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By Matt Groening and various (Titan Books)
ISBN: 1-84023-846-1
Now that the kids are on their summer holidays, it’s the perfect time to kick ’em out of the house and finally read all those great graphic novels you bought them in a vain attempt to get some peace and quiet.
One such book worth a look is the compilation of Bongo Comics’ Bart Simpson (reprinting comic-book issues #9 – 12). The twenty-two complete stories feature the talents of such comic luminaries as Mike and Dan DeCarlo, Andrew Pepoy, Earl Kress, George Gladir and Gail Simone, as well as many newer talents combining to provide a riot of quickfire humour vignettes, in many cases sharper than the award winning cartoon show itself.
Especially noteworthy are the “origin†of Itchy & Scratchy in ‘Of Mice and Menace’ and the gloriously bad taste fable ‘From Lichtenslava With Love’. Excellent entertainment.
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