\title{A \protect\MF\ of `Simpsons' characters}
\author[Raymond Chen]{Raymond Chen \\\texttt{rjc@math.princeton.edu}} 
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\begin{quote}\em
[Editor's note: I found this issue's `stocking filler' on the NTG
CD-ROM; correspondences between Simpsons characters and well-known \TeX xies 
do tend to come to mind. ]
\end{quote}
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The author can type +\Lisa+, +\Homer+, +\Bart+, or +\Marge+ to produce the
corresponding character.  The default is to draw the character facing
to the right and looking directly at you.  To modify this, you can
prefix the macro +\Left+ to get the character face left instead of right,
\eg +\Left\Lisa+.

You can also prefix the macro +\Goofy+ and suffix two pairs of
coordinates, which modify how the pupils are drawn.  E.g.,
+\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5).+ The first pair of coordinates is applied to the
right pupil (which is the one on the left when printed) and the second
pair to the left pupil.  The units are relative to the size of the
character.  (So if you say +\font\simpsons=simpsons scaled 1200+ you
don't have to modify all the coordinates in the +\Goofy+'s.)

If you uses both prefixes, as in +\Goofy\Left+, then the
mirror-image-reversal takes place \emph{after} the goofiness is applied.
This is so that you can just say +\Goofy\Left\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+ to get a
mirror image of +\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)+.

Some sample Simpsons:
\begin{description}
\item[\Goofy\Homer(6,4)(4,4)] D'oh!
 
\item[\Goofy\Lisa(7,5)(5,5)] 
          This is Lisa Simpson. 
          She's smart, she's sweet, she's sensitive\dots but 
          don't hold that against her. 
 
\item[\Bart] I'm Bart Simpson.  Who the hell are you?
 
\item[\Left\Marge] Mmmm\dots
\item[\Left\Maggie] Suck.  Suck.
\end{description}
The characters were obtained from:
 \begin{description}
\item[Lisa] Simpsons Illustrated, Summer 91, cover 
\item[Homer] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, cover 
\item[Bart] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta 
\item[Marge] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta 
\item[Burns] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, article on Dan Castellaneta 
\item[Maggie] Simpsons 1992 calendar, ``Phone pranks'' 
\item[SNPP] Simpsons Illustrated, Fall 91, Homer's job file 
\end{description}
They were traced and transferred to graph paper, then magnified fourfold. 
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