The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Comics

Bongo Comics & HarperCollins

Young Adult

For those of us who tune in faithfully the Sunday -after- Halloween (thank you NFL playoffs…) for the annual Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror Halloween special episode but just can’t get enough, Bongo comics also publishes a comic book companion to the thrilling comedy creepfest!

Considered the Simpson’s comics annuals, they are filled with decidedly adult humor, but no more innuendo and violence than you might find in Mad Magazine. The frightful holiday episode even has numerous companion sets of toys.

Although it isn’t out of the realm of imagination to collect all of the original issue comic books, reading copies can be found at most local libraries (here in the US anyway). Each issue usually has four or five major features, often movie parodies, each illustrated by a different artist, with bizarre gatefolds and schtick advertisements stuffed in between. Shorts like those found in other Simpsons Comics are packed in-between. The features include guest artists like Jill Thompson, Dan Brereton, Ted Naifeh, & Sergio Aragones, and “guest stars” such as Alice Cooper, Gene Simmons, and Rob Zombie.