Simpsons Comics - The Secret Simpsons Universe
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- Опубліковано 6 тра 2022
- Simpsons Comics are awesome and weird and it's time to talk about them!
This video features special voice work by Jayden Libran. Check out his amazing Simpsons and Futurama vocal performances on his channel here:
/ @jaydenlibranvo
Music Selections:
0:16 “Dan's Ice Cream Truck” (Street Fighter Alpha II) by Joshua Morse & posu yan
• OC ReMix #1429: Street...
5:15 “So Long and Thanks for All the...” (Sonic & Knuckles) by Red Tailed Fox
• Project Chaos: 2-11 So...
9:18 "I'm Not Going to Lose to You!" (Pokemon Trading Card Game) by Juan, John, & TBR
• Pokémon Trading Card G...
9:25 "Funky's Tricks" (Donkey Kong Country 3) by Malcos
• 3-09 Funky's Tricks (F...
11:19 “Mercenary Boxing” (Street Fighter II) by Malcos
• Blood on the Asphalt: ...
16:02 “Serenity” (Final Fantasy VII) by Mustin
• OC ReMix #1618: Final ...
19:54 “Like a Dream” (Dark Souls II) by RoeTaKa
• OC ReMix #3119: Dark S...
22:10 "Mario Ascends to the Clouds" (Super Mario Land) by Argle
• OC ReMix #2629: Super ...
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That is easily the most clickbaity thumbnail I have ever used for this channel, but the thesis of this video is, "Simpsons Comics are awesome and weird," so I may as well lean into it. That Patty and Selma story is so dang weird, I had to discuss it for this video. 😉
(Also I updated my editing software recently and the HD codecs were being ridiculously glitchy, so this video ended up in 720p. I don't think it matters much because a higher video quality doesn't really benefit these scans of comics and episode screenshots. I just got tired of fighting with the software (delayed me 2 days) and this will have to do. There are still a couple super quick glitches that made it into this final product. Hopefully I will get this straightened out for the next one.)
This is one of my favorite videos of yours, ive been waiting for one on Simpsons comics for a while, thank you! (Also, do you have the video of that guy doing the impressions, i wanna check it out)
@@BortPlayz Here's a link to his Simpsons voices video, really good stuff in it:
ua-cam.com/video/F5m_en6IUvU/v-deo.html
He did a Futurama one and a bunch of other shows too.
@@TheRealJims thanks 😁
Comic books are the original clickbait
I love your videos TheRealJims this one really fun to watch tell Jayden he did Great Job.
Great video! Thank you for having me. It was a lot of fun voicing all those characters!
Thanks Jayden! Your performances were great! 😀
Super work! You voiced the one single comic I got my hands on as a kid, so it was a really weird and neat experience to listen to. I always thought the rejuvenation ray scientist to have more of a Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove vibe for some reason though.
Amazing performances.
@@KKarron Thank you! I initially recorded in that voice but then switched after the first line to make it sound like an Azaria-esque character
Dude, you are a fantastic voice actor! You absolutely knocked it out of the park.
Big props to the voice actor. Felt like I was watching an actual episode, Bravo!
Burns yes but Homer to me sounded off. Maybe I've just heard his too much
Very impressed 🙌🏻
Good stuff!!
Kid named Bravo: They love me.
@@nifralo2752 sounded better than modern Homer
Jayden's voice work was fantastic. His impressions of Homer and the Azaria voices in particular were spot on.
I grew up with Simpsons comics! I didn’t have as many as I did Futurama or Sonic comics (got the Sonic ones just because I thought they were rad and the Futurama because that was literally all the new Futurama you could get at one point lol) but I still had a decent amount. I vividly remember issue 150 because it had a poster inside that I ripped out and kept on my wall for years. The last little bit I had, I ended up mailing off to some friends when I moved, but this video was a really cool nostalgic watch. You’d put a panel or cover on screen and I’d lose my mind because it was burned into my brain lol.
Great video as always!
Thanks Tariq! 😀
Ok but where's your one-hour dissection of the Peanuts movie? I still haven't seen that shit and need to know if it's worth my time.
