Life in Hell is a comic strip by Matt Groening that was published weekly from 1977 to 2012. The strip features anthropomorphic rabbits and a gay couple. The comic covers a wide range of subjects, such as love, sex, work, and death, and explores themes of angst, social alienation, self-loathing, and fear of inevitable doom.
Cover of Life in Hell No. 4, published in 1978
Matt Groening created Life in Hell to describe life in Los Angeles to his friends
Matthew Abram Groening is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator. He is best known as the creator of the comic strip Life in Hell (1977–2012) and the television series The Simpsons (1989–present), Futurama, and Disenchantment (2018–2023). The Simpsons is the longest-running U.S. primetime television series in history and the longest-running U.S. animated series and sitcom.
Groening in 2010
Cover of Life in Hell No. 4, published in 1978
David X. Cohen and Groening at the Futurama panel of Comic-Con 2009
Groening in his studio, 1987