Reviews for Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson

The average rating for Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2011-01-12 00:00:00 Brock Tucker This is a compilation of the stories in Bart Simpson comics, issues 13-16. For the most part the humor is uninspired and can't really hold a candle to the better Bongo compilations. Still, it will serve as a quick Simpsons fix. The level of hilarity is about 2 notches down from your average issue of Archie comics. Here's what you get: BARTZAN AND THE ANCIENT GOLDEN FORBIDDEN CITY OF GOLD: Bart as Tarzan defends a lost city from looters. This one co-stars Mr. Teeny, Hans Moleman, the Springfield Bullies and monkey-Homer and monkey-Marge. LITTLE BUDDY DAY: A 2 page short wherein 4th graders at Springfield Elementary act as "Big Brothers" to the younger kids. SCAREDY CATS: Another fairly short story about the time Lisa, Bart and Milhouse go to see the movie Space Mutants XXII: Disco Invasion. BART'S BIG SPILL: Bart suffers an embarrassing mishap while preparing to give a big speech at the Student Assembly. THE TIME BANDIT: Bart "borrows" Professor Frink's time machine and travels back into Springfield's recent history, when most of the adults he knows were in their late teens. Features a comic book hating Comic Book Guy. BRING YOUR PARENTS TO SCHOOL DAY: This is a 2 page short about what happens when Bart brings Homer to school for the day. COMPUTER HACKLES: The weakest story in the book, Bart bribes Martin Prince to hack into the itchy and Scratchy website during school hours. BART DOES SOMETHING FISHY: Bart has a brief adventure at the Springfield Squid port READING NIGHT: In this 2 pager, Lisa succeeds in getting her family to read more. BART VERSION 2.0: Bart's personality is turned into a computer virus that wreaks havoc on the world. The solution is actually pretty funny. DIARY OF A MAD SAX CAMPER: A 2 pager about Lisa's trip to band camp. BART'S JUNIOR CAMPER DE-MERIT BADGE MANUEL: Bart's 2 page take on acquiring some of the classic scouting merit badges. BAD HAIR DAY: Lisa gets some beauty tips from Aunts Patty & Selma. BART'S ONE PAGE GUIDE TO CREATING NICKNAMES. INVASION OF THE BABY SNATCHERS: Maggie saves the planet from an alien invasion. We need more good Maggie stories. PICTURE DAY: Bart & Milhouse try on crazy outfits in preparation for School Picture Day. SQUISHY OF DEATH: One of the better stories here, Bart, Milhouse and Ralphie Wiggums travel across Springfield looking for the mysterious and elusive Squishy of Death! THE CASE OF THE HEADLESS DOLLS: Lisa's dolls start turning up with no heads and she blames Bart, until his action figures start turning up headless too! THE ONE PAGE GUIDE TO CREATING CATCH PHRASES ZONE WARS: Bart tricks the Flanders boys in an attempt to get out of court mandated labor.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-05-07 00:00:00 Steven Johnson Another meh collection of Simpsons comics. I don't know why I keep reading these if I know I'm not going to like them. Maybe it's the hope of finding a gem, like some of the Treehouse of Horror comics. Seriously, THOSE are the only good Simpsons comics out there. Guest artists and writers, interesting stories. The regular Simpsons comics don't even compare. Bart travels through time, Bart creates a computer virus that infects the city, Maggie gets abducted by aliens. These SOUND like interesting stories, but the execution is so bland. The dialogue reads as stilted. And the jokes? Simpsons comics fall into that category where jokes are clearly set up, but the punchline never delivers, or delivers weakly. It's more . . . humorously circumstantial than it is humorous. And it's hard to tell who the audience is for these comics. The Simpsons has never been a strictly-for-kids show, but it has a kids audience. Yet the writing and content suggests that the Simpsons comics ARE geared towards kids? I have no problem with something being marketed towards kid, and content being altered for perceived appropriateness. But form? There's a way to write for kids that is simple but simple evocative and engaging. But not here. Stilted, stilted writing. It's painful. I want to like the Simpsons comics because the Futurama comics definitely hold up and I liked the Simpsons comics a lot when I was a kid. But being honest, those Simpsons comics were some of the first Simpsons comics to exist, and those, to me, are possessed of a more anarchic, devil-may-care attitude reminiscent of Groening's original Life in Hell comics. I know that comes off as fanboyish "IT WAS BETTER BEFORE" talk, but it really feels that way. If nothing else, the writing was so much better, and the writing now really, REALLY bothers me. Don't check it out, man.