I always liked the way the comics would include nods to really obscure bits of lore, for that added "I get that reference!" nerd value.

This really puts a smile on my face, seeing the comics being talked about like this. I loved them as a kid and would read every issue I could get my hands on, but kind of got the impression they were forgotten by most people. Glad to know they're remembered after all.

My 6th grade teacher was a huge Simpsons fan and had a bunch of Simpsons comics in the back of our classroom. After finishing our work he would let us read them during the rest of our class time and that is where I first experienced the comics. Ever since that grade I slowly started to become more and more of a fan of the show. Great video as always, Simpsons Theory! 😉

Crazy how a company can make a T.V show, comic books, commercials, and sell merchandise at the same time and become one of the biggest things in the world

The Simpsons comics are a precious childhood memory of mine. I didn't miss an issue since 2001 to about 2009. I especially looked forward to the Treehouse of Horror each year. The comics were _amazing._ Their writing and humor was always on-point, even when the show itself starting dropping in quality. Sadly, I don't have them anymore, but I'll remember those classics always!

AWESOME video Lydia! Absolutely LOVED Simpsons Comics growing up. I think I collected up to around issue 150 (plus all the spin-offs), but stopped reading them for one reason or another. Kinda wish I’d continued on with them. I’m one of those who fondly remember certain comic stories and confuse them for actual episodes. Thanks for this video - answered a LOT of questions I had over the years!

I've got a few Simpsons comics and they are amazing! I really wish they still kept making The Simpsons comics in my opinion

I seriously wished some of the comic stories were adapted into episodes! It be a dream come true!!!

I’m SO happy to see this! I’ve had a mini collection of comics for many years and I’m glad I get to see the history of my favorite part of this franchise!

I love the Simpsons comics and still sad they're no longer here... Aside from my original collection of #1-125, 150, etc. I recommend the Simpsons Vault & Treasures books to enjoy more stories never before animated!

I remember reading those Simpsons comics in middle school for sure😁

Used to buy the comics all the time until the bookstore in the mall closed down. Sweet Nostalgia. Great video as always!

I’ll always miss Simpsons Comics. They had some fun stories. The classic Oysterman issue was always great. I remember growing up thinking that the boy band comic was better than the boy band episode

I’m surprised on how this channel doesn’t have over 1m subs because it’s so high quality

The 90s era was quality. Cartoon Network ran Dragon Ball Z from 5:00pm to 6:00pm, then at 6:00pm you switched over to BBC2 and you had The Simpsons and The Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air straight after.

I was mesmerized when I found my first Simpson Comics at a newspaper stand in Mexico City, back when I was around 13 years old. I was a big fan of the show, but not really into comics until then. And they were so good! So well adapted. Even the spanish translation was on point. I still have a bunch of them both in english and spanish, somewhere at my parents' place. Great memories! Good video!

Growing up in Hong Kong, we never had The Simpsons on TV. I bought those dvd box sets and, like you, bought a couple of these comics. I read them for years. They're still in my parent's home. I'd completey forgotten about these.

Radioactive Man becoming a real comic after being a comic in an animates show is about as meta as you can get lol

The Simpsons comics really are a delightful hidden gems. There’s so many interesting little Easter eggs and special love letters to fans. I remember the page with an X-ray of Marges’ hair and everything stuck in it

I wanted those comics so badly as a kid! Although I did once score a copy of Bart Simpson's Guide to Life for Christmas, which was awesome.

We appreciate you Lydia! you cite your sources wonderfully in any video I've seen, and as a person born in 98 and not allowed to watch The Simpsons as a kid, having those episodes/comic names is really helpful for learning the lore and history of our favorite town/ people/ family lol.

I think that it is defiantly worth going further into the Treehouse of Horror Comic in another video. Especially since a big Omnibus is coming out in August so you have a big release to point people towards. I think its such a fascinating book and the amount of talent that was brought on to writer stories.

im suprised that The Simpsons has a comic but usually they can go on a deeper lore of different stuff and stuff that isn't explored in the show And I also love how they can do it in a different visual medium

I found the Simpsons #1 in the basement going through my comic collection. What a gem! I recently asked the local comic shop about Simpsons comics, and they said they had been out of print for a while. Bongo comics! I'd love to get a collection as these are going to be gems one day. I'm surprised #1 is worth what it is.

