Matt Groening
Information about Matt Groening
Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[1] in Portland, Oregon;[2] his family name is pronounced 'greɪnɪŋ', rhymes with raining) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist (Life in Hell) and the creator of the animated series The Simpsons and Futurama.
From 1972[5] to 1977, Groening attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington,[6] a progressive school which he described as "a hippie college, with no grades or required classes, that drew every weirdo in the Northwest."[7] He served as the editor of the campus newspaper, The Cooper Point Journal, for which he also wrote articles and drew cartoons.[5] He befriended fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry after discovering that she had written a fan letter to Joseph Heller, one of Groening's favorite authors, and had gotten a reply back.[8] Groening has credited Barry with being "probably [his] biggest inspiration." [9]
Groening described life in Los Angeles to his friends in the form of a self-published comic book entitled Life in Hell, which was loosely inspired by a chapter entitled "How to Go to Hell" in Walter Kaufmann's book Critique of Religion and Philosophy.[15] Groening distributed the comic book in the book corner of Licorice Pizza, a record store in which he worked. He made his first professional cartoon sale to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978.[15] The strip, entitled "Forbidden Words," appeared in the September/October issue of that year.[11][16]
Groening gained employment at the Los Angeles Reader, a newly formed alternative newspaper, delivering papers,[5] typesetting, editing and answering phones.[12] He showed his cartoons to the editor, James Vowell, who was impressed and eventually gave him a spot in the paper.[5] Life in Hell made its official debut as a comic strip in the Reader on April 25, 1980.[11][17]
Vowell also gave Groening his own weekly music column, "Sound Mix," in 1982. However, the column would rarely actually be about music, as he would often write about his "various enthusiasms, obsessions, pet peeves and problems" instead.[7] In an effort to add more music to the column, he "just made stuff up,"[10] concocting and reviewing fictional bands and non-existent records. In the following week's column, he would confess to fabricating everything in the previous column and swear that everything in the new column was true. Eventually, he was finally asked to give up the "music" column.[18]
Life in Hell became popular almost immediately.[19] In November 1984, Deborah Caplan, Groening's then-girlfriend and co-worker at the Reader, offered to publish "Love is Hell", a series of relationship-themed Life in Hell strips, in book form.[20] Released a month later, the book was an underground success, selling 22,000 copies in its first two printings. Work is Hell soon followed, also published by Caplan.[20]
Soon afterward, Caplan and Groening left the Reader and put together the Life in Hell Co., which handled merchandising for Life in Hell.[11] Groening also started a syndicate, Acme Features Syndicate, which syndicated Life in Hell, Lynda Barry and John Callahan, but now only syndicates Life in Hell.[5] Life in Hell is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers and has been anthologized in a series of books, including School is Hell, Childhood is Hell, The Big Book of Hell and The Huge Book of Hell.[3]
Life in Hell caught the attention of Hollywood writer-producer and Gracie Films founder James L. Brooks, who had been shown the strip by fellow producer Polly Platt.[19][21] In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation on an undefined future project,[4] which would turn out to be developing a series of short animated skits, called "bumpers," for the FOX variety show The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally, Brooks wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights, Groening decided to create something new and came up with a cartoon family, the Simpsons.[22] He allegedly designed the five members of the family in only ten minutes.[23]
Groening storyboarded and scripted every short (now known as The Simpsons shorts), which were then animated by a team including David Silverman and Wes Archer, both of whom would later become directors on the series.[24] The shorts premiered on The Tracey Ullman show on April 19, 1987.
