Here I am!
514.967.5308
matt (at) comingupforair.net
Hi! I’m Matt Forsythe – I live in Montreal and I make comics and children’s books. This is a photo of me with a stuffed penguin.
My first children’s book, My Name is Elizabeth (Kids Can Press, 2011), was a NY Times Notable Book of the Year for Children. My first book, Ojingogo (Drawn & Quarterly, 2008) was nominated for two Eisner awards, won a Doug Wright award for Canadian Cartooning and was translated into Swedish and French. My second book is called Jinchalo is out in February, 2012.
I’m currently working on two children’s books for Simon & Schuster.
You can contact me here to commission work.
In addition to my illustration work I am one of the founding editors of Drawn! The Illustration Weblog and I teach a New Media class in the journalism department at Concordia University.
Selected Client List
Wall Street Journal, Drawn & Quarterly, Walrus Magazine, Random House, First Second Books, Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, NoBrow Press, Koyama Press
Selected Awards and Honours
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of the Year (2011), Quill & Quire Book of the Year (2008 & 2011), Doug Wright Award for Canadian Cartooning, Eisner Comic Book Industry Award nominee, Expozine Award for Best Comic, Society of Illustrators Annual 54
Selected Books
Jinchalo (D+Q, 2012), Comics Class (Koyama Press, 2011), My Name is Elizabeth (Kids Can, 2011), Nursery Rhyme Comics (First Second, 2011), Ojingogo (D+Q, 2008), Year’s Best Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga (Byron Preiss, 2005), Flight: Volume III (Random House, 2006)
Selected Reviews
My Name is Elizabeth (2011)
“Close to perfect.”
The New York Times
“You don’t have to be named Elizabeth to love this book.”
Chicago Tribune
“This debut picture-book offering from Dunklee and Forsythe is close enough to perfect in its tone, pacing and interplay between words and pictures: Wonderful.”
-Kirkus Reviews
“Matthew Forsythe’s spare pen-and-ink drawings are splendid.”
-Salon.com
“Forsythe’s illustrations are nothing short of superb.”
-Canadian Children’s Book News
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Selected Exhibitions
“Graphic Novels Without Words” – The Collection Gallery, UK – 2010
“The Last Match” – Riga, Lisbon, Leipzig – 2010
Ojingogo Book Launch – Angouleme, France – 2009
“Totoro Art Show”, Pixar Studios, Emeryville, CA – 2008
(Photo: Noémi Eletu)
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