@@youdbettertube I did a Peanuts Movie video like five years ago, when the movie came out lol.
@@ToonrificTariq oh damn then I'm just ignorant, gonna watch that now.
Nice recent family guy vid btw!
ETA: That was a lovely review, especially the ending. I'm sure your grandma is only more proud of you now, with how far you've come on UA-cam and everything.
Lol, of course you collected the Sonic and Simpsons comics. I think you're my spirit animal, bro
The character voices are pretty good, I'm glad Jims is getting more popular and can do more tie ins with other creator
@UC5cwixgGbF6Gy8jxFtwm-xQ some inflection felt off to me, Mr. Burns sounded off, but considering I had the Simpsons going on a TV next to me and could compare the voices in my head, they were pretty good 8/10, I could see some people not noticing the difference.
Mr Burns sounded slightly off but Homer was near-perfect, which is pretty impressive
I can do some pretty good Simpsons character impressions as well! I remember doing some of them when reading those comics out loud.
@@ZakWolf Congrats
pretty good? I thought they were incredible. I was enjoying the comic reading more than I've enjoyed the Simpsons in a long time. The fan impression is the most I could hope for in this case.
Those character voices were seriously impressive! All the little character mannerisms were spot on too. Great stuff
The voiceovers added a nice depth. He embiggened that role with his cromulent performance.
That voice actor is surprisingly good. I didn't expect him to replicate both Smithers and Mr. Burns so accurately. I am legitimately impressed.
The Tree House of Horror comics were always highlights for me, some of them had plenty of different art styles. The Lord of the Rings & Death Note parodies especially were drawn really well.
I absolutely adore the art from the Death Note parody
The Nosferatu parody looked amazing
The key ones I remember are the one where Bart becomes a were-cat (Seeing as Kevin Smith is a big comics guy, I'm almost convinced the Tusk ending was influenced by the ending to this) and the zombie one (The art style is awesome, and Bart dresses up as fucking Grendel, which is the most 90's reference ever)
My favorite one is the Attack of the Body Snatchers parody. Mostly for the ending.
What issue is the death note spoof in?
I was surprised by how good the impersonator was. A lot of the time when you hear the word "impersonator" you can expect to hear a fair amount of cringe but this guy was great.
Fr, I could barely notice a difference
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@@jedofaxa1147 exactly what about this was "suspect"? it was a good point.
ikr! i could barely tell it wasn't the real the real jims
pun intended
I remember the comics actually went in depth into Radioactive Man, giving him an in depth backstory, character arcs and a whole team of super friends, each with their own stories and character arcs. I specifically remember a beautifully illustrated issue that parodied the Kingdom Come comic.
If you're talking about the same story I'm thinking of, that one was actually parodying Marvels. Alex Ross illustrated both it and Kingdom Come, so I don't blame you for confusing the two.
Jayden's voice work was really good; I zoned out for a minute when he first did Homer's voice, and completely forgot it wasn't "Homer's" voice
Wonderful voice performances! I was particularly amused by Mr Burns' "shudder". Jayden's interpretation of that non-verbal utterance was just [mwah]
as a cartoonist who's wanted an entry to simpsons comics --- this is one of your best epsiodes.
And also one of your best on editing. This FEELS like reading comics in the voice over sections.
Thanks so much, I worked especially hard on the editing for this one. I think my editing style is more appropriate for comics reviews than TV reviews, ironically enough 🤣
@@TheRealJims the editing is always *chicago chef kiss* - I love the frame highlighting and pacing. You have subtle kinetic editing and im here for it.
Being partially sighted, mainstream comics just aren’t a media that’s accessible to me. So I had that little extra joy with those couple stories being voice acted here. Brilliant voice acting! Brilliant video! Thank you.
The comics are so good
I can't believe the creators NEVER liked these things and act like they never existed
If some were chapters for new seasons people would like them for sure
Love how you released it on free comic book day.