Although The Tracey Ullman Show was not a big hit,[19] the popularity of the shorts led to a half-hour spin-off in 1989. The series quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, to the surprise of many. Groening said: "Nobody thought The Simpsons was going to be a big hit. It snuck up on everybody."[7]
The Simpsons was co-developed by Groening, Brooks, and Sam Simon, a writer-producer with whom Brooks had worked with on previous projects. Groening and Simon, however, did not get along[19] and were often in conflict over the show;[11] Groening once described their relationship as "very contentious."[22] Simon eventually left the show in 1993 over creative differences.[25]
Although Groening has pitched a number of spin-offs of The Simpsons, those attempts have been unsuccessful. In 1994, Groening and other Simpsons producers pitched a live-action spin-off about Krusty the Clown (with Dan Castellaneta playing the lead role), but were unsuccessful in getting it off the ground.[14][26] Groening has also pitched "Young Homer" and a spin-off about the non-Simpsons citizens of Springfield.[27]
In 1995, Groening got into a major disagreement with Brooks and other Simpsons producers over A Star Is Burns, a crossover episode with The Critic, an animated show also produced by Brooks and staffed with many former Simpsons crew members. Groening claimed that he feared viewers would "see it as nothing but a pathetic attempt to advertise The Critic at the expense of The Simpsons," and was concerned about the possible implication that he had created or produced The Critic.[28] He requested his name be taken off the episode.[29]
Groening is credited with writing or co-writing the episodes "Some Enchanted Evening", "The Telltale Head", "Colonel Homer" and "22 Short Films About Springfield", as well as The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007.[30] He has had several cameo appearances in the show, with a speaking role in the episode "My Big Fat Geek Wedding". He currently serves at The Simpsons as an executive producer and creative consultant.
The name "Wiggum" for police chief Clancy Wiggum is Groening's mother's maiden name.[36] The names of a few other characters were taken from major street names in Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon, including Flanders, Lovejoy, Powell, Quimby and Kearney.[37] Despite common fan belief that Sideshow Bob Terwilliger was named after SW Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, he was actually named after the character Dr. Terwilliker from the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.[38]
The show premiered on March 28, 1999. After four years on the air, the show was cancelled by Fox. However, in a similar situation to Family Guy, strong DVD sales and very stable ratings on Cartoon Network and Teletoon have brought Futurama back to life, which is slated for four direct-to-DVD movies, as confirmed by Groening in an April 2006 interview.[14] Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes (edited from the four movies) to be aired in 2008.[40]
Groening's sole writing credit for the show was the premiere episode, "Space Pilot 3000", co-written with Cohen.
Groening is known for his eclectic taste in music.[44] He guest-edited Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing 2003[45] and curated the US All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in 2003.[44][46] He also plays the cowbell in the all-author rock and roll band The Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Stephen King, Kathi Goldmark, and Greg Iles.[47]
Groening identifies as an agnostic[53] and has often contributed to funding Democratic Party candidates.[54]
His brother-in-law, by marriage to Matt's sister Lisa, is Craig Bartlett, creator of the animated series Hey Arnold!.[52]
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Early life
Groening grew up in Portland, Oregon,[3] the middle child of five children. His mother, Margaret, was once a teacher, and his father, Homer, was a filmmaker, advertiser, writer and cartoonist.[4]From 1972[5] to 1977, Groening attended The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington,[6] a progressive school which he described as "a hippie college, with no grades or required classes, that drew every weirdo in the Northwest."[7] He served as the editor of the campus newspaper, The Cooper Point Journal, for which he also wrote articles and drew cartoons.[5] He befriended fellow cartoonist Lynda Barry after discovering that she had written a fan letter to Joseph Heller, one of Groening's favorite authors, and had gotten a reply back.[8] Groening has credited Barry with being "probably [his] biggest inspiration." [9]
Career
In 1977, at the age of 23, Groening moved to Los Angeles to become a writer. He went through what he described as "a series of lousy jobs," including being an extra in the film When Everyday Was The Fourth of July,[10] busing tables,[11] washing dishes at a nursing home, landscaping in a sewage treatment plant,[12] and chauffeuring and ghostwriting for a retired Western director.[13][14])
Cover of Life In Hell No. 4, published in 1978.
