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REVIEW: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM”Super Gay Eduardo; The Pros & Cons of Killing Tim”

Tim helps an immigrant worker by posting flyers for jobs; Tim is a witness in a class-action lawsuit filed by former Omnicorp employees. Spoilers Below Super Gay Eduardo Amy and Tim’s reaction to the Mexican dude posting upĀ fliersĀ all over the city might be the funniest thing I hear all year. Due to a “Lost in Translation” type situation, Tim and Stu enlist the help of a whore named Debbie, who acts as the official Spanish to English translator, telling the guys that the Mexican dude is trying to start a gay prostitution ring…

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BONGO COMICS REVIEW: BART SIMPSON #66 “LADIES’ MAN”

Maggie goes to work with Homer and manages to save his bacon and his job. Then, inspired by Professor Frink and encouraged by Lisa, Marge attempts to remake her household into a green-friendly environment. Finally, Lisa suffers from amnesia after a bump on the head and Bart tries to convince her that she had a previous reputation as a troublemaker. Also: a new installment of ‘Maggie’s Crib.’

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BONGO COMICS REVIEW: THE SIMPSONS SUPER SPECTACULAR #14

Ripped from the headlines of Playbill magazine, a cautionary tale of superhero mega-musicals gone awry! When Claude Kane III is approached to finance a singing spectacular based on the exploits of Radioactive Man, he soon finds himself doing double duty while trying to save the production from a director whose vision can’t be contained, a rock ‘n’ roll composer whose ego needs to be kept in check, and a budget that continues to skyrocket, along with protecting the helpless cast and crew caught in the middle!

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REVIEW: GOOD VIBES “BACKSTAGE BABS”

A call from the principal’s office makes Babs worry that she’s been too lax as a parent, so she decides to step up her parenting skills when she takes Mondo to a music festival, and helps him impress Jenna in the process. Spoilers Below The guys are looking into different colleges at a fair, but when Mondo tries to get in on Jeena’s troubles with Turk he misses his chance, …steeerrrrike!

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REVIEW: GOOD VIBES “SURF LEGEND”

Woodie loses a surf competition and worries that he’s lost his “stoke,” so the boys turn to Woodie’s surf hero, Duke Sanchez, for help conquering an infamous wave, which would bring Woodie’s “stoke” back. Spoilers Below A guy named Duke Lopez was apparently born from a mermaid and a big time surfer, hence giving us a surfing God. But, like all great myths and legends, no one knows what happened to him.

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BONGO COMICS REVIEW: THE SIMPSONS COMICS #185

Maestro of MADness Sergio Aragones creates a chaotic comic cover and three talented teams of writers and artist provide three wildly different and equally hilarious stories that explain what it all means. It’s three comics in one! Spoilers Below So before we get into some brief recaps, we are given a prologue if you will from the Simpsons Comics writers, explaining that the cover(as pictured above) was done by the great Sergio Aragones, in which case that cover was given to three different writers who came up with three different stories that are included in this week’ issue.

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REVIEW:THE LIFE AND TIMES OF TIM “PERCY DAVIS BOULEVARD; COOL UNCLE STU BALLS”

Tim helps out with a ceremony for the Boss when he gets a city block named after him; Stu suspects his once-adoring nephew has changed hisĀ attitude since his Bar Mitzvah. Spoilers Below PERCY DAVIS BLVD After years of hard work, valor, and determination, Tim’s former boss Percy Davis is being honored to have a street named after him courtesy of the mayor. And of course the most important part of any street unveiling is to have stern, strong clappers, and that’s where Tim comes in, as he’s offered a job to be a stand-in clapper during the street naming ceremony.

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