About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 60. Chapters: Matt Groening, Ralph Stackpole, Cleveland S. Rockwell, Gus Van Sant, Mason Williams, Todd Haynes, Kathleen Hanna, Miranda July, Claire Falkenstein, Will Vinton, James Lavadour, Homer Davenport, Myra Albert Wiggins, Kelley Baker, Jona Bechtolt, David Hacker, Josh Keyes, Michael Mandiberg, Jeff Jahn, Gordon Gilkey, Matthew Lessner, Tim Goodyear, Lee Moorhouse, Rick Bartow, Becca Bernstein, Michael Paul Oman-Reagan, William Lovell Finley, Jack Ohman, Martin Eichinger, Chris Cooley, Harrell Fletcher, Addie Wagenknecht, Nicole Georges, Jim Warren, Clayton Crain, Chris Johanson, Les McClaine, List of artists and art institutions in Portland, Oregon, Edward Hill, Louis Conrad Rosenberg, Laura Fritz, Kathy Foster, Brian Lanker, Charles Heaney, Carson Ellis, Sarkis Antikajian, Carl Morris, Marie Watt, Terry Isaac, Maude Kerns, Hedford Vachal, Virginia Admiral, Brad Adkins, Ray Strong, Sally Haley, Mary Lou Goertzen, Paul Middendorf, Tom Cramer, Sean Healy, Cris Moss, Norma Bassett Hall, Midori Hirose, Gary "Chicken" Hirsh, Jenene Nagy, Hilda Grossman Morris, Caleb Freese, Lorenzo Ghiglieri, Rob Tyler, Frances Gabe, Bruce Conkle. Excerpt: Matthew Abram "Matt" Groening ( -ning; born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, screenwriter, and producer. He is the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell as well as two successful 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...