“With Charlie Brown, it was about loneliness and isolation. I always thought that the thing about Charlie Brown and those characters was the absence of the parents. Half the strip was about who wasn't there. The parents were never in the picture.”

American cartoonist

Matt Groening is an American cartoonist. He is best known as the creator of The Simpsons, the long-running television series that began in 1989. He also created the animated series Futurama and Disenchantment, and the comic strip Life in Hell. Groening’s work spans television and comics, with a career that began with Life in Hell in 1977 and continued through later series that helped define his public profile. His creations are known for their sharp humor and distinctive animated worlds.