![]() I began to do a self-published comic book called Life in Hell, starring Binky the Rabbit. ![]() Also punk was beginning to happen right then. And after the fifteenth handful of licorice to the same lurching weirdo. Unfortunately, there were enough people who lived along the street for whom that licorice was their main meal of the day. Their gimmick was that they gave away free licorice to their customers. Here is an excerpt about one of his first LA jobs:Īfter that, I worked at a Licorice Pizza record store on Sunset, directly across the street from the Whisky A Go-Go. I found this interview with Groening talking about his early jobs, his love of zines and how he started his initial comic strip. Get more info on the book here.Īfter reading about this, I tried to found out more on Groening's punk rock roots. ![]() “We Got Power! is the goofiest, funniest of the local magazines reviewing police raids on a sarcastic one-to-five asterisk system…” We Got Power! was an early 80s zine that Groening was a big fan of stating: ![]() In the photo attached to the post, you can see him with founding Black Flag bassist Chuck Dukowski at a recent book party for the Bazillion Points publishing book, WE GOT POWER!: Hardcore Punk Scenes from 1980s Southern California. So it should come as no shock that Groening himself is an old-school punk rocker. ![]()
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