Comic Book Guy #1  (Jul 2010)    The Comic Book At last! Comic book-dom's portly purveyor of four-color fiction has his own comic mini-series! Just imagine what is in store for you when an entire comic book title is given over to explore the adventures and pet peeves of one of the comic industry's very own. Is Comic Book Guy destined to be the subject of a story arc that ranks among such notable classics as Watchmen, Maus: A Survivor's Tale, The Dark Knight Returns, Marvels, and X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga? And will he live to tell - or, at the very least, blog - the tale that will make fanboys weep and bring a nation to its knees? The cover and first three pages of this issue provides the four different covers illustrated here. Each cover pays homage to and parodies four classic comic covers described below. The Death of Comic Book Guy!  Part One   Chapter The First: Prelude to a Beginning!   Chapter Two: And Lo There Shall Come A Lard Lad!   Chapter Three: Death Be Not Fat! MMMMMMMMPages:  24 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Dan Davis Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Bill Morrison     Cover Illustration:   Bill Morrison, Andrew Pepoy
	MMMMMCover Text:   Featuring: "America's Favorite Fanboy" For The First Time In His Own Mighty Mini-Series! Cover 2 Illustration:   John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy Cover 3 Illustration:   John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy Cover Text:   "Debt Be Not Paid!" Cover 4 Illustration:   John Delaney, Andrew Pepoy

The front cover pays homage to the original Fantastic Four #1 cover from November 1961. The positioning, color and typography of the lettering in the title and the box to the right, the person running into Moe's on the right, Marge standing to the right of a crushed car, even the cracks in the street, are all mirrored across the original cover and the new cover. Of course, the cover of Simpsons Comics #1 had a similar cover!   (Continues below)

Cover 2 pays homage to another of the most famous comic issues of all time, Superman Vol. 2 #75, the Death of Superman issue from January 1993. There were several covers, and Bongo chose wisely, as this one incorporates the best elements of all the covers. Once again, the typography, the buildings in the rear (representing the Daily Planet), even the angle of pole holding Superman's cape and the positioning of Agnes Skinner's arms and hands are all matched cover to cover.   (Continues below)

Cover 3 shown above pays homage to Avengers #56 from September 1968. Included in adapting all the elements on the cover they mirrored the "Marvel Comics Group" logo on the upper left with a "Bongo Comics Group" logo and updated the title from "Death Be Not Proud!" to "Debt Be Not Paid!". Perhaps reading too much into the cover I particularly like the idea of our immigrant Apu serving as our Captain America, even if it was just intended to represent the best character to whom a debt might not be paid back to.   (Continues below)

Cover 4 parodies yet another iconic image, the death of Supergirl that occurred in the limited series Crisis on Infinite Earths #7 issued in October of 1985. Initially I thought that the bullies kneeling below Comic Book Guy assisting Homer was another reference to an image of people kneeling in honor but I believe it may just be illustrating that Homer couldn't hold up CBG by himself. << Previous Cover   Next Cover >>

Comic Book Guy #2  The Comic Book  (Aug 2010) The Comic Book Guy is dead, but not gone - and definitely not forgotten. After the eulogy delivered by a special guest and comic book legend (Nuff Said!), it's time for Comic Book Guy's last will and testament to be read, and with the portly proprietor's passing, a deep void is felt by everyone in Springfield and beyond. Who will inherit the Android's Dungeon? What will become of the virtual world of blogs and message boards without the snarkiness of Comic Book Guy's irreverent and often unwanted pop culture criticisms on the Internet? Brace yourself for the gathering storm of The Dork Age! The Death of Comic Book Guy!  Part Two   Chapter Four: Funeral For A Friend  (Okay, an acquaintance)   Chapter Five: Where There's A Will, There's A "Why?"   Chapter Six: Even An Android's Dungeon Can Cry!  MMMMMMMMPages:  24 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Dan Davis Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Bill Morrison     Cover Illustration:   Jason Ho, Mike Rote Cover Text:   Guest-Starring Stan "The Man" Lee!

Comic Book Guy #3  The Comic Book  (Sep 2010) Who would have thought that the passing of Comic Book Guy would bring Springfield to the brink of civil war?! Brace yourselves as nerd takes on geek for a beatdown in the streets! (Fanny packs, Spock ears, and asthma inhalers will be required.) Then, Bart goes on a search for a new hobby, and Lisa investigates the death of Comic Book Guy with her stalwart apprentice, Ralph Wiggum, in tow. The Death of Comic Book Guy!  Part Three   Chapter Seven: The Dork Age!   Chapter Eight: Lost Boy     Little Margie in "Foul Ball" (4 pages) MMMMMMMMPages:  26 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Dan Davis Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Bill Morrison     Cover Illustration:   Jason Ho, Mike Rote

Comic Book Guy #4  The Comic Book  (Oct 2010) It's the penultimate issue of 'The Death of Comic Book Guy!' Marge believes that the Android's Dungeon may very well be haunted, while Lisa delves into the mysterious past of the Comic Book Guy, discovering his secret origin. Nelson finds a new purpose in life, the milkshake machine at the KrustyBurger gets clogged, and Bart 'fabricates' his grandest practical joke ever! The Death of Comic Book Guy!  Part Four   Chapter Nine: Who Ya Gonna Call?   Chapter Ten: Secret Origins   Chapter Eleven: Knit Happens!   Chapter Twelve: Game On!   Chapter Thirteen: Nerdier, She Wrote! MMMMMMMMPages:  24 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Dan Davis Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Bill Morrison     Cover Illustration:   Jason Ho, Mike Rote

Comic Book Guy #5  The Comic Book  (Nov 2010) Lo, there shall come an ending to this mini-series! All will be revealed in the startling and life-affirming conclusion to the epic 'The Death of Comic Book Guy!' saga, and everything will return to be as it was before the good people at Bongo had the audacity to mess with The Simpsons status quo... or will it? The Death of Comic Book Guy!  Part Five   Chapter Fourteen: Oh, Séance Can You See?   Chapter Fifteen: E-R-E-R-D'oh!   Chapter Sixteen: Epilogue to an Ending MMMMMMMMPages:  24 Script:  Ian Boothby Pencils:  John Delaney Inks:  Dan Davis Colors:  Nathan Hamill Letters:  Karen Bates Editor:  Bill Morrison     Cover Illustration:   Jason Ho, Mike Rote

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