Nina Matsumoto

Nina Matsumoto is a Japanese-Canadian comic book artist and writer, 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 also done work as a penciller for Bongo Comics. She is currently working as the artist on the upcoming The Last Airbender movie pre-quel manga for Del Rey Manga.

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. After the image was picked up by digg, it became one of the most popular deviations ever submitted to DeviantArt and caught the attention of Bongo Comics as well as editor Dallas Middaugh of Del Rey Manga. Middaugh read Matsumoto's long-running webcomic Saturnalia and then invited her to submit a proposal which became the graphic novel Yōkaiden.

Comics

 * Saturnalia 11 chapters, 2002, artist & writer, webcomic


 * Simpsons Comics:
 * Simpsons Comics #131, July 2007, penciller, Too Crazy Juvenile Prankster: Bartomu!, Bongo Comics
 * Bart Simpson #38, October 2007 penciller, Milhouse's Guide to Keeping it Cool, Bongo Comics
 * Bart Simpson #39, December 2007, penciller, Window of Opportunity, Bongo Comics
 * Simpsons Comics Bongo Comics Free-For-All, May 2008, penciller, Too Crazy Juvenile Prankster: Bartomu!, Bongo Comics
 * Bart Simpson #42, June 2008, penciller, Ponce Upon a Time, Bongo Comics
 * Treehouse of Horror #14, October 2008, penciller, Murder He Wrote, Bongo Comics (A parody of Death Note)


 * Yōkaiden:
 * Yōkaiden volume #1, 2008, artist & writer, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-34550-327-9
 * Yōkaiden volume #2, 2009, artist & writer, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-34550-329-5


 * The Last Airbender:
 * The Last Airbender Movie Prequel movie tie-in, 2010, artist, graphic novel, Del Rey Manga, ISBN 0-34551-854-3

Awards

 * 2004: Won "Outstanding Science Fiction Comic", Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards, for Saturnalia
 * 2009: Won "Best Short Story", Eisner Award, for Treehouse of Horror #14, Murder He Wrote, Bongo Comics