Matt Groening

American cartoonist, screenwriter and producer, born 15 February 1954 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He is the creator of the comic strip [i]Life in Hell[/i] and the television series [i][a=The Simpsons][/i] and [i]Futurama[/i]. Groening served as music critic for the [i]Los Angeles Reader[/i] in the early 1980s, and was a member of The Remainders from 1992 onward, providing artwork and performing the cowbell.