Al Jean began his career in writing with what show-runner for The Simpsons?
Mike Reiss Michael "Mike" L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer. He served as a show-runner, writer and producer for the animated series "The Simpsons" and co-created the animated series "The Critic". He created and wrote the webtoon "Queer Duck" and has also worked on screenplays including: "", "The Simpsons Movie" and "My Life in Ruins".
List of The Simpsons writers The following is a list of writers who have worked on the FOX animated television series "The Simpsons" in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of May 21, 2017, 126 people have been credited with writing or co-writing at least one episode of "The Simpsons".