Groening described life in Los Angeles to his friends in the form of a self-published comic book entitled Life in Hell, which was loosely inspired by a chapter entitled "How to Go to Hell" in Walter Kaufmann's book Critique of Religion and Philosophy.[15] Groening distributed the comic book in the book corner of Licorice Pizza, a record store in which he worked. He made his first professional cartoon sale to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978.[15] The strip, entitled "Forbidden Words," appeared in the September/October issue of that year.[11][16]
Groening gained employment at the Los Angeles Reader, a newly formed alternative newspaper, delivering papers,[5] typesetting, editing and answering phones.[12] He showed his cartoons to the editor, James Vowell, who was impressed and eventually gave him a spot in the paper.[5] Life in Hell made its official debut as a comic strip in the Reader on April 25, 1980.[11][17]
Vowell also gave Groening his own weekly music column, "Sound Mix," in 1982. However, the column would rarely actually be about music, as he would often write about his "various enthusiasms, obsessions, pet peeves and problems" instead.[7] In an effort to add more music to the column, he "just made stuff up,"[10] concocting and reviewing fictional bands and non-existent records. In the following week's column, he would confess to fabricating everything in the previous column and swear that everything in the new column was true. Eventually, he was finally asked to give up the "music" column.[18]
Life in Hell became popular almost immediately.[19] In November 1984, Deborah Caplan, Groening's then-girlfriend and co-worker at the Reader, offered to publish "Love is Hell", a series of relationship-themed Life in Hell strips, in book form.[20] Released a month later, the book was an underground success, selling 22,000 copies in its first two printings. Work is Hell soon followed, also published by Caplan.[20]
Soon afterward, Caplan and Groening left the Reader and put together the Life in Hell Co., which handled merchandising for Life in Hell.[11] Groening also started a syndicate, Acme Features Syndicate, which syndicated Life in Hell, Lynda Barry and John Callahan, but now only syndicates Life in Hell.[5] Life in Hell is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers and has been anthologized in a series of books, including School is Hell, Childhood is Hell, The Big Book of Hell and The Huge Book of Hell.[3]
The Simpsons
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An early drawing of the Simpsons by Matt Groening, circa 1987.
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Groening on the Simpsons panel at Comic Con International in San Diego.
Although The Tracey Ullman Show was not a big hit,[19] the popularity of the shorts led to a half-hour spin-off in 1989. The series quickly became a worldwide phenomenon, to the surprise of many. Groening said: "Nobody thought The Simpsons was going to be a big hit. It snuck up on everybody."[7]
The Simpsons was co-developed by Groening, Brooks, and Sam Simon, a writer-producer with whom Brooks had worked with on previous projects. Groening and Simon, however, did not get along[19] and were often in conflict over the show;[11] Groening once described their relationship as "very contentious."[22] Simon eventually left the show in 1993 over creative differences.[25]
Although Groening has pitched a number of spin-offs of The Simpsons, those attempts have been unsuccessful. In 1994, Groening and other Simpsons producers pitched a live-action spin-off about Krusty the Clown (with Dan Castellaneta playing the lead role), but were unsuccessful in getting it off the ground.[14][26] Groening has also pitched "Young Homer" and a spin-off about the non-Simpsons citizens of Springfield.[27]
In 1995, Groening got into a major disagreement with Brooks and other Simpsons producers over A Star Is Burns, a crossover episode with The Critic, an animated show also produced by Brooks and staffed with many former Simpsons crew members. Groening claimed that he feared viewers would "see it as nothing but a pathetic attempt to advertise The Critic at the expense of The Simpsons," and was concerned about the possible implication that he had created or produced The Critic.[28] He requested his name be taken off the episode.[29]
Groening is credited with writing or co-writing the episodes "Some Enchanted Evening", "The Telltale Head", "Colonel Homer" and "22 Short Films About Springfield", as well as The Simpsons Movie, released in 2007.[30] He has had several cameo appearances in the show, with a speaking role in the episode "My Big Fat Geek Wedding". He currently serves at The Simpsons as an executive producer and creative consultant.
