Mini Biography:

Growing up in Portland, Oregon, Matt Groening 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 Brooks, looking for a filler in the television show "The Tracy Ullman show", turned towards a framed "Life in Hell" strip on his wall and contacted Groening. The animated shorts that Groening created were "The Simpsons".

Trivia:

1978: Sold his first cartoon strip to "Wet", a Los Angeles-based, avant-garde,

The Comic Book Guy, a character in "The Simpsons" (1989) is a version of what Matt Groening considers himself to be like.

Graduate of Lincoln High School - Portland, Oregon

Two sons - Homer (born in 1991), Abe (born in 1993).

Many members of the Simpson family are named for members of his own family: Homer, Marge, Maggie, Lisa, and Patty. In order to avoid insulting another family member by making him the namesake of a Simpsons character, he left Homer's father unnamed. The writers of the show named him Abraham. Coincidentally, Groening's own middle name is Abram. In 1993, he named his second son Abe

Awards:

Won 10 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 21 nominations