If At First You Don't Succeed -

English? Who Needs That? I'm Never Going To England.

I Had Been Drawing My Weekly Comic Strip, 'life In Hell,' For About Five Years When I Got A Call From Jim Brooks, Who Was Developing 'the Tracey Ullman Show' For The Brand-new Fox Network. He Wanted Me To Come In And Pitch An Idea For Doing Little Cartoons On That Show.

But We All Had An Agreement To Let Each Other Get Away With Everything! That's Capitalism!

'the Simpsons' Is About Alienation And The Ambivalence Of Living With A Family Who You Love But Who Drive You Completely Crazy.

There's Always Room Out There For The Hand-drawn Image. I Personally Like The Imperfection Of Hand Drawing As Opposed To The Slick Look Of Computer Animation. But You Can Do Good Stuff Either Way. The Pixar Movies Are Amazing In What They Do, But There's Plenty Of Independent Animators Who Are Doing Really Amazing Things As Well.