On this day in 1954 Matt Groening was born! One of Groening’s most popular creations is The Simpsons in which he named the main characters after his own family with one exception. Groening thought naming a character after himself was too obvious so he chose an anagram of the word “brat” and that’s how Bart Simpson came to be!

But, the Simpson's will soon pale as Matt's contribution to popular culture. Matt has just finished his contribution to the next Arf book, Comic Arf. This will surely hereafter be seen as his career highlight. I can’t wait till you see it, Arf Lover!