The Simpsons character names
Groening famously named the main Simpson characters after members of his own family: his parents, Homer and Margaret (Marge or Majorie in full), and his younger sisters, Lisa and Margaret (Maggie). Claiming that it was a bit too obvious to name a character after himself, he chose the name "Bart," an anagram of brat.[31][32] However, he stresses that aside from some of the sibling rivalry, his family is nothing like the Simpsons.[33] Groening also has an older brother and sister, Mark and Patty, but their names were not used,[4] although he divulged that Mark "is the actual inspiration for Bart" in a 1995 interview.[28] When it came time to give Grampa Simpson a first name, Groening says he refused to name him after his own grandfather, Abraham Groening, leaving it to other writers to choose a name. By coincidence, the writers chose the name Abraham, unaware that it was also the name of Groening's grandfather.[34] Maggie Groening has co-written a few Simpsons books featuring her cartoon namesake.[35]The name "Wiggum" for police chief Clancy Wiggum is Groening's mother's maiden name.[36] The names of a few other characters were taken from major street names in Groening's hometown of Portland, Oregon, including Flanders, Lovejoy, Powell, Quimby and Kearney.[37] Despite common fan belief that Sideshow Bob Terwilliger was named after SW Terwilliger Boulevard in Portland, he was actually named after the character Dr. Terwilliker from the film The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.[38]
Futurama
The show premiered on March 28, 1999. After four years on the air, the show was cancelled by Fox. However, in a similar situation to Family Guy, strong DVD sales and very stable ratings on Cartoon Network and Teletoon have brought Futurama back to life, which is slated for four direct-to-DVD movies, as confirmed by Groening in an April 2006 interview.[14] Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes (edited from the four movies) to be aired in 2008.[40]
Groening's sole writing credit for the show was the premiere episode, "Space Pilot 3000", co-written with Cohen.
Other pursuits
In 1994, Groening formed Bongo Comics Group (named after the character Bongo from Life in Hell[41]) with Steve Vance, Cindy Vance and Bill Morrison, which publishes comic books based on The Simpsons and Futurama (including Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis, a crossover between the two), as well as a few original titles. According to Groening, the goal with Bongo is to "[try] to bring humor into the fairly grim comic book market."<ref name="flux" /> He also formed Zongo Comics in 1995, an imprint of Bongo that published comics for more mature readers,[28] which included three issues of Mary Fleener's Fleener[42] and seven issues of his close friend Gary Panter's Jimbo comics.[43]Groening is known for his eclectic taste in music.[44] He guest-edited Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing 2003[45] and curated the US All Tomorrow's Parties music festival in 2003.[44][46] He also plays the cowbell in the all-author rock and roll band The Rock Bottom Remainders, whose other members include Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson, Scott Turow, Amy Tan, James McBride, Mitch Albom, Roy Blount Jr., Stephen King, Kathi Goldmark, and Greg Iles.[47]
Awards
Matt Groening has been nominated for 25 Emmy awards and has won ten: nine for The Simpsons and one for Futurama.[48] Groening received the 2002 National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award, and had been nominated for the same award in 2000.[49] He received a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004.[50]Personal life
Groening and Deborah Caplan married in 1986[12] and had two sons together, Homer (who goes by Will) and Abe,[32] both of whom Groening occasionally portrays as rabbits in Life in Hell. The couple divorced in 1999 after thirteen years of marriage.[13] Following this, Groening was in a six-year commitment with dating expert Lauren Frances.[52][52]Groening identifies as an agnostic[53] and has often contributed to funding Democratic Party candidates.[54]
His brother-in-law, by marriage to Matt's sister Lisa, is Craig Bartlett, creator of the animated series Hey Arnold!.[52]
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2. ^ Baker, Jeff. "Groening, rhymes with reigning", The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing, 2004-03-14, pp. D1.
