SpongeBob Comics

SpongeBob Comics (series)
Cover for SpongeBob Comics #1. Art by Sherm Cohen.
Publication information
Publisher	United Plankton/Bongo Comics
Schedule	Monthly
Format	Ongoing series
Genre	Humor/comedy
Publication date	February 2011 — October 2018
No. of issues	85
Main character	SpongeBob SquarePants
ISSN	2158-253X
Creative team
Created by	Stephen Hillenburg
Written by	Various
Artist	Various
Penciller	Various
Letterer(s)	Comicraft Rob Leigh
Colorist	Various
Editor	Chris Duffy

SpongeBob Comics is an American comic book series based on the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants. It was published by series creator Stephen Hillenburg's company United Plankton Pictures and distributed by Bongo Comics. Issues were initially released every two months beginning in February 2011 and were released monthly from June 2012 to October 2018.

Following the launch of the SpongeBob SquarePants television series in 1999, Nickelodeon Magazine regularly included in its issues numerous comic stories from the series' universe. In November 2010, Hillenburg announced the upcoming release of a comic book series entirely dedicated to SpongeBob SquarePants which launched the following year. Several independent comic creators contributed to the comic throughout its run including SpongeBob veteran Derek Drymon.

In 2018, the series went on a publication hiatus after issue #85 due to Bongo Comics shutting down in October. Hillenburg died a month later, making a continuation of the series very uncertain.