#10 of Futurama Comics:
November 27th 2002

By some divine instrument of destiny or by he bestowing of an innate talent by the powers that be, Fry, Leela, Bender, and Scruffy find themselves representing the Earth on the Olympic swurling team under the tutelage of hall of fame swurling coach Vic Lebruteski. But what is really behind their newfound abilities, and what exactly is in it for the coach and Planet Express. It appears that they will soon be putting their lives on the line in front of an universal arena that is out for blood. Capture the spirit of the games in November! pre-order at DarkHose/TFAW (10% off!)

#2 of Simpsons/Futurama crossover special:
October 23rd 2002

When we last saw our fearless Planet Express crew, they were trapped in a Simpsons comic book for all eternity by the evil Brain Spawn! Professor Farnworth had been committed! Fry was trapped at Springfield Elementary School! And Nibbler, the only one holding together the delicate fabric of reality together, was having his brain lactified! Is all lost? Is there any future drama for the Futurama crew? Are they finally, truly and totally boned? Find out for yourself in the senses shattering finale of the epic we could only call... Chapter Two! Pre-order at Mile High

Check out the new up-to-date comic book section for more info about Futurama Comic books.

I also updated the pop-out people section with new pictures and descriptions of all the poppin people. Sadly, DarkHorse has stopped producing new pop-out sets, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't buy the 10 existing sets!

Question: How successful has Futurama Comics been?
Bill Morrison: Very successful. I think everybody who watches the show buys our comic book. And if the show gets canceled, the comic book will live on, because as long as the fans are out there and sales are good, we'll continue to do it.

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1. There was rumour going on about an additional episode ("73rd episode") to finish the series. Namely, the rumour spread from TVTome. Sorry, no such thing. However, the 72nd episode called "The
   Devil's Hands are Idle Playthings" (4ACV18) was produced with a possible series end in mind. Dan Castallaneta will return as the Robot Devil for this one.
   
2. "The Why of Fry" (4ACV10) will answer some longstanding questions.
   
3. Right now, FOX has scheduled all 16 remaining episodes to air from November through April. However, FOX schedules should be looked at in the context of fairy tales.
   
4. The Futurama Video Game is forthcoming (They just finished producing the dialogs), but will most likely not be ready for Xmas. Prepare for February.

"We're trying our best to be unsuitable for 7 p.m. this season - we have nothing else to lose this season, so we felt we would throw caution to the wind," says Cohen. "I think we're daring them to keep us on at 7 p.m., essentially."

Are you ready for the next generation in comics from the gang that brought you The Simpsons? Direct from the insane brain of Matt Groening comes Futurama

This is a huge surprise; in fact, all I have with me is my concession speech, so if it's okay, I'm going to read this, but wherever the word "lose" appears, I'm just going to have to stick the word "win" in, so bear with me. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm sorry, and, frankly, extremely angry that we had to win tonight. I don't mean to win my temper, but literally hundreds of people worked hard and pointlessly to produce this winning episode, including Stewart Burns, who wrote it; Rich Moore, who directed; our animators, the cast, Matt Groening, and all the writers and producers here with me now. As you can see, just by looking at them, they're all just a big bunch of winners. Now, I say we all head down to the bar and drink until we win consciousness. Thank you very much, everybody.

You really should stop listening to False Rumors!!

FUTURAMA will be back this coming Season with a full season of ALL-NEW episodes!!!!!

We have enough ALL-NEW episodes to air for the entire 2002/03 Season!!

Note: We don't pick up ANY FOX show for the 2003/04 Season until MAY 2003 - so check back with us in a year to see if we have renewed FUTURAMA for another Season!! Hopefully the show will be with us for many years to come!
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Thanks for writing

(LOS ANGELES AP)
Here is a list of winners in the creative arts categories for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 54th annual primetime Emmy Awards:
Animated Program Less Than One Hour: "Futurama: Roswell That Ends Well," Fox.
Published: Sunday, September 15, 2002 03:38 PDT

"What happens generally if we win the Emmy for best animation show is that that gives us another couple of years [to run it into the ground]."

"Fox hasn't made it official, but the show is unlikely to come back after it burns off its final original episodes during the 2002-03 season, where it's scheduled Sunday at 7."

• It does give FOX some additional incentive to order more episodes, as $10m is probably about 10 to 20% of the total costs FOX had with Futurama.
  
• It might allow American Futurama DVDs to get on the market in the next few years
  
• Futurama gets to show how well it works with an older audience.

FOX SUNDAY:
7:00

• Today (Sun, 1st of September):
  Futurama is being preempted for the FOX Special 'What's Inside the FOX BOX?'. Well? What it is? Animated children shows which are to air on Saturday mornings throughout this season: 'Kirby: Right back at ya!', 'Ultraman Tiga', 'Ultimate Muscle', 'Fighting Foodons' and 'Stargate Infinity'. For detailed descriptions on the cartoons, look at this 4Kids Press Release.
  
• Sunday 8th: Technically, season 3 episode 'The Honking', but for the East and Central time zones Futurama is being preempted by NFL.
  
• Sunday 15th: Futurama will be preempted for 'Jurassic Park: The Lost World'.