When Will People Learn? Democracy Doesn't Work!"

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.

I Also Found Child's Play - Stuff That Was Not Considered Serious, But Goofy - Was The Stuff I Liked To Do, So I Still Do It As An Adult.

Back In High School, I Wrote A Novel About A Character Named Bart Simpson. I Thought It Was A Very Unusual Name For A Kid At The Time. I Had This Idea Of An Angry Father Yelling "bart," And Bart Sounds Kind Of Like Bark - Like A Barking Dog.

As Astute Followers Of 'life In Hell' Will Notice, Akbar And Jeff Wear The Same Striped T-shirt As Charlie Brown. 'peanuts' Was Very Important To Me.

I Think 'family Guy' And 'american Dad' Have Definitely Staked Out Their Own Style And Territory, And Now The Accusations Are Coming That 'the Simpsons' Is Taking Jokes From 'family Guy.' And I Can Tell You, That Ain't The Case.