Futurama Comics
Futurama Comics is a comic book series based on the television show Futurama. It is published by Bongo Comics. Originally published only in the US, the UK now has its own version of the series. The stories are the same in both but the running order and other features are different. Just like the TV series, each comic has a caption at the top of the cover (e.g., "Made In The USA! (Printed in Canada)"). Some of the UK comics have different captions on the top of their comics. Both series contain a letters page, artwork from readers and previews of other Bongo Comics coming up. Now that the TV series has been cancelled, the comics remain the only the new Futurama available.
US Issues The series has been out since November 2000 and so far consists of 19 issues plus 3 special issues. Originally published 6 times a year, the series is now published 4 times a year. - Issue 1 - "Monkey See, Monkey Doom!" First published November 22nd 2000.
- Issue 2 - "...But Deliver Us To Evil!" First published January 24th 2001.
- Issue 3 - "The Owner Of Mars Attacks!" First published March 28th 2001.
- Issue 4 - "DOOP The Right Thing!" First published May 23rd 2001.
- Issue 5 - "Who's Dying To Be A Gazillionaire?" First published July 25th 2001.
- Issue 6 - "Xmas Time Is Fear" First published October 24th 2001.
- Issue 7 - "New Year's Rockin' Evil" First published January 23rd 2002.
- Issue 8 - "Planet X-Press Men" First published March 27th 2002.
- Issue 9 - "Freaky Fry-day" First published May 22nd 2002.
- Issue 10 - "Big Sweep" First published November 27th 2002.
- Issue 11 - "The Cure For The Common Clod" First published January 23rd 2003.
- Issue 12 - "Sideshow Fry" First published March 26th 2003.
- Issue 13 - "The Bender You Say" First published May 28th 2003.
- Issue 14 - "Six Characters In Search Of A Story" First published July 23rd 2003.
- Issue 15 - "Space Boy: The Movie" First published October 8th 2003.
- Issue 16 - "Kickin' It Old School" First published February 4th 2004.+
- Issue 17 - "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 1" First published May 26th 2004.
- Issue 18 - "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 2" First published July 28th 2004.
- Issue 19 - "The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 3" First published September 29th 2004.
+Issues 16-19 form a 4 part story. Issue 16 was an introduction to the Time Bender Trilogy. Also published are 2 crossovers with The Simpsons.
Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis: Issue 1 (of 2) - "Somewhere Over The Brain-bow!" First published August 21st 2002. Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis: Issue 2 (of 2) - "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!" First published January 28th 2003. Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II: Issue 1 (of 2) - "Slaves Of New New York!" First published January 26th 2005. Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II: Issue 2 (of 2) - "The Read Menace!" - first published March 23rd 2005.
Upcoming US Issues - Issue 20 - "Bender Breaks Out" - due in May 2005.
UK Issues
The UK comics are slightly different to their US counterparts. They are A4 size (bigger) and are now published monthly (they were bi-monthly beforehand). There are more competitions and posters in the UK comics than the US comics, and the publishing order has changed slightly (for example, "New Year's Rockin' Evil", a parody of The Terminator , was published at the same time Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines was released in British cinemas. - Issue 1 - "Monkey See, Monkey Doom!"
- Issue 2 - "...But Deliver Us To Evil!"
- Issue 3 - Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis Part 1: "Somewhere Over The Brain-bow!
- Issue 4 - Futurama/Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis Part 2: "Liquid Diamond Is Forever!"+
- Issue 5 - "The Owner Of Mars Attacks!"
- Issue 6 - "New Year's Rockin' Evil"
- Issue 7 - "Who's Dying To Be A Gazillionaire?"
- Issue 8 - "Xmas Time Is Fear"
- Issue 9 - "DOOP The Right Thing!"
- Issue 10 - "Planet X-Press Men"
- Issue 11 - "Freaky Fry-day"
- Issue 12 - "Big Sweep"
- Issue 13 - "The Cure For The Common Clod"
- Issue 14 - "Sideshow Fry"
- Issue 15 - "The Bender You Say" (Part 1)+
- Issue 16 - "The Bender You Say" (Part 2)
- Issue 17 - Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II Part 2: "The Read Menace!"++
- Issue 18 - "Six Characters In Search Of A Story" (Part 1)
+ Futurama Comics UK went monthly at this point - stories are being split into 2 magazines now in order to avoid "catching" up with the US comics too quickly.
++ Part 1 was published as Simpsons Comics #103.
Upcoming UK Issues - Issue 19 - "Six Characters In Search Of A Story" (Part 2) - due in May 2005.
It has not been confirmed which order these comics will be published, or if any of them will be split into 2, but the following US comics have not yet been published in the UK series. "Space Boy: The Movie"
"Kickin' It Old School"
"The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 1"
"The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 2"
"The Time Bender Trilogy: Part 3"
"Bender Breaks Out" It does look likely though that the Time Bender Trilogy might begin in Issue 22, as a Simpsons Comic profile on Cubert mentioned he has a role in that issue.
Writers and Artists The first 10 comics (US numbers), plus "Big Sweep" and "Sideshow Fry", were written by writer Eric Rogers, a writer's assistant on the Futurama TV show. Patric M. Verrone (who wrote for the show) wrote "The Cure For The Common Clod", "Six Characters In Search Of A Story" and the upcoming "Bender Breaks Out", and Simpsons Comics writer Ian Boothby wrote the Time Bender Trilogy plus both Simpsons Crossovers. Artists for the series include James Lloyd, John Delaney, Tom King and Pam Cooke. Apart from "Freaky Fry-day", which was a joint effort between John Delaney and Tom King, each comic is drawn by one artist.
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