Comics and Illustration by Matthew Forsythe

M Sasek Heads

matt — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:21:34 +0000

Some watercolour heads inspired by M. Sasek.

NFB Films iPhone App

matt — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:50:16 +0000

We released our NFB iPhone App a couple weeks ago. The app allows users to watch hundreds of documentaries and animations available on NFB.ca for free on their iPhones.

The response has been phenomenal. Some stats:

Over 60,000 downloads
Over 185,000 film-views
Average of 8000 downloads/day for the first week
#1 in the Canadian iTunes App store Entertainment section
#4 in the Canadian iTunes App store
About 60,000 new users of the NFB film archive.

Apple told us they loved the app and wanted to do some marketing for us. Right now, it’s the main feature in iTunes app store (screenshot):

And some reviews:

“Pure iPhone gold.”
-CNET

“Amazing example of tech savvy and user-friendliness,”
-The Toronto Star

“So far, everything the NFB has done with new media has been golden.”
-NOW Magazine

Also, our flagship site, NFB.ca, was nominated for a Canadian New Media Award for Best Online Video Portal.

It’s been a good month…

Berlin Fish

matt — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:09:00 +0000

Here’s an image from a little comic I’m putting together inspired by our Berlin / Gothenburg trip last month.

Also here’s a snap from the Gothenburg book fair where I was signing at the Science Fiction Bokhandeln table. ‘Twas fun.

Sketches from Gothenburg and Berlin

matt — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:13:29 +0000

Just got back from a couple weeks in Europe. I was in Sweden for the Swedish launch of Ojingogo at the Gothenburg Book Fair. The Swedish edition is published by Ordbilder Media and can be purchased online at the popular Science Fiction Bokhandeln which has stores in Stockholm, Malmo and Gothenburg.

I’ll post photos from the book fair shortly. Here are some sketches I did while on the trip. Many more after the jump…

Profiles from the citizen media rendez-vous

matt — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:28:35 +0000

Nothing like a tech conference to get people to sit still for you.

Aquatopia

matt — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:32:00 +0000

I have a series of images in the September issue of The Walrus magazine which is out now. It was a really fun assignment. The above frog is one of them. This turtle is another.

Art Direction: Paul Kim

Dancing Mile End Bookbags for Drawn & Quarterly

matt — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:20:53 +0000

I designed these bookbags for the D&Q bookstore a few months ago. I wanted to have some fun with the Mile End neighbourhood – which is the awesome Montreal neighbourhood where I live and where the D&Q bookstore is located.

Robot Garden

matt — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:09:27 +0000

Digging into some Ojingogo strips…

Abominable Charles Christopher Guest Strip

matt — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:04:41 +0000

Did a guest strip for Karl Kerschl’s brilliant webcomic Abominable Charles Christopher this week. Aisling Chin-Yee wrote the dialogue.

She’s brilliant and hilarious. You should follow her on Twitter here or check out her blog for some of her more serious film production work.

UPC idea for Ojingogo Swedish edition

matt — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:19:52 +0000

Doing a slight design update for the Ojingogo Swedish edition. Here’s a sketch for an idea for integrating the UPC code into the back design of the book…

Swedish edition is released September, 2009 at the Gothenburg Book Fair with Ordbilder Media.