Matt Groening's Life And Work

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Matt Groening was born on February 15, 1954, in Portland, Oregon. His father, Homer Philip Groening was a writer, filmmaker and advertiser and his mother, Margaret Ruth, was a teacher. He grew up in Portland and did his school from Ainsworth elementary school and Lincoln high school. In 1972, he enrolled at the evergreen state college in Olympia and studied there or five years. He used to write articles and draw cartoon illustrations for the journal after graduation, matt groaning moved to Los Angeles, in 1977. It was at this that he began drawing cartoons from his self-published book titled “life In hell”, which was based on his struggles. The book became a success with over 200000 copies print after that, came to his next work, “work is hell”.,

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