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FUTURAMA/SIMPSONS CROSSOVER

Bongo Comics' The Simpsons/Futurama Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis, the first meeting of Matt Groening's characters, will reach stores on Wednesday.

The issue is written by Ian Boothby, writer of the Simpsons comic, and drawn by James Lloyd.

Boothby explained how the event came about.

"I pitched Bill Morrison -- my editor at Bongo and also the art director for the Futurama TV show --the idea for a crossover comic with The Simpsons and Futurama," Boothby told The Continuum. "He didn't think Matt Groening would go for it. Matt has always had a firm rule that two shows could never meet because Futurama was the real' world and the Simpsons were just a TV show in the Futurama reality -- the show is still on in the year 3002."

How did Boothby bring the characters together?

"I suggested to Bill that if the TV show was still on the air in the year 3002 the comic book might still be published as well," Boothby said. "There was an episode where giant brains tried to take over and sent Fry and Leela into different books to trap them. Well, comics are books so why not have the Futurama cast trapped in a Simpsons comic book? Matt liked the idea and we got the go ahead.

"The plot involves the brains trying to make the world stupider by sealing all Earth literature in diamond. They start by creating a fake collectors market with comics. The story begins with the Planet Express crew visiting a living planet that is also a bit of comics collecting nerd to pick up a moon full of comics for perma-sealing -- look for heads of Sergio Aragones, Stan Lee and a couple of other comics folks in the planet's collection. The brains attack, trapping the Futurama cast in the Simpsons world and the crossover begins.

"This book covers a lot of territory and fans of both shows or just comics in general will have a lot of fun."

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