Wait a minute, you're right, just Googled it now. I swear to god I am not playing dumb, that is an incredibly crazy coincidence. I meant to have this done on Thursday or Friday as I never upload on weekends (but rendering glitches delayed things). I guess it all worked out for the best
The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis was genuinely one of my favorite books as a kid and I'd love a full video on it at some point. It was actually my first exposure to Futurama and I feel like it did a great job balancing the two series' styles and making the story engaging even if you weren't familiar with one of the shows. I honestly liked it way more than the crossover they did on the TV show tbh bc the comic gave them more time to play with unique character dynamics and a lot of comic-specific humor
...there was a show crossover? Really? Don't remember it at all.
@@Revan058 yeah, it's called "Simpsonrama"
@@Grane1234 Huh! Thanks.
I like the actual crossover because of the ending with Bender in the basement.
I for one look forward to the Simpsons and Family Guy crossover review.
Others have already applauded it, but getting Jayden Libran to voice some excerpts was an inspired decision. There are a couple places where you can see the cracks, such as his Smithers for the beginning of the Shaolin Panda issue, but it's barely noticeable. Not only that, but he does a better Carl than the guy they hired to replace Hank Azaria. Makes you wish they hired him instead of Alex Désert, but then he'd be too expensive to hire for this video, so it all works out.
i'm astounded by that homer impression, such a hard voice to get anywhere near!
I'm always skeptical when people do voices of very established characters but wow Jayden did an amazing job. I was brought right into the comic!
Ever think about doing a little retrospective on the Groening’s Hell books? I feel there’s still a large portion of the fandom who don’t know about them and it makes for a fascinating legacy item.
I discovered those in the 1990s and I still wonder why nobody has ever made animation cartoons out of them.
@@Attmay I feel like without the same characters or structure, the Tracey Ullman Simpsons shorts carry a very similar tone, you can definitely tell that it's Matt Groening writing both
Based on what I've seen of the Simpsons comics, it feels like there's more heart put into these stories than in the modern seasons, like these people genuinely care about the franchise rather than just getting a paycheck.
Was impressed by Jaydens Burns impression, but then he did a damn great job with Smithers, but something about the way he says "The one with pink sprinkles" around 5:00 you could have convinced me was straight from Dan Castellaneta. Jayden is damn talented and I hope he has similar content because I could easily watch that as if it was straight from the crew itself.
Whenever Jims posts, it gives me pure amounts of joy
Same
It makes me happy. Fills me up with glee!
Haven't watched mutch sense season 13 and still love The Real Jims. Extra Seconds, season 1-12 reviews and Charater studies especially. The voices were very good.
@@sleepyhead8681 He's honestly one of the best creators on UA-cam. No idea how he hasn't blown up yet - it certainly isn't due to a lack of demand for Simpsons content as The Simpsons Theory is growing pretty rapidly.
In the UK these comics had a different numbering with some stories being split over multiple issues. Another difference is that the left side of the cover usually contained a small section previewing what was in the comic. The actual size of the issues were also bigger, being magazine sized. According to the Simpsons wiki the UK run ended before the US run did (the final issue being the equivalent of the US #231).
The UK got the compilations too but I think they're identical to the US ones.
Edit: Doing a little bit more research on the Simpsons wiki I found out there's a second (still ongoing) UK run that published the remaining US issues and is now just republishing random stories.
I have a near complete set of the UK versions of the various simpsons comics series (including Futurama), I re-read them all in 2020 and 2021 to help forget about the pandemic. Was really great and entertaining reading the stories again but I especially loved all the fan art in our version of the comics, they were some great drawings and letters over the years. Even though, it's all reprints now it is still great getting them.
I also think UK one has better print of old USA one and hard cover.
We had the Americans ones too. I have a tonne of them back home.
The voice actor you got for this episode was great, really added to the experience
I loved the Simpsons Comics. There was a period when they became funnier than the TV series, I was genuinely upset when they decided to end them.
That was also absolutely the case here in Germany, as the german translation of the tv episodes was atrocious (tons of translations mistakes) with horrible, ill-fitting voice actors (they weren't casted to suit the role, they were casted based on their name value and celebrity status), while the comics were really good translations, made by somebody who know english and did understand video game and movie references and realized the audience isn't 50 year old people.
