Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #47107 in Books
• Published on: 2007-10-01
• Released on: 2007-10-16
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 128 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

As usual, Futurama rocks!
I'd rather read this comic than watch TV. Since Futurama is barely on (waiting for the next movie to come out in June), this is the closest thing we can get to having new episodes of the show (well, the comics are, but these are the comics in a form that can go on a bookshelf) and it feels so much like the series. While I read it, I truly felt like I was watching a new episode and I could totally see all of these as actual episodes on the show. If you're a Futurama fan, I can't see how you wouldn't love these comics.

Not very funny
I love Futurama. I have every episode and DVD. This was a very quick read and it wasn't up to the standards of the TV series. Some parts were funny while others were just odd. I wouldn't spend the money on it. It took very little time to read and it is not something that I'll read over and over again to make it worth purchasing.

Futurama Conquers the Universe
This graphic novel contains issues 10 through 13 of the Futurama comic books:
--The Big Sweep, in which our heroes participate in the dangerous Winter Olympic sport of swurling,
--The Cure for the Common Clod, in which Fry gets a cold that threatens New New York,
--Hostile Makeover, in which Amy takes Leela shopping, and
--The Bender You Say, in which Bender takes on the job of the Robot Devil.

For some reason, the cover shown here on Amazon (featuring Morbo in a tank, shooting at our heroes), is not the one on the copy I have and those I've seen in stores. Mine shows Fry, Leela and Bender standing on a very tiny ringed planet, while Leela makes earrings out of another planet's rings, Bender lights a cigar with a sun, and Fry takes a bite out of a terrestrial planet.