Issue Details

Issue	#9
Published	[March] 1995
Frequency	six times a year
Cover Price	2.25 USD; 2.95 CAD
Pages	36
Editing	Bill Morrison; Jason Grode (managing editor)
Notes	This is a flip book.

Cover Details - "My Diary"

Characters	Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Bart Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Maggie Simpson
Genre	Humor; Sitcom; Family
Pencils	Bill Morrison (signed)
Inks	Bill Morrison (signed)

21 page Simpsons story "The Purple Prose of Springfield"

Characters	Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Bart Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Maggie Simpson; Principal Skinner [Seymour Skinner]; Lionel Hutz; Kent Brockman; Mayor Quimby; Troy McClure; Edna Krabappel; Chief Wiggum; Otto Mann
Synopsis	Lisa becomes a best selling author after Bart changes her diary.
Genre	Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script	Andrew Gottlieb
Pencils	Luis Escobar
Inks	Tim Bavington
Colors	Electric Crayon
Letters	Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Reprinted	in Simpsons Comics Spectacular (HarperCollins, 1995 series) #[nn]

1 page The Bongo Beat text article "114 Things I Like That Other People Say They Hate"

Genre	autobiography
Script	Matt Groening
Letters	typeset
Notes	114 things that Matt Groening likes that other people say they hate.

1 page Junk Mail letters page "Junk Mail"

Letters	typeset
Notes	Letters and fan art from readers - Larry Savollo, Robert W. Gertz, Mike Kryston, Dustin Adrian, Lynn Cumiskey and William Skallos. Simpsons trivia.

Half page Bongo Profile biography (nonfictional) "Tim Bavington"

Genre	biography
Pencils	Bill Morrison (signed)
Inks	Bill Morrison (signed)
Letters	typeset
Notes	Profile of Tim Bavington, creator.

Cover Details - "Homer Simpson's Pathetic Pal Barney Gumble #1"

Characters	Barney Gumble; Moe Szyslak
Genre	Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script	Bill Morrison
Pencils	Bill Morrison (signed)
Inks	Bill Morrison (signed)
Notes	This is the flip cover.

7 page Barney Gumble; Simpsons story "Asleep at the Well"

Characters	Barney Gumble; Moe Szyslak; Chief Wiggum; Cliff Clavin; Harvey
Synopsis	Barney spends a day at Moe's Tavern.
Genre	Humor; Sitcom; Family
Script	Bill Morrison
Pencils	Stephanie Gladden
Inks	Tim Bavington
Colors	Electric Crayon
Letters	Richard Starkings; Comicraft
Reprinted	in Simpsons Comics Spectacular (HarperCollins, 1995 series) #[nn]