Before there was Homer, there was Binky.
The Big Picture Everyone knows that The Simpsons is what made Matt Groening one of the most iconic names in animation history, but he actually got his start writing a weekly comic strip titled Life in Hell. This comic ran from 1977 to 2012 and, for decades, was the purest way to tap into Groening's biting, satirical sense of humor.
Life in Hell follows a pretty contained cast of characters but finds itself occasionally breaking off into a wide plethora of faces. That said, the main crew in Groening's strip is a constant, all the way through its run. There's Binky, the main rabbit of the strip, who perfectly embodies everything that Life in Hell is about. He's anxious, his life sucks, but occasionally, things will look up for him.
Matt Groening's move to give the strip the slightest push towards being a little mainstream, making it easier to run in popular newspapers and publications, was a wise move. Sometime in the mid-80s, filmmaker James L. Brooks was looking for someone to come along and make animated bumpers that would play between segments on a program that he was producing: The Tracey Ullman Show.
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