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Cover Art by Jason Ho; Derek Fridolfs; & Nathan Kane
SUMMARY:
Published by Bongo Entertainment, Inc., this 30-page comic offers four stand-alone stories:
“Lisa the Clown.” Writer: John Zakour. Art: Phil Ortiz; Mike DeCarlo; Karen Bates; & Nathan Kane (10 pages). Krusty the Clown is suddenly taken ill, so his producer choses Lisa Simpson as his on-air replacement. Despite increasingly boring efforts to educate Krusty’s young studio audience, Lisa is encouraged by the producer to keep up the good work. Bart smells a rat and calls in the cops.
“Bored Walk.” Writer: Terry Delegeane. Art: Phil Ortiz; Mike DeCarlo; Art Villanueva; & Karen Bates (9 pages). In a Bart Simpson tale, he finds ways to score some free air conditioning on a sweltering day.
“Feets of Fury.” Writer: Dean Rankine. Art: Dean Rankine & Karen Bates (2 pages). Milhouse imagines payback against three toughs targeting his lunch money by using kung-fu.
“Hillbilly Abductshun.” Writer Shane Houghton. Art: John Delaney; Andrew Pepoy; Nathan Hamill; & Karen Bates (7 pages). In a bungled alien invasion, two creatures from the planet Rigel VII think twice re: their attempted abduction of sixty-four hillbillies.
REVIEW:
Though the artwork is spot-on, the entertainment value is purely subjective. Case in point: “Feets of Fury” isn’t funny; it’s just pathetic. Pushing offensive rural stereotyping, “Hillybilly Abductshun” lamely spoofs alien invasion movies. “Bored Walk” at least offers a few chuckles. As for “Lisa the Clown,” the premise could be a decent TV episode, but there isn’t nearly enough humor. Curiously, neither Homer Simpson nor baby Maggie appear in either of the two Simpsons tales. At most, this comic is an okay read.
ADDITIONAL CONTENT:
None.
BRIAN’S ODD MOON RATING: 3½ Stars
