Matt Groening is the artist/author of The Simpsons, among other oeuvres. This book should be required reading for parents, teachers, and the brave ones who must brace themselves for adulthood.

The work is "Dedicated to my parents, Homer and Margaret Groening, despite the schools I had to go to". His father's name is of course, now legend. This work of cartoonship is also--carefully crafting and presenting in cartoons, the communications used to nip, burn and bury small people when they are the most vulnerable. ( )

Thsi came out when I was in high school, and I really thought that this Groening fellow must only be 17 himself. He was my hero -- and on the strength of "The Simpsons," he still is. I just wish I knew where the other four books from this box set are... ( )