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Comics #12

Release Date: 3/26/03

Matt Groening Presents: Sideshow Fry.
Fry, Leela, Bender, and Zoidberg are taken for sideshow freaks, literally, in a traveling intergalactic circus. Bender has dreams of center ring stardom, and Fry finds what would appear to be the love of his life ... with the Bearded Lady.

# of Reviews: 29 Rating: 87%

#1 by Scott O

Who doesn't have it yet? Funny as always.

Scott O gave 4 points

4/8/03

#2 by Brian

One of the better ones.

Brian gave 5 points

4/8/03

#3 by B H

When I read it, I can almost hear their voices. Good story, would make a fun episode.

B H gave 4 points

4/8/03

#4 by Dr Dean in Australia

my brother has an outie

Dr Dean in Australia gave 5 points

4/9/03

#5 by BrainSluggo

Wow--I remember when Bongo Comics sucked hard. Sure, some of the parody-stuff (the first "Radioactive Man" series, for example) was funny, but most of it ranged from "dull" to "super-craptacular."

...And frankly, "intergalactic freakshow" didn't exactly scream "quality" to me, so I thought "Futurama Comics #12" was going to fit in the super-craptacular category.

I've never been so happy to be so wrong.

"Futurama Comics" #1-10 were all perfectly passable reads, but #11 and now #12 have gone beyond being "disposable," take-it-or-leave-it, fairly-funny stuff, and given us stories with action, romance, and character worthy of the best episodes of the show.

And when you have action, romance, and character, the fairly-funny stuff becomes hilarious.

I'm gonna miss Katie a lot more than Umbriel, beard or no beard. And this has been a good month for shippies, what with the final moments of "Teenage Mutant Leela's Hurdles," "The Why of Fry," and now, "Sideshow Fry."

The second excellent issue in a row. Keep it up, Bongo!

You made me happy to see Harold Zoid!

BrainSluggo gave 5 points

4/11/03

#6 by Jamie

Pretty good one. Not as good as last month's but it was like an average episode.

Jamie gave 4 points

4/13/03

#7 by tommy m

I realy liked this one.Espeshily page 23(my compliment to John Delaney.)

tommy m gave 4 points

4/19/03

#8 by obsessivecompulsive1

The storyline was very clever, but the animation was weak at some points.

obsessivecompulsive1 gave 4 points

4/20/03

#9 by CowMAN

Thought it was a clever issue but i can't wait for next month's,
it looks alot better just seeing the cover!

CowMAN gave 4 points

4/22/03

#10 by Otis P Jivefunk

I wasn't very keen on the story concept, but they pulled it off pretty awesomely. It was suprisingly engrossing. Good storylines for all the characters, that very nicely and neatly linked up together. Some cool art, and quite funny in places too.

Otis P Jivefunk gave 4 points

6/12/03

#11 by boingo2000

The first Futurama comics I ever read. It will not be the last. While the idea of Fry being stuck in a freak show seems like something teh TV authors passed off on as not good enough, the author whose name I unfortunaltly forget mastered it beautifully. (But what is it with Fry and women with an abnormality of some sort?) Looking forward to becoming a regular reader!

boingo2000 gave 4 points

6/21/03

#12 by zozer

it was pretty good. it was pretty funny that fry dated the bearded lady.

zozer gave 4 points

7/6/03

#13 by Zoidberg Fan

An excellent comic. Zoidberg was funny and I liked seeing his uncle again.

Zoidberg Fan gave 5 points

8/9/03

#14 by tommy m

just has great as the t.v show.

tommy m gave 5 points

8/28/03

#15 by Jamie

i love the bit when fry and the gang meet all the freaks.

Jamie gave 5 points

12/1/03

#16 by Simon

'Sideshow Fry' is a great story, very nicely illustrated. It had the humorous details and dialogue found in the series. Though its a great comic in its own right, and Bongo did a great job, I actually thought the story would have worked very well animated too.

Simon gave 5 points

3/23/04 | eMail

#17 by comic book guy

not as good as the last but still brilliant

comic book guy gave 4 points

1/17/05

#18 by Deepthroat

great story

Deepthroat gave 5 points

1/22/05

#19 by Nibbler3000

good comic with great drawings and good to see prof farnsworth cracking jokes.

Nibbler3000 gave 5 points

1/30/05

#20 by Adam

interesting

Adam gave 4 points

2/20/05

#21 by futulover

dont stop futurama please

futulover gave 5 points

4/17/05

#22 by leah

I thought it was funny how Fry was in the freak show because of his outie bellybutton. Great art as well. The story was easy to read along and follow. This is one of my top ten. But I personally think that last month was a little better. Last month was very clever. But this one was still very good.

leah gave 5 points

7/21/05

#23 by FryFan

I didn't really go for the whole 'sideshow' theme, and the delaney/novin artwork isn't really up to the standards of the lloyd/steere team. A way, i think, to improve the artwork, would be for miss novin to return to the inks used in issues #4 and #5. i would like to know what other reviewees would like to say about that topic.

FryFan gave 4 points

7/26/05

#24 by zoidburg fan

this was a really good comic, with lots of ZOIDBERG jokes. this was probably the best comic in the futurama series.

zoidburg fan gave 4 points

1/10/06

#25 by Dwayne

i think this comic was a strange one yet i cant say i'v ever seen anyone with a outie befor and i'm shore i ant seen a bearded lady befor

Dwayne gave 3 points

2/1/06

#26 by ******

dis is gd shit

****** gave 5 points

6/13/06

#27 by Evan J Reynolds

I belive that this was a great epiode but at noticed a small mistake when you see Bender geting shot out of the cannon the cannon is not pointing in a 90 degree angle.

Evan J Reynolds gave 5 points

6/17/06 | eMail

#28 by Fan of Zoidberg

5 stars Its da bom dat hit futurama comics.great comic.

Fan of Zoidberg gave 5 points

10/5/06

#29 by Fan of Zoidberg

Circus humor gone wild!

Fan of Zoidberg gave 5 points

10/6/06

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