Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror (1999) 5

Jill Thompson puts down her pencils to pen the opening story in the fifth installment of Treehouse of Horror.

Bart Simpson’s Treehouse of Horrors (1999) 5

In Dark Lisa, Thompson plunders her comic book heritage as well as Stephen King’s first book. The amalgam of horror and heroes births an original tale to hail and haunt.

Carrie, King’s first book, was released in 1974 with a follow up movie in 1976 starring Sissy Spacek and John Travolta. Both book and movie were commercial and critical successes. The book has never been out of publication. The original hardcover sold 13,000 copies, but the paperback over one million in its first year.

King received $2,500 for rights to the book. Carrie, the film, earned $7 million in rentals domestically and $22 million worldwide.

Xt’Tapalatakettle’s Day is a sequel to Blood Feud, the final episode of the second season of the Simpsons that introduces the Olmec head of the title’s name. Sergio Aragonies takes a spin with the Simpsons showing greed and gluttony are sins.

Apu on Rigel 7 stars the Kwik-E-Mart proprietor in the final story of the book and millennium.

Monty Burn’s co-stars in a dual role as Apu aids in a coup d’etat to bring democracy back to the stars. Homer plays carpet bagger during the fight for freedom.