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Matt Groening Ends Life in Hell

After 34 years, he pulls plug on cartoon that started it all

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 21, 2012 1:30 AM CDT | Updated Jun 21, 2012 2:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – Matt Groening has decided to pull the plug on acclaimed comic strip Life in Hell, 34 years after he started it and many years after its anthropomorphic rabbits and gay lovers were eclipsed by his other creations. Groening, 58, started the strip when he was... Read full story »

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Matt Groening Ends Life in Hell

After 34 years, he pulls plug on cartoon that started it all

The Simpsons • cartoon • Matt Groening • cartoonist

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