The Simpsons' Treehouse of Horror

Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror is Bongo Comics's annual horror comic. It is published around September-October, for Halloween, and takes its name from the annual "Treehouse of Horror" episodes of The Simpsons. The comics feature guest artists and writers, typically parody the conventions of modern horror stories and films, and feature distorted version of the people of Springfield, like the TV episodes.

In Britain, these are printed as part of the normal Simpsons Comics rotation. Some people call them the "Simpsons Halloween Annuals."

Issues

• Issue #1-September 1995
  • "Little Shop of Homers" - Homer receives a deadly plant a la The Little Shop of Horrors that resembles him.
  • "Call Me Homer" - An ancestor of Homer plays the role of Ishmael in a parody of Moby Dick.
  • "Bart People" - Bart is cursed to transform into a black panther.
• Issue #2-September 1996
  • "Sideshow Blob!" - Sideshow Bob turns into a giant blob and plans to devour Bart in a parody of The Blob.
  • "The Exorsister!" - Lisa gets possessed by the ghost of Madonna in a parody of The Exorcist.
• Issue #3-September 1997
  • "The Immigration of the Body Snatchers" - Pods from outer space start to steal the bodies of Springfieldans in a parody of Invasion of the Body Snatchers.
  • "Fatal Reception"
• Issue #4-September 1998
  • "I Faced Tahn-Enn-Bahm, The Christmas Tree From Another World" - Lisa tries to stop a Christmas tree-like alien race from invading earth.
  • "The Illustrative Man" - Bart and Lisa start seeing stories in tattoos that cover a circus freak's body.
• Issue #5-September 1999
  • "Dark Lisa" - Lisa gets mutant powers from accidentally eating mutated fish.
  • "Xt'tapalatakettle's Day" - The dead start rising when Homer eats offerings to the god Xt'tapalatakettle.
  • "Apu on Rigel 7" - Apu is transported to Rigel 7 where he helps Kang defeat a dictator that looks like Mr. Burns.
• Issue #6-September 2000
  • "Hell-o-ween" - Rodd and Todd get possessed by demons.
  • "Metamorph Simpsons" - Homer turns into a giant bug.
  • "Young Frinkenstein" - A play on Young Frankenstein, Professor Frink puts Bart's brain and head on a teenager's body.
  • "From Duffs Till Dawn" - A play on From Dusk Till Dawn, A chubacabra sucks out the blood of the guests of Moe's Tavern.
• Issue #7-September 2001
  • "In Springfield No-One Can Hear You SCREAM" - Bart has a nightmare in a parody of the Alien movies.
  • "I'm Not in Springfield Anymore!" - A parody of The Wizard of Oz starring Lisa as Dorothy, Homer as the Scarecrow and Burns as the Wicked Witch.
  • "Homererectus" - Homer is thawed out of an ice block in the 1700s. the name is a pun of the species "Homo Erectus".
  • "Catastrophe in Substitute Springfields!"
• Issue #8-September 2002
  • "Night of Nineteen Screams" - Grampa accidentally kills The Simpsons family who are now ghosts.
  • "Krustine" - Krusty sells his car to Homer who doesn't know that the car is notorious for eating clowns and other cars.
  • "Tales from the Kwik-E-Mart" - The Simpsons are attacked by breakfast cereal icons.
  • "The Power Plant of Pain" - Burns' version of the alphabet taken to a new level beginning with "A" for "Axe Murder" to "Z" for the Zombies that are the result of nuclear poisoning.
• Issue #9-September 2003
  • "Ring Around the Simpsons" - The Simpsons are warped into the world of Lord of the Rings.
  • "The True Story of Jack the Ripper" - Burns murders women in Old England.
  • "The Cask of Amontilla-D'oh!" - A parody of the classic Poe story.
• Issue #10-September 2004
  • "Bart Simmons: God of Thunder" - Bart is the thunder godchild of KISS singer Gene Simmons.
  • "The Legend of Batterface"
  • "House of a Thousand Donuts" - a name parody of House of 1000 Corpses.
  • "Scareway to Heaven" - Pat Boone helps the Flanders fight Satan.
• Issue #11-September 2005
  • "The Sub-Basement of Dracula" - Homer, Bart and Lisa fight vampires led by Mr. Burns.
  • "Two Tickets to Heck" - Bart and Lisa enter a theme-park Haunted House that seems to be more realistic than they imagined.
  • "Squish Thing" - A parody of Swamp Thing with Homer as the eponymous monster after being fused with Squishees.
• Issue #12-September 2006
  • "Homer's Ark!" - God instructs Homer to build an ark in order for him to spray the earth for roaches.
  • "Blood Curse of the Evil Fairies" - Bart tells a sinister rendition of a fairy tale involving Homer finding and killing a fairy when he leaves her trapped in a jar.
  • "Willie: Portrait of a Groundskeeper" - Groundskeeper Willie receives an emu instead of a Russian bride, but loves it nonetheless. When Homer kills and eats the emu, Willie is driven to madness-provoked revenge.
• Issue #13-September 2007
  • "Gnaws" - A three-eyed fish turns into a giant and brutally eats the inhabitants of Springfield in a parody of Jaws.
  • "They Draw" - Lenny finds out that he's living in a comic book.
  • "Prop, Prop, Whiz, Whiz" - Comic Book Guy's cursed props trap anyone who touches them inside the movie or show they're from.
  • "The Pygmy Elixir" - Mr. Burns tries to get a youth elixir from Pygmy Cannibals that look exactly like Bart.

Books

As with most Bongo comics, trade paperbacks collecting issues have been released. These are:

• Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo -Issues #1-3
• Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Spine-Tingling Spooktacular -Issues #4-6 (Issue #6 is continued in the next book.)
• The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Fun Filled Frightfest -Issues #6-7
• The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror: Hoodoo Voodoo Brouhaha -Issues #8-9

See Also

• Bart Simpson Comics
• Simpsons Comics