Remember When Swamp Thing’s Creators Did Their Own Simpsons Parody?

It’s the season of ghouls, gore, and spooks—or, in the event you’re a scaredy cat like me, far more desensitized variations of these basic spooks delivered by way of The Simpsons‘ Treehouse of Horror specials. Which is why I used to be amazed to seek out out lately that, throughout years of the comedian e book tackle the present’s annual Halloween custom, the legendary comics staff that gave us Swamp Factor as soon as introduced their tragic horror magic to Springfield with an official Simpsons riff on their DC creation.

“Squish Factor,” which sees Homer slowly remodel right into a goopy, misunderstood monster after an opportunity collision between a beer from Moe’s and Bart’s newest radioactively coloured Squishee, first launched in 2005 in Bongo Comics’ Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror #11. Now the story is one among many getting reprinted as a part of Abrams ComicArts’ newest Treehouse of Horror omnibus, Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies. It incorporates over 400 pages of reprints from throughout the the over 20 Treehouse of Horror comedian collections which were printed over a lot of the final 30 years, all packaged in a suitably spooky glow-in-the-dark slipcase.

Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies is in the stores now, however if you would like a sneak peak, take a look at pages from “Squish Factor” beneath, written by Wein, illustrated by Wrightson, and that includes colours from Chris Ungar and lettering by John Costanza.

Simpsons Treehouse of Horror “Squish Factor” Preview

It’s truthfully type of superb to see Simpsons characters and Springfield itself rendered in that basic comics styling—the heavy inks and shadings give an unbelievable sense of texture to characters we’re used to seeing in comparatively flat, shiny colours, amplifying the spooky vibes. It’s the proper type of mishmash that we all know and love from Treehouse of Horror‘s many homages and pastiches, however in comics kind—a celebration of a few of the finest from the medium, identical to how the present riffs on the icons of horror movie and TV.

Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Quantity 3: Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies is obtainable to order now for $45.

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