Bart (Nancy Cartwright) looks on as Mrs. Krabappel marks his test in The Simpsons' "Bart Gets an F." Image via Fox The Simpsons has been on so long now that it’s easy to forget that at one time it was ...

The Simpsons Season 37 aired a new episode that revealed a previously unseen part of the Simpson family’s history, and the animated series has finally confirmed a theory that fans have had with Bart ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The Simpsons launched some of the animated series’ decades long traditions with its second ever episode. The Simpsons has had ...

When thinking back on the history of The Simpsons, there aren’t many characters who have become popular icons in the same way that Bart was. “Bartmania” took over popular culture in the 1990s, as the ...

During The Simpsons’s early seasons, Bart was a national obsession, a flash point in broader cultural conversations about changing family dynamics, educational standards, and the evolving television ...