Editing Life in Hell (section)

==Recurring jokes and situations==
*'''Fake magazines''' such as "Lonely Tyrant: The magazine for abusive bosses whose employees hate their guts". Stories inside include, "The fine art of the meaningless memo".
*'''The X types of Y:''' The 9 types of college teachers, the 81 types of high school students, the 16 types of brothers, the 9 types of relationships.
*'''How-To Guides:''' Examples include "So You Want to Be an Unrecognized Genius", "How to Be a Clever Film Critic", and "How to Get into the College of Your Choice".
*'''Miniseries'''&nbsp;– A series of strips focusing on a particular theme in a mock textbook manner, such as "School is Hell" and "Love is Hell", both of which have been collected in their entirety in book form.
*'''Akbar & Jeff discussing their relationship'''&nbsp;– Arguably the most common set-up. A 1992 strip, "The Dart Game of Love", was prefaced with "I hope this cartoon pleases you gripers who whined about all those Akbar & Jeff strips where they stared at each other."
*'''Binky attempting to meditate'''
*'''Advertisements for disreputable businesses run by Akbar & Jeff''' such as "Akbar & Jeff's Lucky Psychic Hut".
*'''Bongo locked in a detention room or orphanage''' - Usually, with 1 or 2 pairs of eyes watching him.
*'''Bongo unsatisfied with the huge assortment of presents he has received on Christmas morning'''
*'''Shadow rabbit'''&nbsp;– Binky's looming shadow towers over Bongo, who has clearly committed a crime despite his assurances to the contrary. Several of Bongo's excuses parodied those of politicians, such as "[[Mistakes were made]]". Occasionally there would also be a shadow Akbar & Jeff looming over Bongo and their nephews, or Binky looming over Bongo, Jeff, and Akbar, whom are pointing fingers at each other. One comic showed Bongo's shadow looming over Binky.
*'''Pledge of Allegiance:''' Bongo's class is forced to recite the [[Pledge of Allegiance (United States)|Pledge of Allegiance]]. Bongo intentionally butchers the Pledge, usually criticizing the government in the process ("and to the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republicans]] which I can't stand"). One strip, released after the death of musician [[Frank Zappa]] in 1993, has Bongo replacing most of the words of the Pledge with names of Zappa albums ("With [[The Yellow Shark|yellow sharks]] and [[Hot Rats|hot rats]] for all"). The comic would always end with Bongo's teacher angrily leering at him, and often Bongo would be tied to his desk and gagged as punishment.
*'''Forbidden Words'''&nbsp;– An annual compilation of buzzwords used over the past year that Groening has deemed "forbidden". This topic was the first ever comic by Groening, published in 1980. These also appear in ''Simpsons'' annuals.
*'''"How to draw Binky"''' - Often comedic ways on how to draw Binky, usually one of which is drawing randomly with your eyes closed.