CONTENTS

Foreword by Douglas Coupland

INTRODUCTION: The Birth of the Simpsonian Institution

1: The Life & Times of the Simpsons

2: Homer’s Odyssey

3: Bart Simpson, Punk Icon

4: Citizen Burns

5: Lisa Lionheart

6: Marge Knows Best

7: The Simpsons in Cyberspace

8: The Ugly Springfieldianite

9: The Simpsons Go Hollywood

10: The Simpsons Through the Looking Glass

11: Planet Simpson

AFTERWORD: The Simpsonian Institution at Twenty

Acknowledgements

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