A Comics Creator Who Needs More Publicity

Matt Howarth is the most prolific unknown cartoonist around. His work has been published by such companies as Fantagraphics, Heavy Metal, Vortex, Rip Off Press, Aeon, DC, and his own Howski Studios, among many others. He has written and drawn thousands of comics pages over the last thirty-odd years yet few people know about his creations. Howarth works mostly in black and white, and favours science fiction and horror as backdrops for his violently funny stories. The majority of his comics fit into the reality he has created called Bugtown, a city whose inhabitants can shift from one reality level to another and are reborn if they die in Bugtown. This sets the stage for much havoc and bloodshed. How can this work remain so unrecognized? Matt Howarth also has a passion for electronic music. He has a weekly strip called Sonic Curiosity that has run for many years, and which often stars his creations such as The Post Bros and Savage Henry. Howarth also integrates real musicians in many works, folks like Nash the Slash, Conrad Schnitzler, an original member of Tangerine Dream, and even Moby. He has self-published comics since the 1970s, and in the last decade has foregone print to instead make all his new material available in digital format. Matt Howarth is a true independent spirit. Here are some covers from a few of my favourite Howarth series:

Check out Matt's work. His comics cover so many themes that there must be something you'd enjoy!