And while the Simpsons started to become bad, starting with Season 10, the comics remained a surprising good quality standard. I still have a stack of german and american comics
Wow this was really fun! And Jayden Libran killed it with the voice work! Bongo had some really fun humor comics that were not Simpsons related. Great retrospective as always!
I really liked the small bits of continuity between the different comics- like how Project Q from the first issue finally shows up in the issue where Homer becomes Radioactive Man, Sideshow Bob's escape in one story is the direct result of a Bartman issue, and how the Radioactive Man universe in general is a very consistent one (probably motivated by the Skybox Cards).
Yo, these comics didnt have to go that hard. These writers should've gotten leads in the shows cause some of these are gold. That wiggim credits joke had me hollering.
that one and "And the Sarge is lighting his Laramie with our secret orders" made me actually laugh out loud while watching too
Definetly got into Simpsons comics for a few years. I don't think I properly stored mine though so I wouldn't be surprised to find them super bent or crushed. Started on issue 67 and got a few of the compilations. I was surprised to see #94 get a spotlight, one of my favorites too from what I remember. Haven't read most of them for over a decade at this point though.
Design Doc, love your videos! It's always neat seeing one channel you follow comment on another.
wow that voicework is incredible. about a minute in i'd forgotten i wasn't listening to the original VAs.
This is - by far - the best Homer impression I’ve heard. Something about that voice is so hard to nail, but dammnnn - you did it, man.
Getting Jayden to voice some parts of these comics is such a good idea! He's so good! Big fan of his voicework. Kinda wanna see more of him dubbing the comics!
I've seen some of the comics around, but I feel collecting all the small little comic books would take a bit... I do wanna try to get the compilations though. Western Europe has a thriving comics scene but they're very distinct from American comics, so they're not as common here. I don't think they've been translated here either. Heh, if it wasn't for the fact they stopped making them, I would've loved to appeal to Bongo comics to do artwork on some myself. Comics aren't my expertise, I'm a game graphics artist... but I can learn!
I especially enjoy that they're more flexible with art style compared to the show, and the fact they bring in more one-off characters. Wasn't there a cover that parodied Donkey Kong? I collect anything related to Donkey Kong so I might need to get that one...
Always love your videos (and the choice in background music!) and keep up the good work!
When I was in my early teens, I was inventing all sort of stories that could be told on the Simpsons. Then in my early twenties, I realized that my story ideas were far too wacky and absurd to ever appear on the Simpsons. Now in my early 30s, I find out that those stories would probably be right at home in the Simpsons Comics. What a strange journey.....
The Simpsons Comics were amazing. I never missed an issue as a kid. The stories were hilarious, and the writing was pretty much on-par with the show. Even when the show's quality started going downhill, the comics remained consistent. The Treehouse of Horrors were especially great, as they often had guest artists. Wonderful memories!
I'm dead. I'm just dead. Jayden is unbelievable. The man should be a household name in voice acting.
In Spain, they were not sold individually, they just packed them in huge hardback tomes called SUPER Simpsons. It was handed by a different spanish publisher (Ediciones B), the same one that carries our iconic spanish comics (Mortadelo & Filemon, Zipi & Zape, etc..), that when collected into tomes they also had the SUPER/SUPER HUMOR brand (For example, SUPER Mortadelo, for Mortadelo & Filemon comics, although sometimes it was just called SUPER HUMOR). This had a TON of stories inside it, as they were around 200 pages each, but thankfuly, they were always in the right published order, and best of all they always contained the bongo editorials, just translated into spanish, they also keep intact the original covers that were used for each story, with even the bongo comics logo printing (Only changing the title or spalsh text into spanish, if they had one). I had from when i was young, the first and second volumes, so a ton of stuff you have showed here feel super nostalgic to me. From what im seeing, some of this tomes are still on print here, with some being their 10 or 11 edition being reprinted. And instead of being in the young readers section in our comic book stores, you will usually finde them in the comedic sections.
