Love Mattoti with the same burning devotion I had when I fell for him at first sight ("Fires"). Tremendous grace in his compositions and narrative flow, and just always superb drawing. A "new" cartoonist reminds me a lot of him, Bhanu Pratap @bhanupratap.bsky.social. Similar graceful and fleet drawing from a different cultural angle. Indian, but packing plenty of Western and Manga genre baggage. Check him out.
Oh, also, Mattoti illustrates one of the adaptations (Ghosts) of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy that Paul Karasik wrote. It's supposed to come out in April. It also contains a reprint of City of Glass (Mazzucchelli illustrated) and the Locked Room (Karasik illustrated).
Mattoti is a master of both color and line work. I treasure the books I have by him. I have thought briefly about selling some of his art books to make some room, but then I flip through them again and curse myself for even thinking about getting rid of them!
Love Mattoti with the same burning devotion I had when I fell for him at first sight ("Fires"). Tremendous grace in his compositions and narrative flow, and just always superb drawing. A "new" cartoonist reminds me a lot of him, Bhanu Pratap @bhanupratap.bsky.social. Similar graceful and fleet drawing from a different cultural angle. Indian, but packing plenty of Western and Manga genre baggage. Check him out.
And he's recently had a book published by Fantagraphics.
https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/new-releases/products/cutting-season
Oh, also, Mattoti illustrates one of the adaptations (Ghosts) of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy that Paul Karasik wrote. It's supposed to come out in April. It also contains a reprint of City of Glass (Mazzucchelli illustrated) and the Locked Room (Karasik illustrated).
Mattoti is a master of both color and line work. I treasure the books I have by him. I have thought briefly about selling some of his art books to make some room, but then I flip through them again and curse myself for even thinking about getting rid of them!