Thank you for covering a huge part of my childhood. Shoutout to the fish stick storyline as the best episode that never was!

Probably your best video yet. Real shame how Bongo Comics closed down a few years ago

Thank you so much for this video, it brought back so many memories. It was actually thanks to "The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis II" that I first discovered Futurama and fell in love with that show. Also, rather amusingly, at 8:43, _whilst_ Bill is talking about people mistaking comic stories for TV episodes, you show that panel of Comic Book Guy complaining about the surgically attached Vulcan ears that are all floppy - a joke that I've spent several years thinking was in the actual TV show.

One of my favourite issues of the comics is the Treehouse of Horror where they parodied the manga Death Note. It was so accurate to the source and out it left field.

I've got some Simpsons Comics when I briefly lived in the UK, great new and interesting story plots, awesome art. The works.

Simpsons Comics were one my favourite things from my childhood. One issue I enjoyed was The Simposons Around The World where they pardoried styles of comics from different regions (there was Japanese manga style one, a European one and a Mexican one).

I remember around the ether late 00s or early 2010s I would go to my local co-op after school to look threw these comics and loved them. Even still got a few myself hiding somewhere around in my room but I always loved reading them as a kid. So this opened a core memory from my mind that I haven't thought about in years.

Amazing work! Been looking forward to this one.

I'm glad to see you're giving some attention to the comics! I always loved them as a kid.

I loved the comics growing up, I always getting a copy when going on holiday 🙂

The nostalgia is so heavy with this episode haha I remember being a kid and always having a copy of The Simpsons comics to read before I went to bed! This video was brilliantly done and makes me want to try and find a compendium to relive the glory days 😂

I loved The Simpsons comics growing up, probably bought over 30-40 issues of them from the ages of 10-15. I didn’t realize that they weren’t printing them anymore! They were an amazing extension of the show, even better written than the newest seasons I would say ;)

Just some honest (and hopefully helpful) feedback as a new listener and someone with training/experience in broadcast journalism: You have SUCH good enunciation and you read your script out so clearly, but you need, need, need to scale back the newscaster/voice-over rhythm of speech. It is far too much to be swinging up and down like that every sentence back-to-back. It gets a bit distracting after the first few sentences. It can help to slip into some shorter, more direct sentences between those readings, if you want to keep it. Also, if you are able to improve your mic setup, the sound quality will benefit greatly.

Amazing job Lydia! I learned so much about the comics I never knew! You should be freaking proud of this video I think it’s probably one of the best things you’ve ever done! Also very cool to see Warren here with you in this video! I loved your appearance on Simpsons is Greater Than!

I used to collect these comics, they were great. I still have a lot of them too.

Ive been waiting for this episode. I know its going to be great

It's been ages since I've last brought one (although I still have them at my Brother's place). Recognizing them in the video brought back some memories. I enjoy the Bart Simpson ones best. It's interesting to learn about their history and success throughout.

a simpsons comic story that I think would have worked great as an actual episode was the one where bart made a radioactive man fan-comic that proved to be hugely popular with the original comic's creators, and so bart almost got a job as a comic writer, but then decided not to because of how the creators of radioactive man ridiculed a fan-comic that comic book guy made.

Hell yeah, been waiting for this 1.

I own a few of these like the bart man’s, the tree house of horrors, and just the normal comics as well.

Loved the Simpsons comics when I was a kid. They were so funny!

Thanks Lydia! I've loved comics ever since I was kid and I do remember at least reading one.

I've actually owned one of the Treehouse of Horror comics when I was about 5 or 6. I'm 16 years old now and I don't know which one I owned because I remember just one image of it where Bart was looking at all the corpses from a nuclear explosion and he was the only one that survived it

Amazing video😃 I still remember reading one of these comics when I was little😉

Didn't know much about The Simpsons comics, so nice to get to know the backstory. Great job. 🙂

I was a huge Simpson can back in the day still is I remember coming home from school and watching it for hours and family guy

Only in the comics could Lionel Hutz be Troy McClure's lawyer!! "I like you, pal. You’ve got moxy!!"

