“It’s easy to accept Matt Groening is the kind of person who locks himself away in a room and creates life. Like the mad scientists of film, Groening certainly looks the part as he speaks passionately and protectively of the “family” he imagined, gave birth to with pen and paper and then unleashed on an unsuspecting world. But unlike the mad scientists, Groening has succeeded in taking over the planet with his creations.
In more than 60 countries, Groening’s Simpson family is instantly recognised and loved. Their first-run cartoon series regularly wins its timeslot, repeats often do the same and phrases first uttered by these characters have entered the mainstream vernacular. It is a huge achievement for a cartoon, but one he attributes to an ideal he has always stuck with: to always look beyond the main characters and create an entire world for The Simpsons.” Read More >>>