Product Description

Follow Fry, Leela, Bender, and the crew of Planet Express as they fend off hostile takeovers, risk life and limb on a no–holds–barred game show, protect New New York City from the Santa Robot's annual slay ride, save the world from the fiendish machinations of Robot Devil, confound terminators from an altered future bent on destroying the past, form a superhero team and rid the universe of marauding break dancers, and fight off the effects of aging with a mind– bending transformation that could spell the end of all they hold dear. Take flight to the future of Futurama and leave the past behind ... today!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #102667 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-01
• Released on: 2004-09-14
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 144 pages

About the Author

Matt Groening, the creator and executive producer of the Emmy^® Award-winning series The Simpsons, as well as creator of the cartoon strip "Life in Hell" and the animated POX television series Futurama, is the man responsible for bringing animation to prime time. In addition, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group in 1993 and currently serves as publisher of their four comic books—Simpsons Comics, Itchy & Scratchy Comics, Bartman, and Radioactive Man.

Customer Reviews

Graphic SF Reader
This is really pretty entertaining. There are multiple spoofs and satires in here, from short movie blobs, and the robot killer santa vs the robot dealer to the more clever versions of the Terminator.

Not sure who came up with Fry's X-Men dream, but that was definitely funny, and well done, particularly with him dressed as Phoenix.

great if you loved the show
this is a good purchase if you are a big fan of the show and want some sew stories. it isnt that well written( obvouisly not by groening). the problem is that the tv shows jokes had a lot to do with timing. thats hard to replicate as a comic.but ienjoyed it being a big fan of the show.
for added fun.. read it out loud and try to do the voices.!!!

Am I tainted by being a Futurama fan?
I was a Futurama fan from the beginning of this series. I got others involved as fans. And although this series doesn't have the lingering power of the Simpsons, it was entertaining, witty, and rewarding to the fan who learned the nuances of the characters.

With that said, Futurama Adventures was disappointing. And I'm not really sure that I can tell you why! It wasn't "entertaining, witty, and rewarding to the fan who learned the nuances of the characters." It was flat, bland, and not very entertaining.

I think I have been totally contaminated by knowing Futurama as a television series. I compare the printed version to that audio-visual version, and it loses badly. The tone in the voices, the shrugging of Fry's shoulder, the burping of Bender... it is the little things that make these characters "believable" and "adorable." Take them away, and you get flat, bland, etc. I feel the same way about the Simpsons books.

So... thumbs up for Futurama! If you want to know this series and these characters, get the DVDs. You won't get to know Fry by reading this book.