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April 1999          (Revision November 2010)

I hope you enjoy my latest collection of Simpson icons; they're different sizes and more subtly detailed than in earlier volumes. I looked for unusual icons to make this time, including the animal icons in the Homer folder and Lisa’s Wedding Episode folder. I've never made such a large collection of icons centered around one episode, but it was a fun experiment.

I hope the bonus Futurama icons are an addition that Simpson fans will welcome; I hopefully managed to anticipate that iconing request. Futurama characters were tougher to icon, as they had more details to fit into the 32x32 size. The Planet Express Ship was a unique challenge but I like the result. I ran out of room to properly show Leela's full ponytail. I want to make icons of the rest of the cast at some point.

Some notes on The Simpson Icons, Volume 9 icons....
• BART’s JOKE FACE--This is from the episode where Bart goes to a joke store. He buys some silly things to put on his face, but finds that they keep falling off. In a burst of inspiration, Bart uses some superglue to make sure that the joke items will stay on his face. His problem is that he hasn't thought of how they'll come back off again....

• FRINK FISH--I've included it in the Frink folder and in Lisa's Wedding Episode folder. Why? Because the Frink fish was one of the 3 fish mutations that jumped out of the water in that episode, along with 6-eyed Blinky and the cow fish. The icon belonged in both places. It was quite a chore to put 6 recognizable eyes in that small of an icon, too!

• HOMER FISH, HOMER OCTOPUS, HOMEY BEAR--Can you guess that this volume has a theme for the Homer folder? I did animals that had been "Homerized". The Homer fish was from a Tracey Ullman short in which the Simpsons are at a large aquarium, and Homer comments about how ugly a certain fish is and laughs. The joke is that the fish looks remarkably like him.... The Homer octopus is from the front cover of a Simpsons Illustrated magazine. It's unusual, but I couldn't resist. And of course there's the vignette with Homey Yogi, Bartbart Bear, Ranger Ned and a picnic basket. Great stuff.

• BART THE FLY--Another Simpsonized animal icon, from a Halloween episode.

• WITHERED KRUSTY--I made a half an icon to go beside the Withered Krusty icon in Lisa's Wedding Episode folder, because I couldn't get the entire picture in 1 icon, and I hated to cut off half his hair and shoulder. I wanted to keep Krusty's face large enough so that I could put in the signs of aging. Out of all the future older Springfieldians, Krusty seemed to be the worst hit by the ravages of time. I felt he deserved good coverage.

• HANS MOLEMAN WAITING FOR A KISS--This is my favorite icon of this volume. It's from "Selma’s Choice," where Selma wants a child and starts dating any man in the hopes of finding someone to father her progeny. At the end of the date with Hans, he purses his lips for a kiss expectantly. Selma thinks about how his children would look like him, and runs from the car.

• ELECTRIC CHAIR BART--Just a quick note here. I hope people know that the dark thing sitting on Bart's head is the electric chair metal cap. I didn't have much room to show the cord leading up from it.

• BART REACHING UP--This icon matches the "Homer reaching up" icon I made in Volume 8. These full-body, smaller icons are particularly challenging to make, but I'm pleased with the results.

• BART-"THE ELVES, THE ELVES!"--This icon was voted as a fan favorite. Once again I'm experimenting with making some icons smaller, to include more of the character's body. This one turned out well. It's from the Babysitter Bandit episode, when Lisa wants to watch the Happy Little Elves video, and Bart is tormented by the thought. I was pleased by the sense of emotion this icon has.

• JOEY JOE JOE JUNIOR SHABADOO--Okay, all you folks who requested this one-time character icon, here you go. It was a challenge to icon him, since he was in the background of the scene and is rather small. I've gotten requests for other "bit players," as they're sometimes called, and I will keep including them.

• HUGH PARKFIELD in "Lisa's Wedding"--This icon was made and included in Volume 7. When I did the entire "Lisa's Wedding" episode, I realized that I should put the icon into that folder for compleness. I did not include it in the final count, as it existed first in a previous volume.

• SARAH WIGGUM--Making the icon was easy, finding out what Mrs. Wiggum's first name was, now that was hard! I looked through many resources before I found her name in a quote from her husband.

• FRINK’S DEATH RAY GUN--This icon was difficult to make, as the details were very small and I had to simplify its design. I settled for using shading and a little optical illusion to get across what I wanted.

• BARTINATOR FOLDER--Why did I include this folder icon again? Because I looked at the "T2" on the folder, and realized it should be "B2," so I modified it. I also made his robotic eye glow more. Little changes, but I thought maybe some folks would want the revised version.

• GUEST STARS--Why did I change this folder? Why not? I like making new folders every so often. That's why I changed the "Misc Episodes" folder too. I put Joey Joe Joe Junior Shabadoo in front of the 2-colored window of Moe's bar (as he is in the scene); I hope people recognize the background.

• FRINK FOLDER--Why did I make a nice pastel rainbow folder for Frink? Why didn't I make a techo-gadget type folder? I could have, and I may still. I happened to be thinking of the quote in which Frink is playing with the kiddie toy and remarks, "The colors, children!" So I made a colorful folder for him. If Frink fans email me and ask for a more appropriate "invention folder," I'll make one for him. See? Your input does make a difference!

• FOOD & DRINK FOLDER--I made an icon of Frank Ormand, the "Pretzel Man," and realized it would be fun to make the pretzel he was holding. However, I didn't know which category folder in which to put the icon. Since I'd previously made other food/drink icons, I figured this would be a good time to make an official category folder for Simpson edibles. And I included food and drink icons from past volumes so that your collection will be complete. Now you won't have to go searching for them. Am I organized or what?
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Send comments, icon suggestions & Simpson pix to:
Jeanette Foshee
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