UA-cam doesnt like putting links in the comments, so if you want to search about them, if you just write Super Humor Simpsons in google you will be able to see them, and if you scroll a little lower, you will also see covers of the SUPER editions of other spanish comics.
Fascinating alternate take, thanks for sharing!
I remember an issue about cultural iterations of the Simpsons comics in different parts of the world framed as an intern going through Matt Georning's personal comic storage, and they poke fun of how the comics are printed and sold in different parts of the world, including Mexico where they describe something similar to this.
yeah, i had one
There were times during this video that I totally forgot these voices weren't the real ones.
That's a huge compliment! Thank you!
If any more of the cast from Simpsons dies off, we know who we can replace them with.
My most vivid memories of these comics are the returning minor characters. One story needs an estate-agent, and it turns out to be Princess Shaboom. Still dressed as an exotic dancer (PG rated version) My theory is that they wrote and illustrated these comics by moving around the action-figures and making them talk, so they could only draw the outfit she wore in the show. Yes, there is a Princess Shaboom action-figure.
The voice work was honestly great.
Not many people talk about Simpsons Comics and even fewer about Futurama Comics but I really liked them as a kid. I even had a subscription for both for a while but usually bought them from the magazine racks at the grocery store.
I guess one of my favourite stories, wich I appreaciate the humour of even more now that I've been collection US superhero comics, was featured simultaniously in th The Simpsons and Bart Simpson titles. I've forgot the exact numbers tho and am honestly too lazy to cram through my pile of issues right now.
It's a parody of superhero event comics and their tendency to force the reader to buy other titles in order to get the full story aswell as making fun of the confusing nature of shared universes and continuity. In the story a Vandall Savage type villain becomes aware he's in a comic book and manages to abduct several comic writers in order to mess up the Radioactive Man comics. In order to counter that the resident Dr. Strange parody Plasmo grants the citizens of Springfield super powers (a call back to an even earlier story, issues #36 and #37 I think, when Kang and Kodos did the same) and all hell breaks loose especially when the Springfieldians beat up the writers because they made their favourite superheroes all angsty and gritty.
Treehouse of Horror's was also one of my favourites, mostly because of the fact that those stories had so many varied art style and the editorial section had great trivia of the references and parodies used in the story (not sure if the US versions had that but the German ones did).
Ah man, this brings me back. I used to collect the trade collections, especially the Treehouse of Horror ones. The art in those ones gets SO damn creative.
It seems like these comics compress the timeline - like characters who we haven’t seen on the show for a decade appear next to new faces from more recent eras.
A benefit of being a pure-visual medium. It also means more Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz, for example
unlike the show they aren't confined to paying voice actors or by having to shy away from continuity or jsut forgetting about certain one off characters. THey have more freedom to work with, it seems to me.
Holy are the impressions good! Jayden Libran did an amazing job!!
So, a random trivia parts to add.
These comics were incredibly popular in Europe (not like Disney comics, but still). Some, even came with toys, like inflatable spider pig. And german editions even take their time to ad special pages, where they breakdown every visual and wordplay easter eggs.
However, I’m from Russia, and we also had a very interesting versions of these comics. There’s one issue (can’t say number for sure, since some issues never came here and numeration did suffer) which was singing episode (mostly parodies of famous songs)! And russian translators, being absolute mad lads, adapted every song into different famous compositions, close to our ear!)
I collected most of the issues that I can buy and, to this day, genuinely fond of these little family stories and adventures. Also, glad to know I’m not the only one, who enjoyed issue 240!)
Thank you for this video and sorry for broken english
The funny thing about Simpsons Comics is that there’s some super noticeable eras to it. Early Simpsons comics go extremely wacky and fantastical, then there was a big era where cutaway jokes between panels were extremely common, and so on.
Big comics fan, so I’m happy to see you touch on Simpsons Comics here.
Love the issue where they brought back the coyote Spirit Guide to talk to Wiggum after the chili cook off.
Wow that voice actor did an exceptional job.
These voices were pretty good. If he could somehow get a deal doing motion comics and providing the voices, I'd totally buy that.
