Think Beer; Drink Beer.

I Have To Say That The Simpsons Comes From A Huge Number Of Great Writers Headed By Al Jean, The Show-runner, And The Work That They Do Is Really Fantastic. It's A Blast Just To Sit Around With Them In The Writers' Room And Listen To All The Filthy Jokes That Will Never Get On The Air.

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.

'the Simpsons' Basically - And 'futurama' - Are Really Smart Shows. They're Kind Of Disguised As These Goofy Animated Sitcoms, But The References Within The Shows, If You're Paying Attention, Are Pretty Smart And Pretty Sophisticated.

The Entire World Of Grown-ups Is Corrupt And Stupid.

I Went Through A Phase Where People Would Introduce Me At Parties As A Cartoonist, And Everybody Felt Sorry For Me. 'oh, Matt's A Cartoonist.' Then People Further Feeling Sorry For Me Would Ask Me To Draw Garfield. Because I'm A Cartoonist, Draw Snoopy Or Garfield Or Something.