Matt Groening

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, 'Matt Groening' (qv) did not particularly like school, which is what originally turned him towards drawing. In the mid-1980s, he moved to Los Angeles and started drawing a comic strip named "Life in Hell", which eventually became published in the newspaper where he worked. In 1988, 'James L. Brooks' (qv), looking for a filler in the television show, _The Tracey Ullman Show (1987)_ (qv), turned towards a framed "Life in Hell" strip on his wall and contacted Groening. The animated shorts that Groening created were _The Simpsons (1989)_ (qv).::Kevin Newcombe <[email protected]>