Matt Groening: I had been drawing my weekly comic strip ... kept me waiting for over an hour—I very quickly drew the Simpsons family. I basically drew my own family. My father’s name ...

When American viewers first met the Simpsons, 30 years ago this April ... As profoundly influential as the maladjusted cartoon family would become—“an achievement without precedent or peer ...

Popular animated television series The Simpsons was created to represent how an ordinary lower-middle-class, suburban American family looked. More than 35 years on from its inception, the show has ...