“Matt Groening hearkens back to his days a rock music critic, his day job before creating The Simpsons, in describing another one of his creations. “I feel about Futurama the way Paul McCartney must feel about Wings,” Groening says with a characteristic laugh. “It’s tough to compare anything to The Simpsons, but I’m incredibly proud of Futurama. The show is still alive, even though it’s no longer supported by its original network.” In many ways, Futurama was a more difficult program to create than The Simpsons. Groening and some of the other artists involved in the series discussed the challenges recently. The Simpsons centers on a family of more or less human characters in a suburban setting. Futurama demanded much more extensive design work. The artists had to create a world that spoofed the clichés of the sci-fi genre and preserved the look of Groening’s original drawings, but in which things were still recognizable.” Read More >>>