This video was such a nostalgia trip for me, growing up I’d read these whenever my parents thought I was watching too much simpsons tv, so I’d fill in the gaps with these. These books were seriously like acid trips with how crazy they got
Thank you Jims for posting this, a crazy nostalgia trip for me. My sister and I used to buy these comics when we were younger, and whenever a cover I recognised appeared in this video my heart leapt, definitely going to be investing my hard earned money on these comics now!
That's a mad-talented voice actor. I can count the number of people that can do a passable Homer impression on one hand that has three fingers missing. And of them is Dan Castaneda.
I loved the Simsons comics as a kid. They were kinda big in Germany as they had a similar humor as the Mickey Mouse Magazine(which is an absolute cultural phenomena in Germany)but were aimed at a slightly older audience, so when you grew out of Disney Comics you mostly switched to the Simpson ones.
jayden libran killed it on the voices, mr burns especially was really impressive
Absolutely loved this video! I grew up reading Simpsons Comics; they were the first comics I ever read, and I'd buy them religiously every single month as a kid. I've always wished people talked about them more, so this was really nice to see. It was simultaneously a great trip down memory lane - there was plenty of stuff in this video I recognised - while also exposing me to the existance of issues that I missed as a kid or that were published after I stopped collecting. You've definitley got me interested in revisiting the comics and catching up, especially since nowadays I'm a comic collector and not just a Simpsons fan, so it'd be interesting coming at them with that more informed perspective and seeing if I recognise any of the artists or writers from other comics. I'd love to see you do more Simpsons Comics videos in the future!
Also, it was really neat hearing about your experiences with comic book stores - when I first started going to them as a teenager (when I was a kid Simpsons Comics were sold in a magazine format in newsagents over here in Ireland so that's were I bought them) I found them super intimidating, but once you get the hang of the store layout and stuff, there is nothing more satisfying than looking through boxes of old comics and finding some hidden gems. Next time I'm in my local comic book store I'll have to go and see if in can find the Simpsons Comics.
Thanks, glad you dug the video. I did feel weirdly anxious going into a comic book store for the first time looking for them... Almost like the owner would think I'm weird or something? But everyone I've met and dealt with have been really cool. It's been a fun little hobby, finding these random shops and seeing what issues they have 😀
Seriously incredible voice work - kudos on landing such incredible talent!
Superb voice acting, sounded like an actual episode of the simpsons
Great video, as always, especially loved the character voices!! Was a really good touch!
I remember reading the Radioactive Man Official Movie adaptation and being in absolute AWE with how well written it was. Every scene you see them shooting in the episode ends up making it into the plot in a way that makes narrative sense, even containing direct quotes like "Thanks for the help, mysterious stranger! Say, I think those X-rays gave me super-powers!" and "I can't believe Silly Sailor beat us both up and imprisoned us in his floating Aquaworld" and the overall story feels exactly like the kind of high stakes tale you would get in a movie adaptation of a comic book.
Highly recommended. (It's included in Colossal Compendium Vol 1)
Please tell me Milhouse being put in through "the magic of editing" is adapted in some way
@@freakfoxvevo7915 The scene with them fighting the aliens is indeed included in a "Radioactive Man and Fallout Boy working together" montage.
That was such a treat as well! I didn't realise they had done a full adaptation of that episode's "movie", and it was so cool how they worked it all into a coherent story. I remember noticing how the version of the Fallout Boy origin you see in the episode wasn't the same as in the other Radioactive Man comics and being annoyed. Only recently did I realise that actually works in-universe, as superhero origins can and often do differ in superhero adaptations, including this one. I also love how the issue itself is modelled on what comics adaptations of films looked like back then: The style and layout of the cover is a direct homage to the 1st issue of the 1989 Batman comic adaptation, which fits given the episode was itself modelled on the production of those Batman movies.
My grandmother in Ireland used to collect these for me and send them to me in South Africa. I collected them for years.
5 seconds into the voices and I want to start a crowd funder to have this guy voice every single issue!!! Absolutely brilliant!!!
