Matthew Southworth is a comic artist living in

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whose works frequently incorporate locations around the city. He's most well known for '' Stumptown'', a modern noir series written by

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and published by

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. The series was turned into an ABC show on which Southworth served as Executive Producer. Southworth's first published comics work was a short piece in

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, followed by three issues of Infinity, Inc. Those issues, which he inked, also contained short backup pieces penciled by Southworth and inked by

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, who Southworth has occasionally assisted on projects like Daredevil and

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. In June 2012, Southworth partnered with Southdown Creative to create a motion comic in support of the

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promotion, "Summer of Arcade 2012." He has also worked on ''Spider-Man: The Grim Hunt'' (Marvel Comics) and illustrated a Killer Croc story for DC Comics. Southworth has also worked as an inker on several projects, including

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for Marvel Comics and ''

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'' for DC Comics. Southworth is also a musician who was the lead vocalist and played guitar for The Capillaries. In 2020 he published ''The Cloven'', a graphic novel, with author Garth Stein.

References

External links

official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Southworth, Matthew Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American comics artists Marvel Comics people DC Comics people Carnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts alumni