Life in hell

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1. pfdietzAug 2023
   (minor correction to previous post)

   It's a quote from Matt Groening's "Life in Hell".

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2. samizdisJul 2021
   Also a UK dad, but one who quite a few years ago picked up a book for a US friend's kid on the basis of a name, Binky, rather than a familiarity with the drawn character of the same name in the Arthur circles. Anyhow, this kid had liked the Arthur-world character Binky, but I picked up a book called Binky's Guide to Love.

   Not the same thing at all. It was from Matt Groening's Life in Hell [1] output, and earned me some parental frowns.

   The upside was that the then six/seven-year-old kid took a shine to, er, "new Binky", and by 10 was an avid fan, and since then has been a collector via second-hand bookstores. Now in mid-teens, I like to think that this has had only positive effects on that growing mind.

   [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_in_Hell

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3. justin66Apr 2018
   I'm pretty sure he was quoting the "Life in Hell" comics by Matt Groening, for some reason. Although that's the kind of thing people sometimes just say (see also: Kevin Kline's character in A Fish Called Wanda.)
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4. B1FF_PSUVMOct 2016
   > Also am I the only one who finds the Peanuts to be depressing?

   Well, yes, but it could be worse. Matt "Simpsons" Groening had really depressing strips ('Akbar and Jeff' and 'Life in Hell') in the early years in the free newspapers.

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5. mechanical_fishOct 2009
   please don't say "just do it"

   Okay. Read another book! ;)

   (I wonder if I still have Matt Groening's Life in Hell cartoon about grad school, in which he describes this sentence as an all-purpose recipe for avoiding working on your thesis.)

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