Matt Groening
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An 'Uncensored' look at 'The Simpsons'...inner sanctum. It's no secret that much of that butting went on during the show's first four seasons between "Simpsons" creator Matt Groening, Brooks (the head of "Simpsons" production company Gracie Films) and former producer/writer Sam... In this article: The Simpsons, Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, Al Jean, Homer Simpson, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, and Second City |
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The Seattle Times | 4 days ago
National recognition for Seattle's readergirlz online book community
...up, according to Wells: a pair of white boxer shorts signed by David Sedaris, original cartoons out of the store guest book by Matt Groening and Lynda Barry, a poster signed by Annie Leibovitz, an original painting from the Big (expletive...
In this article: Seattle, James K. Polk, National Book Awards, and New York City
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EW.com - PopWatch | 5 days ago
'Rocky & Bullwinkle': Happy 50th birthday to the sweet duo! (And Boris and Natasha, too!)
...I delight in the demented social commentary of South Park and the biting hilarity of The Simpsons. (Fun fact: The Simpsons creator Matt Groening gave three members of The Simpsons clan - Homer, Bart, and Grandpa - the middle initial "J" as...
In this article: Rocky & Bullwinkle, The Simpsons, Bart, Jay Ward, South Park, and Minnesota
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The Stranger - Slog | 6 days ago
Bailey Boy Books: The Wake
...Michalek will oversee bidding on a pair of white boxer shorts signed by David Sedaris, original cartoons out of our guestbook by Matt Groening and Lynda Barry, a poster signed by Annie Leibovitz, an original painting from the Big Fucking...
In this article: Champagne, Lynda Barry, David Sedaris, Annie Leibovitz, and Ed Murray
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Chicago Tribune | 7 days ago
Chicago Humanities Festival sees increase in revenue
...all sorts of new audiences to the program," he said. For instance, the Nov. 5 conversation between cartoonists Lynda Barry and Matt Groening at UIC Forum drew close to 1,900 people, the festival's highest attended program ever, with an...
In this article: Revenue, Lynda Barry, Millennium Park, and Chicago History Museum
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 14, 2009
Under the Dome, By Stephen King
...with incredulity, pointing out that not only is King a pop- culture omnivore, but has played on stage with The Simpsons creator Matt Groening in his Rock Bottom Remainders band. King then gave a different account of the book's origins,...
In this article: Stephen King, Under the Dome, The Simpsons Movie, Anxiety, Cancer, Paris Review, Lee Child, Jack Reacher, and The Stand
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Centre Daily Times | November 12, 2009
Barbara Kingsolver is determined to advocate social change through literature
...circle of real friends, the kind you can count on to bring casserole after a death in the family." Hobby: Plays keyboards and hand drums in a band called Rock Bottom Remainders with Stephen King, Amy Tan, Matt Groening and Dave Barry.
In this article: Barbara Kingsolver, Diego Rivera, Leon Trotsky, Mexico, Kentucky, Howler monkey, World War II, Celery, and Artichoke
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A.V. Club RSS Feeds | November 11, 2009
Books: Review:John Ortved: The Simpsons
...man, Richard Sakai, the ball-buster on whom the character Waylon Smithers-inexplicably called "Wayland" here-is based; and Matt Groening, a bumbling bystander whose true talent lies in merchandising. Again, that isn't terribly...
In this article: The Simpsons Movie, Sam Simon, The Simpsons, George Meyer, Waylon Smithers, James L. Brooks, and Life in Hell
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Chicago Tribune | November 08, 2009
Panel offers comic relief for comic strips in distress
...every day, and I still wake up with a stomachache." The panel -- which included Feiffer, Ware, cartoonist Lynda Barry and Matt Groening, creator of "The Simpsons" and (as Ware pointed out) the only cartoonist on that stage still churning...
In this article: Jules Feiffer, Chris Ware, Lynda Barry, Candy, Life in Hell, Village Voice, Chicago Reader, and Francis W. Parker School
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thestar.com | November 08, 2009
Where credit is due
...subsequent book (although many did). The request came mainly because of attempts to look into the dispute between Simpsons creator Matt Groening and veteran TV producer/writer Sam Simon, Ortved says. Simon supporters feel he didn't get...
In this article: The Simpsons, Sam Simon, Dan Castellaneta, Toronto, South Park, Henri Faberge and the Adorables, and American Idol
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FOLIO | October 29, 2009
Face Up: Playboy
...and pick up a copy. Jellinek and his team, along with Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, worked hand-in-hand with The Simpson's creator Matt Groenig, who "drew the cover by hand specifically for us," says Jellinek. "The entire process was...
In this article: Playboy, Marge Simpson, Maxim, Jaundice, Silver, Matt Groenig, Gracie Films, and Hugh Hefner
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Description from Wikipedia:
Matthew Abram Groening (pronounced: /ˈɡreɪnɪŋ/ -ning) (born February 15, 1954 in Portland, Oregon) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell and the television series The Simpsons and Futurama. Groening made his first professional cartoon sale of Life in Hell to the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers.
Life in Hell caught the attention of James L. Brooks. In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of working in animation 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, and named the members after his own parents and sisters — while Bart was an anagram of the word brat. The shorts would be spun off into their own series: The Simpsons, which has since aired over 434 episodes in 20 seasons. In 1997, Groening got together with David X. Cohen and developed Futurama, an animated series about life in the year 3000, which premiered in 1999. After four years on the air, the show was canceled by Fox in 2003, but Comedy Central commissioned 16 new episodes from four direct-to-DVD movies.
Groening has won 11 Primetime Emmy Awards, ten for The Simpsons and one for Futurama as well as a British Comedy Award for "outstanding contribution to comedy" in 2004. In 2002, he won the National Cartoonist Society Reuben Award for his work on Life in Hell.
- Birth Date:
- February 15, 1954
- Birthplace:
- Portland, Oregon
- Religion:
- Agnostic
- Spouse:
- Deborah Caplan (1986–1999)
- Occupation:
- Cartoonist
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