If you still need some convincing that this year's Comic Con International (also known as San Diego Comic Con) is going to have more Simpsons fun than you can shake your bongo at, here comes the third issue of "Comic Con Update". The front cover features an image of Bart riding his skateboard and the back cover features the Bongo Comics 10th Anniversary logo.

Available for free from many comic book shops while supplies last. Thanks to BleedingGumsMay from Essential Comics for the info!

All members and fans are invited to attend a box social, er, I mean the first annual SCS National Meeting which will be held in conjunction with the San Diego Comic Con 2003.

For more info, please read our magazine article.

RSVP poll has been closed. Please email us with any late RSVPs or if you will not be attending.

Those who are still waiting for their Be-Sharp Apu figures to arrive must be patient for a little while longer. Playmates customer service is informing customers that "The figure is now on back order and will not be shipping to the fulfillment house for at least another 6-8 weeks. That is when the product is due in and will start shipping around then. I want to thank you for your patience in this matter." We hope this answers some questions on that.

Someone at Amazon.com must be saying D'oh! right now. According to TVShowsOnDVD.com, the July 29th release date they list for the Season 3 DVD set is wrong and FOX is still going with the previously announced release date of August 26th.

UPDATE : Amazon has now corrected their release date to August 26th

With thanks to Chris Lauria and Playmates Toys, we are bringing you a Playset Art Exclusive Look: Alien Spaceship, the fifth in our continuing series of behind-the scenes features on the development of WoS playsets. Check out this and the four previous installments in the SCS Magazine.

The Wonderful World of Animation hosts a Simpsons animation art "Happy Hour" this Friday, May 30 in Los Angeles. Simpsons director Pete Michels will present a live animation demonstration: show and tell and artwork from Season 5 will debut for sale.... read more

As with the two previous mail-aways, Be-Sharp Skinner has landed on English shores first, thanks to U.K. retailer Forbidden Planet (the sole distributor of these overseas). Thanks to SCS member HiEverybody for the heads up and for the images. U.S. collectors shouldn't worry, though. Playmates' mail-away status site states that they'll be shipping soon here.

Sideshow Toy has released a new promotional image of their upcoming Mr. Burns collectible polystone bust. C. Montgomery will be released with Moe in Series 2, due out in September. The first series (featuring Homer, Marge, Bart, and Lisa) is due out in July/August. Future series include Apu, Comic Book Guy, Krusty the Klown, Sideshow Bob, Chief Wiggum, and Ned Flanders.