Simpsons Comics One-Shot Exclusively Coming To Simpsons Store App

Is a paradigm shift incoming for print publishing’s lone holdout?

Courtesy: Bongo Comics

As of this writing, Bongo Comics has not announced ANY releases for new comics from either The Simpsons or Futurama for the month of April. Issue #239 isn’t coming out until May, which is also the month in which Free Comic Book Day will feature a Bongo Comics FCBD 2017 edition featuring The Simpsons. 

We DID get this interesting announcement just yesterday, posted by Bongo Creative Director Nathan Kane. A new one-shot is on the way for Simpsons Comics, that will be released DIGITAL ONLY sometime in June on the Simpsons App Store. You can see the cover art below, but this is the first time I can remember that Bongo Comics has released anything exclusive to the App store first or even exclusive, but quite frankly, I love the idea. Of all the comics publishers on planet Earth, this is one of the few holdovers that doesn’t release their comics in digital the same day as print or newsstand editions. Instead, the comics are usually available in brick and mortar stores first, THEN newsstands, with the App getting the last call for whatever issue is being featured. Hopefully, with this digital exclusive, we can see the App get more exclusives, and even better, the physical issues of Simpsons Comics the same day release as in stores.

The new digital comic is a one-shot, much in the vein the company has one in the past with Lisa, Maggie, Mr. Burns, and other popular characters from The Simpsons, however, THIS one features Moe Szyslak and is called The Mighty Moe Szyslak #1