BEFORE THE SIMPSONS, THERE WAS MATT GROENING
Right now, if Matt Groening wasn't alive and kicking, we wouldn't see new episodes weekly of the best animated TV Show ever, THE SIMPSONS. Matt Groening is known World Wide for his cartoons, The Simpsons, Futurama and Life in Hell. Matt Groening was born on February 15th, 1954 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He started developing his cartooning skills at a young age. At Evergreen State College, he worked on the school paper and pursued his cartooning skills. After graduating from college, Groening moved to Los Angeles, with the goal of becoming a successful comic book author. But he had to work hard for his goal, having various different jobs to pay the bills, But soon, his new comic strip, Life in Hell was in various L.A. newspapers and became known by others.
Matt Groening is now an Animator, Cartoonist, Producer, Screenwriter and Writer.
He is married to Deborah Caplan and has two sons, Homer and Abraham.
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