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Matt Groening

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February 15, 1954 in Portland, Oregon, The United States

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http://www.mattgroening.com/

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Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist, television producer and writer from Portland, Oregon.

Groening is best known as the creator of The Simpsons. He is also the creator of Futurama and the author of the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. Groening distributed Life in Hell 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. The cartoon is still carried in 250 weekly newspapers.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 10904 ratings · 731 reviews · 193 distinct works

	The Big Book of Hell: The Best of Life in Hell 409 avg rating — 1217 ratings — published 1990 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Childhood Is Hell 410 avg rating — 699 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Love Is Hell 420 avg rating — 576 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	Bart Simpson's Guide to Life: A Wee Handbook for the Perplexed 386 avg rating — 647 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions	My rating:
	The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family 408 avg rating — 528 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	School is Hell 421 avg rating — 444 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Work Is Hell 412 avg rating — 387 ratings — published 1985 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Simpsons Forever!: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family...Continued by Matt Groening, Scott M. Gimple 397 avg rating — 227 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Simpsons/Futurama Crossover Crisis by Matt Groening, Bill Morrison 387 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Akbar and Jeff's Guide to Life 405 avg rating — 165 ratings — published 1989 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror (6 books)
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“Love is a snowmobile racing across the tundra and then suddenly it flips over, pinning you underneath. At night, the ice weasels come.”
― Matt Groening

tags: humor , love , metaphor , simpsons

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“Of course I’ve gone mad with power! Have you ever tried going mad without power? It’s boring and no one listens to you!
— Russ Cargill”
― Matt Groening

tags: humour , simpsons

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“I know all those words, but that sentence makes no sense to me.”
― Matt Groening

tags: family , humor , language , satire , simpsons , social-commentary

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