Fresh Air, Matt Groening (Nonfiction‪)‬

Cartoonist and writer Matt Groening on this edition of Fresh Air. He branches out from cartoons as the editor of Da Capo Best Music Writing 2003: The Year's Finest Writing on Rock, Pop, Jazz, Country & More. Groening began his career as a rock critic before going on to create the much loved cartoon series The Simpsons. He's also the creator of the TV series Futurama and still draws the weekly comic strip Life in Hell, seen in (mostly alternative) newspapers nationwide. (Broadcast Date: December 18, 2003)