Treehouse of Horror (thing)

Not to be outdone by its televised cousin, Bongo Comics has been releasing a Treehouse of Horror issue of Simpsons Comics every year since 1995. Much like the show, each issue contains a number of short stories. However, the comic book showcases different artists and writers every issue, from all over the field. The artists are encouraged to adapt Matt Groening's style to fit their own (Sergio Aragones' take on Our Favorite Family was quite interesting), as well as throw in references to their own work (in a story drawn by Dan DeCarlo, the protagonists find themselves in a version of Archie's Riverdale).

The issues so far:

• Treehouse of Horror #1, 1995
• Little Shop of Homers
  script: Mike Allred
  pencils: Luis Escobar and Bill Morrison
• Call Me Homer
  script: Jeff Smith
  pencils: Jeff Smith and Stephanie Gladden
• Bart People
  script: James Robinson
  pencils: Chris Roman and Bill Morrison


• Treehouse of Horror #2, 1996
• Sideshow Blob!
  script: Paul Dini
  pencils: Tim Bavington and Bill Morrison
• The Exorsister
  script: Peter Bagge
  pencils: Stephanie Gladden


• Treehouse of Horror #3, 1997
• The Immigration of the Body Snatchers
  script: Evan Dorkin
  pencils: Bill Morrison, Stephanie Gladden, and Phil Ortiz
• Fatal Reception
  script: Scott Gimple and Bill Morrison
  pencils: Bill Morrison


• Treehouse of Horror #4, 1998
• I Faced Tahn-En-Baum - The Christmas Tree From Another World
  script: Chuck Dixon
  pencils: Phil Ortiz
• The Illustrative Man
  script: Batton Lash
  pencils: Julius Priete


• Treehouse of Horror #5, 1999
• Dark Lisa
  script: Jill Thompson
  pencils: Oscar Gonzales Loyo
• Xt'tapalatakettle's Day
  script: Scott Shaw and Sergio Aragones
  pencils: Sergio Aragones
• Apu on Rigel 7
  script: Doug Tenaple
  pencils: Doug Tenaple


• Treehouse of Horror #6, 2000
• Hell-O-Ween
  script: Jim Mahfood
  pencils: Jim Mahfood
• Metamorph Simpsons
  script: Peter Kuper
  pencils: Peter Kuper
• Young Frinkenstein
  script: Bill Morrison
  pencils: Dan DeCarlo
• From Duffs Til Dawn
  script: Scott Morse
  pencils: Scott Morse


• Treehouse of Horror #7, 2001
• In Springfield, No-One Can Hear You Scream
  script: Garth Ennis
  pencils: John McCrea
• I'm Not In Springfield Anymore!
  script: Stan Sakai
  pencils: Stan Sakai
• Homer Erectus
  script: Troy Nixey
  pencils: Troy Nixey
• Catastrophe in Substitute Springfields!
  script: Mark Hamill
  pencils: Bill Morrison, Jason Ho, and Mike Rote

Some of the individual stories have been published in trade paperback format. Unfortunately, Bongo Comics has a rather random method of selecting which stories go into which issues, but they make up for it at least in part by including one- and two-page shorts, usually in the style of Groening's old Life In Hell "advertisements" or parodying Bil Keane's "Family Circus" style "follow-the-tracks-through-the-day".

• Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo
• Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror Spine Tingling Spooktacular

i can't find contents anywhere!

These trades can usually be found at local bookstore, as well as your local comic book store.

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Sources:
http://www.informatik.uni-bremen.de/~tokra/simcomic/usindex.html
http://www.thefourthrail.com/reviews/snapjudgments/100801/bartsimpsonstreehouseofhorror7.shtml