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Matt Groening
2 catalogued objects connected to Matt Groening.
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Biography
Person.
Matt Groening is an American cartoonist and television creator, born in Portland, Oregon, in 1954. His strip Life in Hell appeared in alternative newspapers before he created the Simpsons family for animated segments of The Tracey Ullman Show in 1987.
The Simpsons became a half-hour series in 1989, developed with James L. Brooks and Sam Simon. Groening later developed Futurama with David X. Cohen. His career connects newspaper cartooning, book publishing and television animation, with Life in Hell continuing in print until 2012.
Reviewed 2026-09-06Selected sources
- Matt Groening — Writers Guild of America WestBackground, comic strip, television chronology and co-developers.
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PER-2AEBF22C62416269
Represented across objects dated 1996–2004.
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