According to distributors COMAG: “When the pilot episode of SpongeBob SquarePants first aired on Nickelodeon in the U.S. in May 1999 no-one could have foreseen that it would be so successful or that everyone’s favourite yellow, porous sea sponge would still be going strong 13 years later!
Now into its ninth series, there have been more than 300 episodes made about the enduring character and his friends who live in the underwater city of Bikini Bottom, as well as a 2004 film.
Aimed at children aged 4-9, Spongebob Comics is a fantastic new magazine filled to its briny brim with wall-to-wall comic strip adventures and stories about SpongeBob and his pals.
Featuring original stories drawn by the show’s creator, animator and series producer Stephen Hillenberg, Spongebob Comics is the completely hilarious and totally official print accompaniment to the Nickelodeon cartoon.
With 40 pages packed full of stories and fun features about the extremely silly shenanigans of SpongeBob, his best buddy Patrick Star as well as all of his other friends from Bikini Bottom, including Squidward Q. Tentacles, Gary the Snail, Sandy Cheeks and Mr.Krabs.
As well as all of the adventures and troubles that SpongeBob and friends get into, every issue will be full of puzzles, games, jokes, posters, fan art, competitions, great free gifts and more.
Some of the comic strips featured in issue No.1 include SpongeBob having a recurring nightmare about his favourite cereal, Squidward introducing music to Krusty Krab and Mermaid Man getting freaked out by a fan who will not stop staring! Elsewhere, SpongeBob learns to glow and readers are invited to create a new hairdo for the absorbent one!
Not only this, but the launch issue will carry a fantastic pair of rear-view mirror glasses so that readers can see what is going on behind them!
Particularly excited about the imminent launch and looking to share it with everyone, the Editor of Spongebob Comics, David Manley-Leach, said: “I love SpongeBob, that little yellow, porous, absorbent fellow. So I hope you'll come on board and get ready to set sail into a beautiful blue world of mirth, mayhem and merriment!””