I'm just blown away by this, I have to make it a life mission to add these comics to my comic book collection. There are a few old stores in my town... I'm going to start the search. This was such a well made video😎✌🏾❤️

Yes The Simpsons they were a game changer. I remember when me and my mom and my brothers and sister was watching the episode when they thought Homer was Bigfoot. And the park ranger told Bart it's a very good thing we found you son. And Bart Simpson said what the hell are you talkin about man. And me and my brother and sisters fell out laughing. And my mom was like did he say hell?

Really great video! very well done and super interesting.

good video

Hey, Lydia. Glad to finally see this video. My favourites are the, Sideshow Bob comics. I like to think of them as Bob's missing timeline episodes, which sadly didn't make it into the Series. Also the ones where, Cecil makes an appearance, always a real treat. Great video! 😁👍💛❤💙

Great video. I' love how so many of the comics could have been their own TV episodes. I just completed my goal of collecting all 245 comics and all the spin offs. Oh and I'm close to having all the treehouse of horror comics.

great video about the simpsons comics. very good work from you as always. keep it up :)

I never knew The Simpsons had a comic book series. I'll have to look for them. Thank you for the awesome video

Favourite upload Sunday!

One issue that still stands out to me ( can't remember the # I'm afraid) was when the French Foreign Exchange Parents teamed up with Sideshow Bob!

I love the comics! Great video.

I was pleased to see Bartman being featured in the Comics. When the Simpsons became popular, you could see him regulary on T-Shirts and other Merchandise, and I was waiting for his appearance on the Show, which never happened (no, Bart wearing his costume to get on the Comic Con for free doesn't count).

Big smash of nostalgia seeing these issue covers and instantly remembering them from back in the day, I used to try drawing them out myself. Pretty sure my collection's still sitting somewhere in my parents' house

I bought two comics after watching your videos and knowing about the comics' existence. Love the comics! And love your channel a lot. Thank you!! ❤❤❤ lots of love! 👍😁😊

I have a huge stack of these in my closet. Used to buy them every two weeks or so when I was a teen.

YES ANOTHER LEGENDARY VIDEO

I love this story. Thanks for making it. I just started reading the Simpsons comics and now I'm hooked. Now I'm on the hunt for collecting and reading all 245 of them.

I have been a fan from the start and am lucky enough to have the complete original collection of the US version of Simpsons Comics and many supplementary spin off comics. There were multiple versions for specific markets such as Australi. Much cherished and kept safely thanks for focusing on this comic.

BBC Two? ... I knew I remembered The Simpsons being on that channel!

I feel like the last time i saw one of these videos i was a whole other person .. a lot has changed , i have had ups and downs and i have learnt alot . .. im still making Simpsons art .

I really loved BONGO comics had tons of issues. I remember issue 100 was one of my most cherished items as a kid. There was an maazing spread by MAD magazine artist Sergio Aragones showcasing all the Characters of Springfield attending a pop culture convention. It was amazing!

I LOVED the Simpsons comics. They were an instant pick when I would pick up books at the library. Still to this day, I hope that I can find an omnibus with lots of the comics so I can re-read a lot of the stories.

That Cute Costume Friend 0:02

Even to this very day I still have some of my old Simpsons comics, my favourite was always the Super Spectacular series, good times

Guess time to find those Simpsons comics online, well maybe after reading Bartkira

I own over 40 Simpsons comics & my favorite one is Simpsons Comics Unchained. In high school I always carried 2 or 3 with me to pass the time.

Interesting- Scott Shaw worked on both Simpsons Comics and early Archie Sonic.

I have some Dutch translations of Simpsons comics. Some of them i had signed by Bill Morison when he visited Belgium at a convention. I also did buy a isseu of Radioactive man at the same convention. I just love how they created a superhero who is fictional in the Simpsons universe and is read by the people of said world and than they make a real comic book about him giving me the feeling they brought a little bit of Springfield into our world.

Nice video. Wish they would continue the comics.

