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* [[Strawman Political]]: Groening doesn't think highly of [[Ronald Reagan]] and the right-wing. One strip identifies "voting Republican" as a psychological disorder, for Pete's sake!
* [[Twincest]]: In their introductory bubble Akbar and Jeff are mentioned to be either "brothers or lovers or possibly both". Later they are confirmed to be lovers, but it's never made clear if they're related, though they have identical appearance.
* [[Underground Comics]]: Early on. It's since become more mainstream, but still isn't as well known as Groening's [[The Simpsons (animation)|other]] [[Futurama|creations]]. Also, unlike ''[[Zippy the Pinhead]]'', ''Life In Hell'' is only syndicated to alternative weeklies and doesn't appear as often.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: While putting together ''The Tracey Ullman Show'', James L. Brooks and his crew wanted material for animated bumpers. Brooks found this strip hilarious and arranged for a meeting with Matt Groening to discuss doing an 1-2 minute animated adaptations. Groening was interested... until he realized he'd likely have to give up all the rights (including merchandising, which had proved lucrative) to FOX. As the story goes, while waiting for the meeting, Groening spent fifteen minutes putting together some crude drawings for [[The Simpsons (animation)|a different pitch]].
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