3. ^ Matt Groening's Simpsons profile thesimpsons.com. Retrieved on March 4, 2007
4. ^ Matt Groening Q&A (1993). The Simpsons Archive (June 1993). Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
5. ^ Groth, Gary (April 1991). "Matt Groening". The Comics Journal (141): 78-95.
6. ^ Matt Groening at Evergreen. The Evergreen State College. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
7. ^ Lloyd, Robert (1999-03-24). Life in the 31st Century. LA Weekly. Retrieved on December 30, 2005.
8. ^ Groening, Matt (c). Life in Hell. January 14, 2000, Acme Features Syndicate.
9. ^ Doherty, Brian (March /April 1999). Matt Groening. Mother Jones. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
10. ^ Sheff, David (June 2007). "Matt Groening". Playboy 54 (6).
11. ^ Morgenstern, Joe (1990-04-29). "Bart Simpson's Real Father", Los Angeles Times Magazine, 12-18, 20, 22.
12. ^ von Busack, Richard (2000-11-02). 'Life' Before Homer. Metroactive. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
13. ^ Chocano, Carina (2001-01-30). Matt Groening. Salon. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
14. ^ Rabin, Nathan (2006-04-26). Matt Groening. The Onion AV Club. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
15. ^ McKenna, Kristine (May -June 2001). Matt Groening. My Generation. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
16. ^ World Wide WET - early. Wunderland.com. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
17. ^ Acme Features Syndicate. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
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19. ^ Ortved, John (July 2007). Simpson Family Values. Vanity Fair. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
20. ^ Groening, Matt (1994). "Introduction", Love is Hell: Special Ultra Jumbo 10th Anniversary Edition. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-75665-5.
21. ^ Kim, John W. (October 1999). Keep 'em Laughing. Scr(i)pt. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
22. ^ Scott, A.O.. "Homer's Odyssey", The New York Times, 2007-11-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
23. ^ Rose, Charlie (Host, Executive producer). (2007, July 30). Charlie Rose:A Conversation About The Simpsons Movie [Television production]. Charlie Rose, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
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25. ^ Snierson, Dan (2007-07-18). Conan on being left out of "Simpsons Movie". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
26. ^ From a radio interview with Groening that aired on the April 22, 1998 edition of Fresh Air on NPR. Link to stream (13 minutes, 21 seconds in)
27. ^ Groening, Matt; Oakley, Bill;, Weinstein, Josh; Appel, Richard; Cohen, David; Pulido, Rachel; Smith, Yeardley; Reardon, Jim; Silverman, David. (2005). The Simpsons The Complete Seventh Season DVD commentary for the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
28. ^ Paul, Alan (1995-09-30). Life in Hell. Flux Magazine. Retrieved on December 26, 2005.
29. ^ Brennan, Judy (1995-03-03). Matt Groening's Reaction to The Critic's First Appearance on The Simpsons. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
30. ^ Fleming, Michael (2006-04-02). Homer going to bat in '07. Variety.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.
31. ^ BBC. (2000). The Simpsons: America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) (DVD). UK: 20th Century Fox.
32. ^ Duncan, Andrew (September 18-24 1999). Matt Groening. Radio Times. 20th Century Fox. Retrieved on September 19, 2007.
33. ^ Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. ISBN 0-679-31318-4.
34. ^ Groening, Matt. (2002). The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Old Money" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
35. ^ Index to Comic Art Collection: "Gro" to "Groenne". Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
36. ^ Groening, Matt (2001). "47 Secrets About The Simpsons, A Poem of Sorts, and Some Filler", Simpsons Comics Royale. New York: Perennial, 90-91. ISBN 0-060-93378-X.
