Life in hell
by Matt Groening · first published 1994
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please don't say "just do it" Okay. Read another book! ;) (I wonder if I still have Matt Groening's Life in Hell cartoon about grad school, in which he describes this sentence as an all-purpose recipe for avoiding working on your thesis.)
on “Ask HN: Name for people who study without getting around to doing” ↗…same name in the Arthur circles. Anyhow, this kid had liked the Arthur-world character Binky, but I picked up a book called Binky's Guide to Love. Not the same thing at all. It was from Matt Groening's Life in Hell [1] output, and earned me some parental frowns. The upside was that the then six/seven-year-old kid took a shine to, er, "new Binky", and by 10 was an avid fan, and since then has been a collector via…
on “'Arthur,' the longest-running kids animated series, is ending” ↗(minor correction to previous post) It's a quote from Matt Groening's "Life in Hell".
on “Storing dead people at -196°C [video]” ↗> Also am I the only one who finds the Peanuts to be depressing? Well, yes, but it could be worse. Matt "Simpsons" Groening had really depressing strips ('Akbar and Jeff' and 'Life in Hell') in the early years in the free newspapers.
on “Snoopy Has Been Fired by MetLife” ↗I'm pretty sure he was quoting the "Life in Hell" comics by Matt Groening, for some reason. Although that's the kind of thing people sometimes just say (see also: Kevin Kline's character in A Fish Called Wanda.)