Matt Groening
- Birthplace: Portland, Oregon, USA
- Birthday: February 15, 1954
As the creator of the long-running animated TV series “The Simpsons” (Fox, 1989- ), as well as the equally venerable weekly comic strip “Life in Hell,” cartoonist Matt Groening watched his creations spawn numerous print and merchandise incarnations that helped make him a influential figure in world pop culture.
Born on Feb. 15, 1954, Groening moved from his hometown of Portland, OR to Los Angeles in 1977 with the intent of becoming a writer. It was in LA that he began “Life in Hell” as a hand-copied strip that was distributed via …more