I'm so glad you're covering the comics' run! It's a weird pocket of Simpsons history that much of the fanbase seems content to gloss right over; I'd love to see some of these stories analyzed by superfans with the same vigor as the episodes, though I realize most of them are a lot less complex.
I've got an entire stack of them in a shoebox, from collections to individual issues that amassed itself from when I was a kid. Something I noticed was that earlier issues are really wordy, probably attempting to emulate the highly-semantic nature of the show itself. Later issues cut back on the sometimes-overwhelming amount of dialogue, and let the art do more of the talking.
If you've come across John Delaney, he's my absolute favorite art contributor on Bongo staff. His heavy use of shadows and unique lighting composition makes his issues a joy to read for me!!
Omg, *Jayden!*
I feel like I see/hear him everywhere! Except as Dr. Hibbert on Simpsons, which is still a travesty!
I thought he did an amazing job as Dr. Hibbert
Blown away by Jayden’s impressions. Loved the comics, but he made them come alive. Great vid.
Jayden did a good job!
This video made me think about looking for more of these comics. I have the earlier THOH ones and really liked them. Actually, it just made me want to go back through and look at them again. Thanks!
What a great video, did not expect to get so much out of this. I got a lot, and I mean a lot, of nostalgia of old memories buried away reading these as a kid, and now I am only realising how much I loved and enjoyed them. It actually got me to go through my old dusty kids books and find the few that remain. Busman was definitely one of my favourites but it seems I no longer have it, I might just have to go and hunt some down like you did.
The voice work and all around discovery vibe of this video was fantastic, I would love to watch more about the comics.
I think you should do a video on the Treehouse Of Horror comics, they are so disturbing. One of them features a comic that's just a page of Bart's head exploding, and one contains a panel of Willie in bed with an emu.
This was a fantastic video! The voice acting and the little bit of live action was a really nice touch!
Honestly reading the comics can be extremely entertaining, whenever I read them there is usually a few I find that could easily pass for an actual episode of the show. I know you focused on the really weird ones, but some of them are more in line with the show and would honestly fit right in! I remember wishing they would just adapt some of them as I felt like they deserved more attention and deserved to be animated!
While I've never read the Simpsons comics specifically, this was such a cozy and informative little video that took me back to that special feeling of going to comics shops as a kid as well as the intimate enjoyment of reading the comics you got back from said comics shops. Amazing work as always Jim!
God Simpsons comics were everything summer vacation was
This is a great way to review these comics! Love the voices Jayden!
By the way, the Simpson/Futurama comic crossovers are very much worth checking out too. There were a couple of special issues and they were reprinted in a hardback volume back in the mid 00s at some point.
I love the fact that you collaborate with some of the best UA-camrs out there, I love Simpsons Theory and Jayden. Been following him since 2020 and I got her book for Christmas. I love how simpsons fans on UA-cam have their own thing going like that
Wow Libran's impersonations are spot on and add so much to this episode. Thank you for this.
Gotta love all different styles as well, both in regular series and THOH. For favorite issues, I have fondness for "Winter Wingdig" seasonal almanac. "Summer Shindig" has great stories as well, but in WW it's just more obviously themed around certain setting, and seeing all winter landscapes and plots around it is heartening to me (Christmas setting as well). Individual "One-Shot Wonders" are interesting too (hit-or-miss in general), my favorite being Ralph Wiggum one (surprisingly adorable, story about Ralph wandering around town and inadvertently brightening everyone's day, even saving man from suicide) and three-issue Bartman set in *alternate future of - onviously also alternate - Bartman universe*, really recommend that one.
ummmmm these voices are impeccable????
