Matt Groening

...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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

...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,...

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...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.

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...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...

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...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...

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...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...

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...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