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Day of the Nerd

Comic Information

Release date:	August 2002
Comic series:	Simpsons Comics

Day of the Nerd is a comic story in Simpsons Comics 73. It was released on August 2002. It was also featured in the book Simpsons Comics Beach Blanket Bongo.

Plot

The School Children are tasked to sell chocolate in Springfield, and before Lisa starts selling, she goes home to watch a Mars Rover. Homer drives her to Shelbyville after to sell the chocolate, as everyone in Springfield has brought some. Meanwhile Bart ends up at a collector called Cornelius Morgan, who reveals he is giving his collection to the best idea from a nerd in Springfield. On the road, Homer takes a shortcut across the desert, and runs over the Mars rover, which is being faked. when no one looks Homer carves "Homer Rules" into the dust, which appears on live TV and is claimed as natural erosion. Meanwhile the geeks and nerds are doing everything and being filmed by Kent Brockman as news. After a week Morgan announces the result, the winner is.. him. He reveals that he was making a mockumetry movie, with Brockman helping. One strong nerds hits a rocket firing robot, which destroys Cornelius's house and sends the collection scattered over town for collectors to find.