37. ^ Blake, Joseph (2007-01-06). Painting the town in Portland. The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
38. ^ Larry Carroll. "'Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers", MTV, 2007-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.MTV&rft.date=2007-07-26">
39. ^ Needham, Alex. "Nice Planet...We'll Take It!". The Face }issue=33 |date=October 1999.
40. ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (June 22 2006). "Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central. Reuters. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
41. ^ Groening, Matt (2001). "The Secret Life of Lisa Simpson", Simpsons Comics Royale. New York: Perennial, 128. ISBN 0-060-93378-X.
42. ^ Mary Fleener ~ Comic Book Covers URL accessed on September 19, 2007.
43. ^ Zograf, Aleksandar. Meet The End of The Century With... Gary Panter. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
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52. ^ Oberkreser, Lyssa (2006-10-17). Free Panties and Dating Advice. Riptide. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
53. ^ Allen, Norm. Yes, There Is A Hell. Free Inquiry. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
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2. ^ Baker, Jeff. "Groening, rhymes with reigning", The Oregonian, Portland, Oregon: Oregonian Publishing, 2004-03-14, pp. D1.
3. ^ Matt Groening's Simpsons profile thesimpsons.com. Retrieved on March 4, 2007
4. ^ Matt Groening Q&A (1993). The Simpsons Archive (June 1993). Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
5. ^ Groth, Gary (April 1991). "Matt Groening". The Comics Journal (141): 78-95.
6. ^ Matt Groening at Evergreen. The Evergreen State College. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
7. ^ Lloyd, Robert (1999-03-24). Life in the 31st Century. LA Weekly. Retrieved on December 30, 2005.
8. ^ Groening, Matt (c). Life in Hell. January 14, 2000, Acme Features Syndicate.
9. ^ Doherty, Brian (March /April 1999). Matt Groening. Mother Jones. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
10. ^ Sheff, David (June 2007). "Matt Groening". Playboy 54 (6).
11. ^ Morgenstern, Joe (1990-04-29). "Bart Simpson's Real Father", Los Angeles Times Magazine, 12-18, 20, 22.
12. ^ von Busack, Richard (2000-11-02). 'Life' Before Homer. Metroactive. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
13. ^ Chocano, Carina (2001-01-30). Matt Groening. Salon. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
14. ^ Rabin, Nathan (2006-04-26). Matt Groening. The Onion AV Club. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
15. ^ McKenna, Kristine (May -June 2001). Matt Groening. My Generation. Retrieved on February 3, 2007.
16. ^ World Wide WET - early. Wunderland.com. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
17. ^ Acme Features Syndicate. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies. Retrieved on 2007-08-30.
18. ^ Groening, Matt (2001). "My Rock 'n' Roll Life, Part One: So You Want To Snort Derisively", Simpsons Comics Royale. New York: Perennial, 92-93. ISBN 0-060-93378-X.
19. ^ Ortved, John (July 2007). Simpson Family Values. Vanity Fair. Retrieved on September 2, 2007.
20. ^ Groening, Matt (1994). "Introduction", Love is Hell: Special Ultra Jumbo 10th Anniversary Edition. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-679-75665-5.
21. ^ Kim, John W. (October 1999). Keep 'em Laughing. Scr(i)pt. Retrieved on January 14, 2007.
22. ^ Scott, A.O.. "Homer's Odyssey", The New York Times, 2007-11-04. Retrieved on 2007-09-19.
23. ^ Rose, Charlie (Host, Executive producer). (2007, July 30). Charlie Rose:A Conversation About The Simpsons Movie [Television production]. Charlie Rose, Inc.. Retrieved on 2007-07-31.
24. ^ Heintjes, Tom. The David Silverman Interview. Hogan's Alley. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
25. ^ Snierson, Dan (2007-07-18). Conan on being left out of "Simpsons Movie". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on September 4, 2007.