This was a great idea to have a voice actor bring the comics to life. I had a few of these as a kid, so it's nice to revisit them. Thanks for all the work that went into this
Really great voice acting, truly pulled the episode together
Jayden Libran's Voice work is amazing, please do more work with this man
love the voice acting, good choice to get jayden, and yeah I love these comics, I have two of the compliations, the big book of bart simpsons which had a anime parody thing which as a kid I noticed and bought at a book fair, and the one where on the cover they are in a padded cell, I love that end comic with all the items from previous episodes referencing things not referenced any more like a smiling joe fission night light...yeah thanks for this episode and now I'm gonna buy more of those compliations because...well...these comics need to be remembered (and they make great bathroom reading material)
This was such a great video! Hearing the voiceover guy read the comics was so cool 😊
I love how Hank Scorpio gets 9 appearances outside of issue 71's small cameo on a magazine. My favorite is issue 243, where he becomes mayor of Springfield. I also enjoy issue 82, where the fans are introduced to Freddie "Gold Star" Scorpio, the son of Hank Scorpio.
Incredible voice acting work by Jayden Libran!!
Oh man, Im a few weeks late to the party, but this is RealJims best episode to date. The explainations, the voice acting, learning about Simpsons media I had no idea existed (I live in Australia/ under a rock apparently)
I absolutely love the voiceover on the comix! Would pay to hear whole issue delivered so!
The editing and acting make the "I think the credits are rolling" possibly one of most funny Simpsons jokes to me
Thanks for putting all of the songs in the description!
Always had a blast reading these throughout the years. On one hand, I knew the stories wouldn't be anywhere near as memorable or significant as the show episodes, but that's exactly what made them so fun; you never knew what you were gonna get with them. It was an extended look into the weird lives and situations of our favorite yellow people.
The one I remember most vividly, probably because it blew my little kid mind, was sort of a Memento-style story where each page jumped back about 10-20 minutes from where the previous one started. I'm pretty sure it ended (or rather began) with Homer having a hot dog glued into his mouth. No idea what the story itself was about anymore, but the weird story structure really left an impression.
That's #43, "Journey to the Cellar of the Kwik-E-Mart". It's the first comic collected in Simpsons Comics Madness. I vividly remember it as well, both for that and the horrifying urban legend it's all about: A kid splitting his head open because of a Squishee, and that being why the Kwik-E-Mart never closes.
Another super high quality video Jims you're a hero ! Amazing voice acting too, he pulls off every single one so well ! Remember my friends and I having a a few of them as kids. The comic with the no sleep really brings back memories, the comics allowed the writers to go really wild with story lines
I really enjoyed this video, I never really knew much about the comics before and I've been watching The Simpsons since the beginning. Might have to start collecting them now. The voice acting was very well done. Looking forward to more Simpsons videos like this.
Mike Kazaleh's last name is pronounced: "Ka-ZA-la." Mike was a board artist in season 1; he did the boards for "There's No Disgrace Like Home." A wonderful guy to chat with and very generous with his knowledge - I visited his home four years ago.
You're really good at doing Chief Wiggum and Lou's voices. Sounds just like Hank himself
Thank you so much! Wiggum is a hard one to do. Glad he sounds good
Holy crap those voices were amazing! Fantastic job!
Good video, excellent voice work, Jayden!
Oh man, I'm so used to your editing style of using select screenshots from the show and my brain can still contextualize everything consistently. But now with screenshots from the comics, where so much more information has to be squeezed into individual panels, it's gonna be fun pausing a lot of these frames, haha
Haha, after awhile, I had to force myself to stop putting so much on the screen, as I realized the amount of info in a comics panel can be overwhelming. It took awhile to adjust to comic editing vs TV screenshots. You can see in the second half of the video where I'm only presenting one or two panels at a time 🤣
this was a good video and a nice throwback for me - hadn't realised I'd owned so many of these simpsons comics when I was younger but recognised alot of the covers and stories! one I'd recommend keeping an eye out for is treehouse of horror no. 9 (just checked searched the number there) - the different art styles are really fun and I remember actually being a bit spooked by their parody of the cask of amontillado when I read it and didn't know the story at the time. wish I'd kept my collection but don't think I have them anymore
The cask of amontillado story used to freak me out too! The art style was so gory and they actually killed Barney i think… :(
Nice video! I have around 50 of the Trade Compilations and LOVE them! I've always told my Simpsons-loving friends that they are just as good as the episodes. So cool having 100's more Simpsons stories to enjoy!
Really good voice acting on the reading...seriously, nice work.