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Video: Robot Chicken’s Stop Motion Couch Gag From The Simpsons

Including some behind the scenes clips too.

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Matt Groening’s Mother Has Passed Away – Her Obituary Is Filled With Names Familiar From The Simpsons

A testament, perhaps, to how important Matt Groening’s home life and family were to him.

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Matt Groening Is Preparing The World For The Birth Of Bapper

Be prepared for Bapper.

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Video: This Week’s Simpsons Couch Gag Is A Breaking Bad Montage

Fox have released this week’s couch gag from The Simpsons and it’s a riff on Breaking Bad, complete with a surprising double-couch pull back at the end.

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Someone Buy Me A Bartterfinger – UPDATE: Somebody Buy Me Fish Fingers And Custard

Bartterfingers and custard, anyone?

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Simpsons Lego, Simpsons Noir, But No Simpsons Movie Sequel… Yet

Three separate Simpsons bits all at once. Convenient, eh? Don’t like The Simpsons and you only have to avoid one story.

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Watch: All Of The Nominees For The Best Animated Short Film Oscar

Stop motion, CG and hand-drawn animation all get a look in.

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BC Mag #2: Hey Parents, Comics!

Bleeding Cool Magazine article by James Kuhoric American comic books have always had the stigma of being aimed at kids. It’s been that way in public perception since the beginning, regardless of the darker and increasingly mature trending titles that …

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Scott Shaw! And The Hundred Dollar Page Rate

Last week, Scott Shaw! posted quite the diatribe on Facebook. If you think that comic book creators are enjoying a new Golden Age of fair treatment, guess again. Here’s an example of the scumbaggery that’s passing for industry standards these …

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The Simpsons Finally Producing 22-Year Old Script By Judd Apatow

I bet they market the hell out of this one.

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Video: Mr. Burns Endorses Mitt Romney, Tries To Make Dog Do Same

And he has binders of women, of course.

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Swipe File: The Joker’s New Look And Sideshow Bob

Well they are both clowns… Here is the cover to Batgirl #14, featuring a Joker with his face strapped back on again. Spoilers! And here is a scene from The Simpsons, The Bob Next Door. Double poilers! Thanks to John …

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Two Quick Trailers For The New 3D Simpsons Short, The Longest Daycare

I saw the whole thing before Ice Age 4 at the weekend, but in case you had better things to do with your Saturday afternoon – and, trust me, the overwhelming majority of life forms on the planet routinely have …

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Walking Dead Official Images Give Us Our First Look At David Morrissey As The Governor

The hype cycle for The Walking Dead appears to be never ending. As one series ends, the next starts shooting, and spawning set reports, videos and images. Most recently, images. Here are the two new pics, one of Andrew Lincoln …

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Last Night’s Simpsons Couch Gag By Bill Plympton

Putting the couch at the centre of the picture, narratively as well as literally, this special animated sequence by Bill Plympton is one of the strangest and most melancholy openings for The Simpsons that I’ve ever seen. Incidentally, I’ve recently …

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Matt Groening Finally Reveals Which Actual Springfield He Was Thinking Of

I couldn’t use a headline that said, “Matt Groening Finally Reveals Location Of The Simpsons‘ Springfield,” but this is as close as reality will allow. Speaking to the Smithsonian Magazine (via EW), Groening has copped to the actual inspiration for …

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Trailer For This Week’s Inception-Inspired Simpsons Episode

Fresh from their Game of Thrones triumph, The Simpsons will this week go inside Homer Simpson’s brain for an episode inspired by Inception. Here’s the trailer. As you might imagine, this isn’t the first time Springfield has taken on Inception …

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The Simpsons/Game Of Thrones Couch Gag In Full

Here’s a full-length, high quality version of last night’s new opening sequence for The Simpsons, couch gag and all. Perfect timing as Game of Thrones is released on Blu-ray in the UK today and in the US tomorrow. Générique Simpsons …

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