26. ^ From a radio interview with Groening that aired on the April 22, 1998 edition of Fresh Air on NPR. Link to stream (13 minutes, 21 seconds in)
27. ^ Groening, Matt; Oakley, Bill;, Weinstein, Josh; Appel, Richard; Cohen, David; Pulido, Rachel; Smith, Yeardley; Reardon, Jim; Silverman, David. (2005). The Simpsons The Complete Seventh Season DVD commentary for the episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
28. ^ Paul, Alan (1995-09-30). Life in Hell. Flux Magazine. Retrieved on December 26, 2005.
29. ^ Brennan, Judy (1995-03-03). Matt Groening's Reaction to The Critic's First Appearance on The Simpsons. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
30. ^ Fleming, Michael (2006-04-02). Homer going to bat in '07. Variety.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.
31. ^ BBC. (2000). The Simpsons: America's First Family (6 minute edit for the season 1 DVD) (DVD). UK: 20th Century Fox.
32. ^ Duncan, Andrew (September 18-24 1999). Matt Groening. Radio Times. 20th Century Fox. Retrieved on September 19, 2007.
33. ^ Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. ISBN 0-679-31318-4.
34. ^ Groening, Matt. (2002). The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Old Money" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
35. ^ Index to Comic Art Collection: "Gro" to "Groenne". Michigan State University Libraries. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
36. ^ Groening, Matt (2001). "47 Secrets About The Simpsons, A Poem of Sorts, and Some Filler", Simpsons Comics Royale. New York: Perennial, 90-91. ISBN 0-060-93378-X.
37. ^ Blake, Joseph (2007-01-06). Painting the town in Portland. The Vancouver Sun. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
38. ^ Larry Carroll. "'Simpsons' Trivia, From Swearing Lisa To 'Burns-Sexual' Smithers", MTV, 2007-07-26. Retrieved on 2007-08-17.MTV&rft.date=2007-07-26">
39. ^ Needham, Alex. "Nice Planet...We'll Take It!". The Face }issue=33 |date=October 1999.
40. ^ Wallenstein, Andrew (June 22 2006). "Futurama" gets new life on Comedy Central. Reuters. Retrieved on 2006-10-08.
41. ^ Groening, Matt (2001). "The Secret Life of Lisa Simpson", Simpsons Comics Royale. New York: Perennial, 128. ISBN 0-060-93378-X.
42. ^ Mary Fleener ~ Comic Book Covers URL accessed on September 19, 2007.
43. ^ Zograf, Aleksandar. Meet The End of The Century With... Gary Panter. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
44. ^ Payne, John (2003-11-05). All Tomorrow's Parties Today. LA Weekly. Retrieved on 2007-09-04.
45. ^ Dacapo Books URL accessed on September 4, 2007.
46. ^ All Tomorrow's Parties - Archive URL accessed on September 4, 2007.
47. ^ Rock Bottom Remainders Official site URL accessed on March 4, 2007
48. ^ Emmy Awards official siteemmys.org. Retrieved on March 4, 2007
49. ^ THE OUTSTANDING CARTOONIST OF THE YEAR reuben.org. URL accessed on January 13, 2007
50. ^ British Comedy Awards britishcomedyawards.com. URL accessed on January 18, 2007
51. ^ von Busack, Richard (2000-11-02). 'Life' Before Homer. Metroactive. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
52. ^ Oberkreser, Lyssa (2006-10-17). Free Panties and Dating Advice. Riptide. Retrieved on January 13, 2007.
53. ^ Allen, Norm. Yes, There Is A Hell. Free Inquiry. Retrieved on February 26, 2007.
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External links
- Matt Groening at the Internet Movie Database
- Incomplete list of Matt Groening appearances on The Simpsons at The Simpsons Archive
| Preceded by ? | The Simpsons showrunner (with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon) Seasons 1 and 2 1989-1991 | Succeeded by Al Jean and Mike Reiss |
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| NAME | Groening, Matthew Abram |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Groening, Matt |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | United States cartoonist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Portland, Oregon |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
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