Awesome Simpsons

Like Banksy, John K., and Guillermo before him, animator Sylvain Chomet (The Illusionist, The Triplets of Belleville) was invited to create his own spin on The Simpsons‘ couch gag. We could watch a whole movie of these things.

Threadless challenged artists to create t-shirt designs in tribute to the 25th anniversary of The Simpsons. In the end, 29 designs were selected for production. We can’t decide which is our favorite, but Worst T-Shirt Ever is up there.

For its latest couch gag, The Simpsons’ animators envisioned what each character on the show might look and sound like if transformed into their musical equivalent. It’s sort of like Peter and the Wolf, FOX style.

The Simpsons turn into a multiracial band of adventurers in search of the fabled Comfy Couch in this The Hobbit-themed opening sequence. It’s not as epic as the one from the Halloween episode, but it’s still funny and geeky. Poor Moe.

Director Guillermo del Toro handled the opening bit for The Simpsons’ latest Halloween special. The sequence is filled with fantasy and horror authors and characters, including ones from del Toro’s movies. Can you spot Gipsy Danger?

Adrien Noterdaem’s latest entries on his Draw the Simpsons series are the characters from Game of Thrones. Though we have to say Samwell and Homer Hodor still look the same. He also Simpsonized George R.R. Martin.

A compilation of Springfield’s resident Hollywood has-been Troy McClure mentioning the awful movies and TV shows he appeared in. You can see all of the film titles here. We’d pay to see Lead Paint: Delicious But Deadly.

Universal Orlando recently opened real world equivalents of the restaurants and shops in the cartoon, such as Krusty Burger, Kwik-E-Mart and Moe’s Tavern. We hope someone prank calls Moe’s every day. More here.

Rocker Julien Brasart cranks out another head-banging rendition of a classic theme song – the opening credits from The Simpsons. To be honest, we wouldn’t mind if FOX went with Julien’s version to freshen things up.

Marge shows Homer that she can shred as well as he does. And as we’ve seen countless of times, whatever Marge does, Maggie wants in on as well. Santa Cruz offers these sweet Simpsons decks as a set.

An unexpected nominee for the 2012 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Maggie Simpson stars about her encounter with a caterpillar at the infamous Ayn Rand School for Tots. Watch before FOX yanks it.

In his culture show Folding Ideas, Dan Olson looks at how the folks behind The Simpsons have tweaked the character of Homer to respond to how pop culture missed the point of their satire.

Devilfish recreated The Simpsons’ opening sequence in real life to promote the show’s airing on Sky 1 in 2006. Matt Groening liked it so much that it was used as an actual opener in one episode.

deviantART member AKADoom mashed up Breaking Bad’s anti-hero Walter White and the Simpsons’ neighbor-ino, Ned Flanders. Oh, you think Ned doesn’t have a Heisenberg in him? Think again.

A funny good luck charm from Kid Robot and The Simpsons. Homer Buddha is a 7″ vinyl figurine with a movable head and a tummy that you won’t be able to resist touching. Drops 9/6/12 for $50.

Brace yourselves, a couch gag is coming. The latest episode of The Simpsons took aim at HBO. The fun started early with a parody of Game of Thrones’ iconic opening sequence.

Nick McKaig pays tribute to the opening theme song of The Simpsons, orchestrating more than thirty parts with only his voice. And he doesn’t look the least bit silly as he makes all those noises.

Last Sunday, The Simpsons hit E4 – the Expensive Electronic Entertainment Expo, featuring such games as Guts of War II, Dig Dug Revelations and World of KrustCraft. Full episode online on 11/21.

The Simpsons had another guest animator for its couch gag, John Kricfalusi, better known as the creator of Ren & Stimpy, proving that John K. just gets weirder with age.

You don’t have to take a trip to Moe’s or to Apu’s Kwik-E-Mart to score some of Homer’s favorite beer. You can have this pack delivered to your doorstep, straight from Springfield Germany.

YouTuber CraftedMovie made a commenter’s wish come true and rendered the entire opening of The Simpsons in Minecraft. We can’t help but think that Maggie got the short end of the, uhm, brick.

Aside from the Homer Deck, Santa Cruz Skateboards has other Simpsons-themed goods, including Bart’s own skateboard, a couple of Duff Beer boards and another Homer deck.

Plant your feet on Homer’s head on this popsicle-style board by Santa Cruz Skateboards. Top-side is business Homer (we’re surprised the tie’s not a clip-on,) and bottom is casual Homie.