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Matt Groening is arguably one of the best cartoonists in the history of television. When people hear the name Matt Groening, they immediately think about the hit cartoon series "The Simpsons" or "Futurama." However, not many people know much about Matt Groening as a person. Groening was born on February 15, 1954 in Portland Oregon. Groening graduated from Lincoln High School in Portland Oregon and graduated from Evergreen State College in Olympia Washington.
Right after Groening graduated from Evergreen State College, he started to make comic strips. In 1977 Groening made his first comic called "Life In Hell." "Life in Hell" is a comic strip about two rabbits and two men who are constantly having odd adventures. Groening distributed this comic by photocopying many comic strips and distributing them in a small corner of the record store he was working in. In 1980 the comic strip began to grab the attention of many people, and the comic was picked up by the Los Angeles Reader......

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