futurama comics no.5

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for those of u who have the comic describe it to the rest of us...

oh,and whats the cover like is it fry getting electrocuted or is it a simpsons skit?

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Spoilers Ho!

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Professor Farnsworth gets caught cheating on his taxes, and the PE crew has one week to raise a million dollars. After various attempts (such as Amy's bikini car wash  ), they're still short. So, Fry decides to go on Morbo's gameshow, "Who's Dying to Become a Gazillionaire", where if you miss a question, you DIE... as yet another member of the Free Waterfall family discovers.

The cover is a "What's Wrong with this Scene"-type thing, with Fry, Leela, Bender, and Amy sitting in for OFF, and Milhouse as Nibbler.

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hmm. i would have liked the preview in no.4 as a cover and the free waterfall thing is funny because they dont come back every ep like in south park.by the way,is there a pic of dr.zoidberg with his arms around fry and bender and the robotic santa claus behind them holding a candy cane.

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What did Bender do for money? 

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Originally posted by Juliet:
What did Bender do for money?   

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1. He sold some sort of food, and
2. Taped Leela and Amy in the shower and sold the videos. 

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Hmmm, Amy does a Bikini car wash and tapes of Amy and Leela in the shower? You don't think the comic's target audiance is "adolescent male" do you? 

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Post picture of cover?  Someone do it somewhere if not here.  *cough* Bart *cough*

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I don't have a scanner!     I need leo or paul to scan it.


btw, I'll review this issue later.  I just got it.

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You may have to wait a while until my copy arrives through the British Postal System.

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I'll be getting mine soon, so when I do I'll be sure to scan the cover for you guys. 

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Originally posted by Kryten:
 

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1. He sold some sort of food, and
2. Taped Leela and Amy in the shower and sold the videos.   

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hmmm didn't he tape Fry in a shower, I love to see Bender on viode if you know what I mean   

 

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whyd u need to put that in a spoilers thing juliet?

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ive just bought it and i have to say it was one of the best comic books that i have ever read!

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Wonder if it's ever gonna get to Norway..

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Kennedy, where do u get futurama comics? Just asking because I only know a few comic shops in Ireland and they didnt have it last time I looked. Thanks 

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along the liffey in dublin there is a forbidden planet comic shop where you can get them(by the way,why was i kicked out of PISS?) 

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Hangman, spoilers are neccesary because not everyone has seen the comic yet.

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Hey, are the Futurama comic books actually good/entertaining/funny? (I'm asking because the Simpsons comic strip was very disappointing.) I've never seen them... but then again, I haven't really looked. Are they even available in Canada?

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Yeah, the comics are pretty good, though they have a few disadvantages, like not being able to hear the characters or see them move. Still, Futurama translates to the comics pretty well.

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Originally posted by Kryten:
Hangman, spoilers are neccesary because not everyone has seen the comic yet.

But she didn't say anything about the comic.
 

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Forbidden Planet don't actually seem to stock Futurama comics. You could try Sub City.

Re: PISS. You were kicked as you were annoying everyone.

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Originally posted by Blair:
Forbidden Planet don't actually seem to stock Futurama comics. You could try Sub City.

forbidden planet is where i buy them.

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try again in a nice manner Kennedy. Stop the aggresive talk.

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I just got the comic and I thought it was great 
The front cover is so cute too 

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Originally posted by Juliet:
I just got the comic and I thought it was great   
The front cover is so cute too   

where did u get the comic from juliet? is it available in most news agents or did u get it from forbidden planet???

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hey hangman3k.  haven't seen you around lately.  are you mostly at THJ now?

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Originally posted by diagnostic:
 

Originally posted by Juliet:
I just got the comic and I thought it was great   
The front cover is so cute too   

where did u get the comic from juliet? is it available in most news agents or did u get it from forbidden planet???

Yeah I got it from Forbidden Planet, where I live in Liverpool.

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I went to the comic store today, but fuckitall, Futurama #5 was sold out. It sucks that I can't read it now, but I guess it's cool that Futurama-related products are selling well, in my area at least.

I settled for the last issue, the one with Zapp. Here's my review, since for the life of me I can't find the Futurama #4 thread.

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It was funnier than I expected, probably because Kryten's review really lowered my hopes. It had it's problems though. Some random points:

-A lot of it seemed ripped off from other episodes. People pointing out that Leela had sex with Zapp=overdone. Also Bender taking valuable belongings with the promise of returning them to a dying soldier's relative. Hello, writer? Haven't you seen War Is The H-Word?

-Zapp's flare was sexy as hell. I love it. I wish I had a nice picture of that, without the smokey flarey effect that's in the comic book drawing(hint to the fan/scan-artists).

-Kif being jealous of Zapp's new right-hand man was a funny idea, but they could have carried it off better.

-The art was mostly good, but some of the characters' bodies were drawn disproportionately. What's the deal with that?

-I saw Anicorn in the letters page...is she still around?

Overall I'd say it's about as good as issue #1.

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Originally posted by LilyRose:
Hey, are the Futurama comic books actually good/entertaining/funny? (I'm asking because the Simpsons comic strip was very disappointing.) I've never seen them... but then again, I haven't really looked. Are they even available in Canada?

Hmmm...do you mean the Simpsons comic strip or just the regular comic? I haven't read the strip, so I can't make a comparison. But I think the Futurama comics are about as funny as The Simpsons comic books. Passable adaptions.

(though I must admit, I've only read a handful of Simpsons comics, and I only have two Futurama issues)