11 Facts About Mimi Pond

Mimi Pond is an American cartoonist, comics artist, illustrator, humorist, and writer.

Mimi Pond 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 did not become a regular member of the writing team, and she alleged it was because the showrunner at the time did not want a woman on the team.

Mimi Pond is primarily a cartoonist and illustrator and she got her first big break as a weekly cartoonist with Spectator Magazine.

Mimi Pond is the author and illustrator of five humor books and currently contributes to the Los Angeles Times.

Mimi Pond won an Inkpot Award in 2014 at San Diego Comic-Con, after the release of Over Easy.

Mimi Pond has written for Designing Women on CBS and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, as well as being a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times and other publications.

Mimi Pond has written two graphic memoirs, Over Easy and The Customer is Always Wrong.

Mimi Pond spent over 15 years working on the graphic narrative; the idea had been sitting with her since her time as a waitress in an Oakland, California restaurant during the 1970s.

In 2017, Mimi Pond released her second graphic memoir and continuation of the narrative in Over Easy.

The second novel has a darker tone to it compared to the first part of the story, making the subject matter difficult for Mimi Pond to relive as she created the story.