Bongo Comics always does a superior job with their Free
Comic Book Day selections. Bongo owns the licenses to the Matt Groening
properties so every year you can expect to see the Simpsons, Futurama Gang, and
scores of other great characters gracing my Free Comic Book Day wish list.
Bongo does it right by A) producing an all-new comic with 100% all new material
and B) trying to plot or parody stories about comic books and super heroes.
In this 2014 offering we have Bart and Milhouse trying to
recreate an accident in order to gain super powers. But all these accidents
seem to do is injure Milhouse. Then we take a trip to Mr. Burns’s secret lair
to witness Burnsy try to save his assistant Smithers from one of his hideout’s
booby traps. Lastly, Professor Frink and Bart are zapped into a parallel universe
to looks an awful lot like Ditko’s run on Doctor Strange.
Along with these short stories there are tons of great
fillers. The 1-2 page little gems are usually the funniest. This year we get a
parody of Spy Vs. Spy, a trip to Krusty Burger in search of the Kids Meal comic
freebie, and a “Where’s Ralph?” back page splash by legendary MAD cartoonist
Sergio Aragones.
My favorite part is the Betty and Veronica parody on the
back cover. It stars Amy and Leela from Futurama. It’s also Futurama’s only
appearance in this book. If I had a complaint about the Bongo freebies it would
be that there isn’t enough Futurama in them. Yeah, the Simpsons are the main
draw but for 2 years straight the crew of the Planet Express has been delegated
to the back cover. At least give them a 2-page short story as well! They
deserve at least that much!
Worth Consuming
Rating: 9 out of 10 stars.
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