [...]
Our Comic Book Shelves Smell Like Comic Books
Coming next Wednesday, February 29th (helloooo Leap Year): Ralph Wiggum Comics #1!!! In the first of Bongo Comics’ soon to be legendary Simpson Comics One-Shot Wonders, Ralph Wiggum takes center stage. In his first solo outing, Ralph has a day off of school, is left home alone, and becomes a role model to a new kid [...]
Sergio Aragone’s Funnies
Sergio Aragone’s Funnies dropped this week thanks to Bongo! Matt Groening proudly presents an all-new monthly series by the world’s most famous and most honored cartoonist, Sergio Aragonés! Each issue offers an assortment of autobiographical anecdotes, perplexing puzzles, slap-happy short stories, as well as Sergio’s unique and hilarious pantomimes and gags. With this new series, [...]
Coming Saturday May 1st, 2010: Free Comic Book Day!
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day, and I’m here to give you the skinny on what Forbidden Planet NYC has planned for our participation in 2010′s event. Free Comic Book Day is an annual event that now takes place on the first Saturday of May each year wherein participating comic shops all over the [...]