Editing Matt Groening (section)

===Other pursuits===
[[File:Matt Groening in his studio.jpg|thumb|Groening in his studio, 1987]]
In 1993, Groening formed [[Bongo Comics Group|Bongo Comics]] (named after the character Bongo from ''Life in Hell''{{sfnp|Groening|2001c |p=128}}) with Steve Vance, Cindy Vance and [[Bill Morrison (comics)|Bill Morrison]], which publishes comic books based on ''The Simpsons'' and ''Futurama'' (including ''Futurama Simpsons Infinitely Secret Crossover Crisis'', a crossover between the two), as well as a few original titles. According to Groening, the goal with Bongo is to "[try] to bring humor into the fairly grim comic book market."{{sfnp|Paul|1995}} He also formed [[Zongo Comics]] in 1995, an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]] of Bongo that published comics for more mature readers,{{sfnp|Paul|1995}} which included three issues of [[Mary Fleener]]'s ''Fleener''<ref name="fleener">{{cite web |url=http://www.maryfleener.com/covers/comic_covers.html |website=Mary Fleener |title=Comic Book Covers |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519052739/http://www.maryfleener.com/covers/comic_covers.html |archive-date=May 19, 2011 |access-date=September 19, 2007}}</ref> and seven issues of his close friend [[Gary Panter]]'s ''Jimbo'' comics.<ref name="zograf">{{cite web |title=Meet The End of The Century With... Gary Panter |url=http://www.aleksandarzograf.com/writes/writes_Gary_Panter_interviewed.html |last=Zograf |first=Aleksandar |access-date=September 4, 2007 |archive-date=September 29, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929033410/http://www.aleksandarzograf.com/writes/writes_Gary_Panter_interviewed.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Groening is known for his eclectic taste in music. His favorite artist is [[Frank Zappa]] and [[The Mothers of Invention]] and his favorite album is ''[[Trout Mask Replica]]'' by [[Captain Beefheart]] (which was produced by Zappa).<ref name="laweekly2">{{cite web |title=All Tomorrow's Parties Today |date=November 5, 2003 |last=Payne |first=John |work=LA Weekly |url=http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/news/all-tomorrow-s-parties-today/ |access-date=September 4, 2007 |archive-date=September 26, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926040220/http://www.laweekly.com/2003-11-13/news/all-tomorrow-s-parties-today |url-status=live }}</ref> He guest-edited [[Da Capo Press]]' ''Best Music Writing 2003''<ref>[http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306812363 Dacapo Books] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210140353/http://www.perseusbooksgroup.com/dacapo/book_detail.jsp?isbn=0306812363 |date=February 10, 2006 }} URL accessed on September 4, 2007.</ref> and curated a US [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] music festival in 2003.<ref name="laweekly2"/><ref>[http://www.atpfestival.com/archive/archived_event.php?archive=2 All Tomorrow's Parties&nbsp;– Archive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013171512/http://atpfestival.com/archive/archived_event.php?archive=2 |date=October 13, 2007 }} URL accessed on September 4, 2007.</ref> He illustrated the cover of Frank Zappa's posthumous album ''[[Frank Zappa Plays the Music of Frank Zappa: A Memorial Tribute]]'' (1996).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/FZ_Plays_The_Music_Of_FZ.html|title=Frank Zappa Plays The Music Of Frank Zappa|website=globalia.net|access-date=March 28, 2016|archive-date=April 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411015006/http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/lyrics/FZ_Plays_The_Music_Of_FZ.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2010, he curated another edition of All Tomorrow's Parties in Minehead, England. He also plays the drums in the all-author [[rock and roll]] band [[Rock Bottom Remainders|The Rock Bottom Remainders]] (although he is listed as the [[cowbell (instrument)|cowbell]] player), whose other members include [[Dave Barry]], [[Ridley Pearson]], [[Scott Turow]], [[Amy Tan]], [[James McBride (musician)|James McBride]], [[Mitch Albom]], [[Roy Blount Jr.]], [[Stephen King]], [[Kathi Kamen Goldmark]], [[Sam Barry (Author)|Sam Barry]] and [[Greg Iles]].<ref>[http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/ Rock Bottom Remainders Official site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061206141927/http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/barry_article.htm |date=December 6, 2006 }} URL accessed on March 4, 2007</ref> In July 2013, Groening co-authored ''Hard Listening'' (2013) with the rest of the Rock Bottom Remainders (published by [[Coliloquy]], LLC).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/pages/hard-listening.html |title=Hard Listening |website=The Rock Bottom Remainders |access-date=October 16, 2013 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008172736/http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/pages/hard-listening.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

He also wrote a mostly fictional biography of the band [[The Residents]].