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'''''Life in Hell''''' was a 1977-2012 weekly comic strip by [[Matt Groening]]. The strip featured a family of anthropomorphic rabbits (father [[Binky]], mother Sheba and son [[Bongo (Life in Hell)|Bongo]]) and a pair of identical-looking gay lovers ([[Akbar]] and [[Jeff]]). Groening used these characters to explore a wide range of topics about love, sex, work, and death. His drawings are full of expressions of angst, alienation, self-loathing, and fear of inevitable doom. | '''''Life in Hell''''' was a 1977-2012 weekly comic strip by [[Matt Groening]]. The strip featured a family of anthropomorphic rabbits (father [[Binky]], mother Sheba and son [[Bongo (Life in Hell)|Bongo]]) and a pair of identical-looking gay lovers ([[Akbar]] and [[Jeff]]). Groening used these characters to explore a wide range of topics about love, sex, work, and death. His drawings are full of expressions of angst, alienation, self-loathing, and fear of inevitable doom. | ||
| − | ''Life in Hell'' started in 1977 as a self-published comic book Groening used to describe life in Los Angeles to his friends. Groening photocopied and distributed it in a small "punk" corner of the record store in which he worked, Licorice Pizza on Sunset Boulevard. ''Life in Hell'' debuted as a comic strip in the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978 <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> | + | ''Life in Hell'' started in 1977 as a self-published comic book Groening used to describe life in Los Angeles to his friends. Groening photocopied and distributed it in a small "punk" corner of the record store in which he worked, Licorice Pizza on Sunset Boulevard. ''Life in Hell'' debuted as a comic strip in the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978,<ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> to which Groening made his first professional cartoon sale. The first strip, entitled "Forbidden Words", appeared in the September/October issue. Popular in the underground, Life in Hell was picked up by the Los Angeles Reader<ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> (an alternative weekly newspaper where Groening also worked as a typesetter, editor, paste-up artist and music critic) in 1980, where it began appearing weekly. |
| − | ''Life in Hell'' reached the attention of Hollywood producer [[James L. Brooks]], who received one strip — "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref>In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of developing a series of short animated skits, called "bumpers", for ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. Originally, Brooks had wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights to his characters, Groening instead created an entirely new batch of characters, the Simpsons. Groening continued ''Life in Hell' until 2012. <ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> | + | ''Life in Hell'' reached the attention of Hollywood producer [[James L. Brooks]], who received one strip — "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982.<ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of developing a series of short animated skits, called "bumpers", for ''[[The Tracey Ullman Show]]''. Originally, Brooks had wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights to his characters, Groening instead created an entirely new batch of characters, the Simpsons. Groening continued ''Life in Hell' until 2012.<ref>https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/groening.htm</ref> |
==References to ''Life in Hell'' on ''The Simpsons''== | ==References to ''Life in Hell'' on ''The Simpsons''== | ||
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| − | {{TB| When | + | {{TB| When Homer's sweat has made the writing on his palm unreadable he tries to decipher the text anyway, which spells out: "Nom Yo Ho Renge Kyo", a mantra once sang by [[Akbar]] and [[Jeff]].}} |
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| − | {{TB| In [[Matt Groening]] | + | {{TB| In [[Matt Groening]]'s office a 'Life in Hell' poster can be seen. Later [[Troy McClure]] says: "Yes, the Simpsons have come a long way since an old drunk made humans out of his rabbit characters to pay off old gambling debts."}} |
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Life in Hell was a 1977-2012 weekly comic strip by Matt Groening. The strip featured a family of anthropomorphic rabbits (father Binky, mother Sheba and son Bongo) and a pair of identical-looking gay lovers (Akbar and Jeff). Groening used these characters to explore a wide range of topics about love, sex, work, and death. His drawings are full of expressions of angst, alienation, self-loathing, and fear of inevitable doom.
Life in Hell started in 1977 as a self-published comic book Groening used to describe life in Los Angeles to his friends. Groening photocopied and distributed it in a small "punk" corner of the record store in which he worked, Licorice Pizza on Sunset Boulevard. Life in Hell debuted as a comic strip in the avant-garde Wet magazine in 1978,[1] to which Groening made his first professional cartoon sale. The first strip, entitled "Forbidden Words", appeared in the September/October issue. Popular in the underground, Life in Hell was picked up by the Los Angeles Reader[2] (an alternative weekly newspaper where Groening also worked as a typesetter, editor, paste-up artist and music critic) in 1980, where it began appearing weekly.
Life in Hell reached the attention of Hollywood producer James L. Brooks, who received one strip — "The Los Angeles Way of Death" from 1982.[3] In 1985, Brooks contacted Groening with the proposition of developing a series of short animated skits, called "bumpers", for The Tracey Ullman Show. Originally, Brooks had wanted Groening to adapt his Life in Hell characters for the show. Fearing the loss of ownership rights to his characters, Groening instead created an entirely new batch of characters, the Simpsons. Groening continued Life in Hell' until 2012.[4]
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