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Mimi Pond is an American author and cartoonist who has written and illustrated five humor books and has a career spanning over 25 years. She wrote the season 1 episode "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", which happened to be the first ever full-length episode of the show.
Pond spent much of the '80s and '90s writing for television, magazines, and creating cartoons and comic strips for both mediums. She briefly worked on The Simpsons, writing the first full-length broadcast episode, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" in 1989, which was nominated for two Emmy awards.
Mimi Pond is a writer and cartoonist who has written and illustrated five humor books. She wrote "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" in 1989. Her work has appeared in magazines and newspapers nationally for over 25 years. She was a friend of cartoonist Matt Groening when he asked her to write an...
Aug 10, 2017 · Cartoonist Mimi Pond wrote The Simpsons ’ pilot episode, but was never offered a position as a staff writer. Pond and her husband happened to meet Matt Groening when he was working on his...
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Aug 17, 2017 · Mimi Pond never received the full respect she deserved. Though primarily a cartoonist and writer, she's responsible for writing the first ever full-length broadcast episode of The Simpsons in...
- Clarisse Loughrey
Aug 11, 2017 · Mimi Pond became part of American pop culture history when she wrote "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" — the first aired "Simpsons" episode — in December 1989. However, the cartoonist was...
Aug 12, 2017 · Among that company is Mimi Pond, who happens to have penned the long-running show’s first episode; in a new Jezebel interview, Pond says that she never became a full-time member of the writing...
