About Matt Forsythe
I’m an illustrator and comic book artist living in Montreal. I’m also editor of the popular illustration blog, Drawn.ca and social media manager for the National Film Board of Canada.
My comic Ojingogo was originally serialized on this site while I was living and working in Korea. Ojingogo was nominated twice for an Eisner Award and won an Expozine award for Best English Comic. In 2008, Ojingogo was published by Drawn & Quarterly and won a Doug Wright Award for Best Experimental Comic in 2009.My illustrations have appeared in a variety of publications ranging from the Wall Street Journal to The Walrus magazine.
Contact me any time at matt-at-comingupforair.net.
Praise for Matt Forsythe
“Matthew Forsythe’s spare pen-and-ink drawings are splendid.”
-Salon.com
“Forsythe captures the world around him with the strokes of his pen like a photographer pressing a shutter.”
-Montreal Gazette
“Forsythe’s illustrations are nothing short of superb.”
-Canadian Children’s Book News
Praise for Ojingogo
2008 Book of the Year
-Quill & Quire
“Brilliant and Beautiful.”
-Montreal Mirror
“We need more of this!”
-Heidi MacDonald, The Beat / Publishers Weekly
“Beautifully produced, weird and wordless.”
-Kelly Link, Salon.com
“A mini wordless masterpiece.”
-CBC.ca
“Matthew Forsythe’s Ojingogo may look simple but the possibilities are
delightful.”
-The National Post
“[Ojingogo] is a totally unique and engaging book…Forsythe’s gorgeous pen
and ink artwork captures the nuances of his characters’ curiosity, fear,
determination and creativity. The designs of the creatures and landscapes
are tremendous. It’s just a really beautiful, well-paced, fun
comic.”
-Newsarama
“The black-and-white pencil drawings are fun and bizarre, the tone often
reminiscent of the … dream-logic of a Miyazaki film.”
-Quill & Quire
“Ojingogo is a simple journey full of whimsy and dark humor.”
-Monday Magazine
“A strange and startlingly original little book.”
-The Coast
“Forsythe’s creature designs can be fun… and his rugged inkwork lends them
a strong physical presence.”
-The Walrus
Praise for Drawn.ca
“50 Coolest Websites of 2006″
-Time Magazine
“A public service in the name of beauty.”
-CBC.ca
Best Canadian Weblog
-Web Awards, SXSW Interactive
Praise for NFB.ca
“So far, everything the NFB has done with new media has been golden.”
-NOW Magazine
“Hell yes. This is how public money should be spent.”
-Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing
“Extensive and amazing.”
-Jesse Brown, Boing Boing
