CARTOONIST
Simpsons Mania
limner. M.irp-. Bart. Lisa and Majyoe gained national
attention for Matt (Iroenintf. a former underground car
toonist who “fell into television success
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RECREATIONAL art
Lemon Aid
James Madison f Iri shman Karen Lilimk rushes to
the rescue ot her favorite color of crayon, battling corporate
America on I he way
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Take a Bow,
Cartoonist Succeeds
With Animation Antics
By John Louie
• The Stanford Daily
Stanford U
Light years ago. for Matt Omening, life was hell
After serving as student body president of his high school and -pending
four years at the no-grade, no-required-eourse Kvergreen State College,
(iroening pronounced GRAY ning left the serenity of the Pacific
Northwest for Lis Angeles and hated it
Sure, the product of his frustrations, a comic strip called “Life In Hell"
quickly tiecame a cult classic in the pages of the Los A/tge/rs Rc<uii r
Hut for (iroening. "Life* was black and white, two-dimensional and
teeming v\ ith cynical rabbits
It wasn't until 10*7 that Greenings other project. "The Simpsons."
was rivaled, catapulting the underground cartoonist's work into the li\ ■
ing rooms of audiences across the country
By the time the tending family came to prime time in January lftTH).
"The Simpsons" was not just a show it was a phenomenon
Now in its second season on the fn\ Broadcasting Network. "The
Simpsons’ garners competitive, top-10 ratings despite being aired in only
half as many cities as its mol "The Cosbv Show "
It unites a loyal following of Simpsons maniacs including a large
number from the college crowd, at numerous television sets
every Thursday night, (iroening -aid And though its charac
ters are am fined to the two dimensions of animation, it'
hard to find a more “human" family than “The Simpsons
Life may not Is- strictly ‘Hell" anymore for (iroemng.
now mamed and father to his 1-year-old son. Homer
But as the surrogate father of Bart Simpson, life is
still pretty hellish
•John Iaiuie: How long have you lieen
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earn toning
Matt (iroening: five l»vn cartooning .ill my life from the first da\
of first grade
JL: Is it getting harder for you to do 'Life in Hell* now that you’re working on
“The Simpson.
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M- Ii 00M DAVIS • IN' - ■ 'AN.
Crayola Critic Sour About Loss of Lemon Yellow
By Laurel Wissinger
■ Trie Bieere
James Madison U.
('i)lor her unhappy
You can’t scribble anything lemon yel
low anymore and that ha- Karen
Latimk crying over her coloring hooks
When Crayola announced last June
the retirement of eight hues the compa
ny considered outdated, the James
Madison l sophomore took the
her palette
“It's always l>een my favoritecolor, it >
much brighter and happier than regular
yellow." 1-ltmik said "1 thought it was a
joke at first when the\ said they weren't
going to make it anymore It was
unthinkable "
So what do you do when you’re blue
over the demise of lemon yellow ’
.lump on your soapbox, or crayon box
n
as the case may be. and make yourself
heard Latimk formed the National
Campaign to Save Lemon Yellow
d if la red herselt president and battled
corporate America
Crayola introduced eight new. flashier
colors to its line-up cerulean, dandelion,
fuchsia, jungle green, royal purple, teal
blue, vivid tangerine and wild strawber
ry And while she thinks the new colors
are pretty. latimk is confused about why
the company couldn't change its t>4-color
decision personal!>
Coloring — an ar
abandoned b>
most people along
with Snoop)
lunch boxes and
hide and —et'k
games remains
one of l.atinik s
favorite pastimes
"It’s very relax
ing.” she said,
pulling a (larfield
coloring hook from
between some
textbooks on her
desk
And lemon yel
low holds a spe
cial place among
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box to include 72.
"It just doesn't seem fair." she said
"For so many years
v they’ve been adding
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the first tune
they've ever got
ten rid of some.
Plus, what 7 •
year-old is ever
going to know
what cerulean is?
When i heard that
was a new color. I
had to look it up
in a dictionary to
find out it was a
See CRAYONS.
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