Matthew graduated from the School of Visual Arts majoring in Illustration and has a long career writing and drawing comics for publishers like Oni Press, First Second, Tuttle, Dark Horse Comics, and Andrews McMeel. His books include the Salt Water Taffy series, The Time Museum, Prunella and the Cursed Skull Ring, My Journey to Japan, and The Spark Experiment. Matthew is also an art educator specializing in comic-making workshops for kids, and fun interactive presentations for large audiences.