Matt Broersma

Matthew Thomas Broersma (born January 11, 1973 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an American journalist, illustrator and comics author. Having grown up primarily in Texas, he is now based in England. Broersma is best known to English language readers for the story "The Mummy", published in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase Book Three, and the Fantagraphics series "Insomnia". He has published several other books in France, ranging in theme from surrealistic, film noir-influenced stories to autobiography. His brother is the multi-instrumentalist underground musician Gland.

Bibliography

hort stories

*"Will-o'-the-wisp", wordless story published in Comix 2000, L'Association, 2000
*"Twilight, Top Shelf: Under the Big Top", Top Shelf, 2000
*"A Year in the City", self-published, 2001
*"Pigeons", self-published, 2001
*"Notes from the West", self-published, 2001
*"Piège à poulet", Flblb, Éditions Flblb, Mars 2001
*"Le paquet", Flblb, Éditions Flblb, Mars 2001
*"Métro", Spoutnik, 2001
*"Crows", Stereoscomic, 2001
*"Les chats d'amour", Flblb, Éditions Flblb, juin 2001
*"Mes rapports avec les femmes", Flblb, Éditions Flblb, Janvier 2002
*"Motor", self-published, 2004
*"Les 9 vies du chat blanc", self-published, 2004
*"Two days in a boat", self-published, 2004
*"Nice Blues", Le Phacochère, 2004
*"The Mummy", Drawn & Quarterly Showcase, Drawn & Quarterly, 2005
*"Une tragedie dans le métro", L'Eprouvette, l'Association, 2006

Books

*"Hawaii", Éditions Flblb, 2001
*"Le Grand Tour", Éditions Flblb, 2003
*"Insomnia", Coconino Press, Vertige Graphic, Fantagraphics Books, 2005
*"Détour", Coconino Press, Vertige Graphic, 2006

External links

* [http://mattmatt.com/ mattmatt.com - official Web site]
* [http://paulgravett.com/articles/039_broersma/039_broersma.htm Matt Broersma: We're Not in Texas Anymore] : Paul Gravett's profile of the author for The Comics Journal.
* [http://www.myspace.com/plasticgland Gland - official Web site]