514.967.5308
matt (at) comingupforair.net
Hi, I’m Matt Forsythe – I make comics and picture books and I live in Montreal.
I’ve lived and worked in Dublin, London and Seoul, but I was born in Toronto and grew up in Welland, Ontario.
This is a photo of me with a stuffed penguin.
To contact me, please email me here.
For book enquiries, please contact Judy Hansen at hansenliterary@msn.com
Selected Client List
The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Simon & Schuster, Drawn & Quarterly, Walrus Magazine, LAIKA/house, Chronicle Books, NoBrow Press, Koyama Press
Selected Awards and Honours
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of the Year (2011), Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator’s Award (2012), 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
Jinchalo (2012)
“Forsythe hardly has a stroke that doesn’t feel vivid like a child’s imagination.”
National Post
“Forsythe here creates a world as strange, intricate and ineffably profound as those in animator Hayao Miyazaki’s films.”
Maclean’s
My Name is Elizabeth (2011)
New York Times Notable Children’s Book of 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)
Thanks for visiting.