Bongo also started publishing Spongebob comics a few years before it shut down. That also didn't find a new publisher, pretty surprising because of his popularity as well. Anyway, I'm a big fan of comic book adaptions of TV shows being seen as something more than the standard merchandising deal, and given a real level of talent behind them. Always hated when they cheaped out and just did adaptions. OH. And did you know the original Simpsons Illustrated magazine also had Hey Arnold comic strips before the deal that made it a Nickelodeon show?

I never read comics as a kid (or as an adult by that matter) so I never knew this universe existed, now I really wish I did.

I LOVED these comics so much as a kid

That 6pm tv battle was real for me!!!! The Weakest link, THE SIMPSONS, then Buffy or Star Trek, while trying to make sure my Nan stays asleep because she wanted the 6pm News on channel 3 and demanded it be on but would doze off, and swear she wasn't asleep when she could hear it wasn't on and jolted up. After many years, we compromised to her watching the 7pm news on 4 😂 Eventually she started to slyly like Marge. That memory you shared triggered me 😂

watching this brings back memories i used to read and beg my mom to buy me simpsons comics and then i finally got one and my first one was bartman

The Simpsons comics were and always will be amazing

Remember getting these from the library, always fun. Only one I remember was one where the residents all became superheroes.

0:14 Already getting my nostalgia flowing. Some of my earliest memories of watching TV included watching The Simpsons on BBC Two, along with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, Malcolm In The Middle, Star Trek: TNG and Buffy The Vampire Slayer (which aired before and afterwards). Still have some Simpsons comics in a drawer somewhere and some Bart Simpson Comics (Big and Beefy Book of Bart Simpson) collections. My brothers and I always used to turn to the Junk Mail section, where we would see what topical films or TV shows readers had tried to put the Simpson family into as part of their fan art. I swear that the the episode 'Double, Double, Boy in Trouble' (where Bart switches places with his rich doppelganger) was originally a story in the comics as I remember seeing images similar to those that eventually ended up in the TV episode. I have vivid memories of the Futurama crossover being announced as the next issue in the comics although I never got to read it. Anyway, this video was a really fun and informative look back on the Simpsons Comics, a fun part of my childhood. Thank you, Lydia.

I always thought I was the biggest simpsons fans watching it every day since I was a kid till this day I still watch it. But seeing these videos and seeing people's collections I guess I'm wrong. Love these videos

I remember the weakest link haha, I hated it but it was always worth the wait to watch The Simpsons

My first Simpsons comic was number 25. I don't have it any more but kept it for ages under my box of CDs and then bought some of the compilation books of earlier ones. Don't have those any more either as they ended up in pretty bad condition, but some nice memories!

Hi, I thought when I subscribed to this channel it would be one of those channels I stopped watching but I watched almost all videos and there all great, keep it up. I subscribed like less then 5 days ago

Remember futurama and Simpsons crossover comics? bought the Simpsons comics for sure (this was in the uk), even had a weekly subscription so I’d get one every 3-4 weeks in the post. Bought the graphic novels and annuals I used to buy some of the figures and soft toys from the back of the comic 😂 good times. Still got a few today

I didn’t even know the Simpsons had comics, but I’ve never read any comics so that might be why 😂 This video was super interesting to watch either way!

I remember the comic and being shrunk down to be injected into Mr burns. The nostalgia of that 1 panel

Comics had good stories and I was picking them up at the local store for a few months in the early 2000s but they never had many laughs. They did have some fun satire of comic books and comic books tropes. I remember I went to an expo in Memphis around 1995 and saw radioactive man there first time. It was awesome to see a real one in person and not have have a clue it existed elsewhere. And it came with the trading card!

another amazing video from the one and only Lydia!

i seen ur add b4 a video but so i stoped by to say hi

I once got a letter published in Simpsons Comics. For some reason, I told my teacher, and I photocopied my letter, and it was posted on the school noticeboard for everyone to see. I do not think the cringe has physically left my body yet.

I used to get these all the time at my local newsagent. I especially loved the ones that came with several issue story arcs like the time Comic Book Guy apparently died or that Watchman spoof.