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Groening discusses the origins of Life in Hell (conceived on the Hollywood freeway in 1977, strip launched 1980), his philosophy of writing humor from a personal point of view rather than to please others, and how his childhood in Portland and difficult school experiences shaped his work. He mentions his animated bumpers for The Tracey Ullman Show featuring the Simpsons family, his plans to expand into fiction, and Pantheon Books' push to bring alternative cartoonists into mainstream bookstores.

Burgard discusses his design work on Flare for Hero Comics, his storyboard career including work on The Simpsons with Matt Groening and on the Terminator II trailer, and his frustrations with breaking into mainstream Marvel and DC. He defends superhero cheesecake as a legitimate artistic approach and talks about working alongside Jack Kirby on animation development projects, describing Kirby's prolific and visionary output at Ruby Spears.