Matt Groening, The toastmaster of trick-or-treat,whips up a witches' brouhaha of crazed clown cars, possessed cereal boxes, haunted hospitals, afterlife-binding cocktail napkin I.O.U.s, ring-driven fellowships, neighborly vampires, and costumed comic book guys. Add a revenge-filled bottle of Amontillado, and a rippingly good yarn from merry and bloody olde England, and you have a pleasingly putrid and asphyxiatingly amusing tome of tonsil-tickling terror and Halloween howl-arity with The Simpsons.

Presents a series of Halloween and horror-themed Simpsons tales involving the monsters of rock, bible camp ghosts, vampire tombs, and a tribute to EC Comics.

Based on the popular anthology episodes of the TV series, this work features haunted clown cars, possessed cereal boxes, haunted hospitals, afterlife-binding cocktail napkin IOUs, ring-driven fellowships, neighbourly vampires and costumed comic book guys.

Become the afterlife of the party with this soul-stirring monster mash of wildly wicked and devilishly delightful Halloween howlers from Matt Groening, your spirit guide to sidesplitting comedy. Join the sÉance circle and peer into the paranormal as the Simpsons are called upon by the heavenly hosts to save humanity (from cockroaches), earn the spite of some fairy tale sprites, fight off a crazed groundskeeper bent on avenging his prized emu, and much more! From ravenous fishy mutations to pygmy youth-making libations, it’s a comic conjuration that will put a horrifically happy smile on your face.

From lines and circles to richly illustrated characters, here is a tribute to hand-drawn animation that records the genesis of some of the most extraordinary examples of the art form.

3D animation is todayï¿1/2s hottest art form, and hereï¿1/2s the perfect training manual to get 3D artists started! Both experienced artists and newcomers to 3D can discover the secrets behind creating fully dimensional characters for comics, web toons, graphic novels, and computer-animated short films. This book will also appeal to collectors, comics enthusiasts, and others who simply appreciate great cartoon art and want to know more about how it is created. The authors show how claymation and other traditional animation media can be given fresh life by using digital techniques. They also instruct with clear, non-technical explanations focusing on body and facial design, texturing, rigging, lighting, posing, and other aspects of building digital characters in 3D. Illustrated spreads graphically demonstrate how to conceive characters and scenes, then develop them into a finished narrative work. A gallery section showcases recent creations of some of todayï¿1/2s leading 3D artists. Approximately 400 illustrations in full color.