In 1987 the executive producer of The Tracey Ullman Show, a television variety program, asked Groening to develop a series of short animated cartoons based on “Life in Hell.” Instead Groening developed a new set of characters for the show-the Simpsons. In 1984 Groening published his first collection of strips, Love Is Hell it was followed by Work Is Hell (1985), School Is Hell (1987), Childhood Is Hell (1988), and Akbar and Jeff’s Guide to Life (1989). Within three years of its debut in 1980 the strip was carried by alternative newspapers nationwide. After securing a writing job at the Los Angeles Reader, he convinced the paper to publish his cartoon, which he entitled “Life in Hell.” He then expanded the strip to include other characters-Binky’s wife Sheba their one-eared son, Bongo and the odd, cranky identical roommates Akbar and Jeff. While struggling to find stable employment, Groening began drawing cartoons featuring a pathetic, oppressed rabbit named Binky to send to his friends back home as a commentary on his dismal life in Los Angeles. After graduating in 1977, he moved to Los Angeles, Calif., in search of writing jobs. While attending Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., Groening continued to draw cartoons but planned to pursue a career as a writer. He began drawing cartoons in elementary school, but his talent went unnoticed by many of his teachers, who sent him to the principal’s office for doodling. The son of Homer and Margaret Groening, Matt Groening was born in Portland, Ore., on Feb. By the late 1990s The Simpsons had become the longest-running animated program in television history. cartoonist Matt Groening became famous as the creator of the comic strip “Life in Hell” and the television cartoon family the Simpsons. The Simpsons TM and © 2007 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.
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