Nina Matsumoto

Nina Matsumoto
Born (1984-11-18)November 18, 1984 [1]
Nationality Canadian
Area(s) Cartoonist, writer
Pseudonym(s) space coyote
Notable works
Awards Eisner Awards, Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards
http://www.spacecoyote.com

Nina Matsumoto (Born November 18, 1984) is a Japanese-Canadian cartoonist, also known as "space coyote", and most known for creating the comic book series Yōkaiden for Del Rey Manga. She created the webcomic Saturnalia, and has worked as a penciller on Simpsons Comics and The Last Airbender: Prequel: Zuko's Story graphic novel.[2] She is also the artist and co-creator of Sparks!, a graphic novel for Scholastic Books.

Biography

Rise to fame

Matsumoto first came to the attention of the comic industry through her widely distributed artwork Simpsonzu, a manga stylized parody artwork of The Simpsons cast.[3] After the image was picked up by digg,[4] it became one of the most popular deviations ever submitted to DeviantArt[5] and caught the attention of Bongo Comics as well as editor Dallas Middaugh of Del Rey Manga and even that of "The Simpsons" creator, Matt Groening.[6][7] Middaugh read Matsumoto's long-running webcomic Saturnalia and then invited her to submit a proposal which became the graphic novel Yōkaiden.[8]

Bibliography

Comics

  • Saturnalia, 11 chapters, 2002, artist & writer, webcomic
  • Simpsons Comics:
  • Yōkaiden:
    • Yōkaiden volume No. 1, 2008, artist & writer, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-345-50327-9
    • Yōkaiden volume No. 2, 2009, artist & writer, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-345-50329-5
  • The Last Airbender: Prequel: Zuko's Story, 2010, artist, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-345-51854-3

Awards

Notes

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Anime News Network 'San Diego Comic-Con International 2009 Del Rey'
  3. ↑ The Escapist 'The Art of Fandom'
  4. ↑ 'What if the Simpsons Had Been Drawn Like Anime' digg.com
  5. ↑ 'Most popular deviations ever submitted to DeviantArt'
  6. ↑ 'Thank You Internet' spacecoyote's LiveJournal
  7. ↑ Artist hits a home run with Marge makeover Toronto Star
  8. ↑ 'bad news, good news and cosplay' spacecoyote's LiveJournal
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