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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]