Matt Groening

[gort]

Is anyone a fan of Matts' early comic strips before he got famous with Simpsons and Futurama? Jeff and Akbar is one and Binky is another ( from the Life in Hell series of cartoons ).....they're great, but more adult oriented... thoughts??

[Gazereths]

Ive never, to my infinite shame, checked out his earlier work..I will have to do so immediately!! Thanks for the heads up on some of his previous titles!!!
I will give you my opinions as soon as i form them!!!

[gort]

Happy forming...

I reccommend Life In Hell as a good beginning....HI-LARIOUS!

[Gazereths]

Thanks ..i will check that out buddy!!!:D

[cerberus]

Checked Binky...... very cool.

[gort]

Ah, yes...........the future Marge!!!!

[cerberus]

yup, cool how you can just tell its him who drew it....

[beccal1993]

i dont like how matt greoning puts himself in the cartoons

[gort]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

Never heard anyone say THAT before!!

[beccal1993]

lol well i am a bit weird but i like it

[Pazuzu]

I like spotting him... like his head in the jar in the first futurama episode

[gort]

Yea...and when Homer erases his signature in the couch gag and he re-writes it!!

[beccal1993]

erm no-one said aww your not weird becca dont be silly
you evil ppl i cant believe you
im sad now

[Pazuzu]

but it's a great compliment if I think your weird... someone called me normal the other day I was very offended!

[beccal1993]

ok cool im wierd it is nice i suppose cos i means your a 1 off and a 1 of a kind i dont folow any crowds do u??

[Cloverfield]

:OFFTOPIC:

[gort]

I was about to do that myself....ya beat me!!

[Gazereths]

You think matt is really a member of the NRA?

[gort]

Nah!! He's a lefty, like me!!

[CartoonMan]

I don't mind his earlier work, but it is a little crude (the artwork) compared to his new stuff, obviously. But it is still great!

[gort]

Long time ago....yes!

But, Life In Hell was drawn perfectly for what it was.....!

[CartoonMan]

Oh, hell yeah! It's funny looking back on how an artist began his time as a cartoon developer, and see how far his drawing, and storylines progress.

[gort]

Or....watch them get worse....Hank Ketchams' Dennis the Menace, for example...started as a one panel little gem, then got stretched into a longer format, taken over by other artists......

I'm on a rant again....don't get me started on Popeye....*shudders*

[CartoonMan]

Hehe, don't worry, I shan't get you started.

[frys_red_jacket]

i loved dennis the menace and popeye!!

[gort]

Yay Red.......thank you!!

[Cloverfield]

I liked Dennis the Menace too. I like the comics.

[gort]

Good! See, now our forum has SO many topics of interest, I can see membership shooting WAY up.....

No boredom here!!

[Cloverfield]

I hope so. We'll just have to wait and see. We need to advertise it a bit more. Any ideas?

[gort]

Well....the biggest, and oldest Comic Book convention is held in San Diego in August....if we printed up flyers or business cards, I bet you could get at least 100-300 new members......I would have to figure out a way to hand them out though....it lasts for 3 days, 24 hours a day, so by hand is out. Any thoughts?

I could get you the organizers info if you want....

[Cloverfield]

I don't live in san dieago. But if you could make a poster or something and stick somewhere where a lot of people would be awesome but August is a LONG time away. Anything happening soon?

[gort]

Don't know, I don't really follow that sort of thing anymore....


And I know you don't live in San Diego, by the way. lol


( we have lots of comic book stores around here though....but I have no desire to drive hundreds of miles ( money wise ) to contact the owners...would take weeks )

[Cloverfield]

Yeah, perhaps email em???

[gort]

Not sure that would work. I'll give it some thought...

[Cloverfield]

Yeah, we need to find more ways.

[gort]

It may help in your quest, to mention that the forum is much more than just Futurama....we have lots of Simpsons info, animation info, classic sci-fi film info and loads of interesting links to boot.....perhaps emphasize the vast melting pot style we have become.....

[Cloverfield]

Okay :D

[Gurman169]

This is a great man everything he has every done has been genius

[gort]

You mean Gort or Matt Groening??

LOL jk

[Gurman169]

Both lol

[gort]

Why, thank you!!! lol