Founded | 1993 |
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Founder | Matt Groening, Steve Vance, Cindy Vance, Bill Morrison |
Defunct | 2018 |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Santa Monica, California |
Distribution | United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, South Africa |
Key people | Nathan Kane, creative director Matt Groening, publisher |
Publication types | Comics |
Fiction genres | Comedy |
Official website | www |
Bongo Comics Group was a comic book publishing company founded in 1993 by Matt Groening along with Steve & Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison.[1] It published comics related to the animated television series The Simpsons and Futurama, as well as the SpongeBob SquarePants comics, along with original material. The company was named after Bongo, a rabbit character in Groening's comic strip Life in Hell.
Bongo, at some time in its history, printed Simpsons Comics, Simpsons Comics and Stories, Futurama Comics, Krusty Comics, Lisa Comics, Bart Simpson, Bartman, Itchy & Scratchy Comics and Radioactive Man.
Zongo Comics, also created by Groening, was Bongo Comics' counterpart geared towards mature audiences.