Editing Matt Howarth (section)

==Career==
Howarth, via Howski Studios, published a number of graphic novels and comics in the years 1976–1985.

Howarth's first ongoing series was ''[[Those Annoying Post Bros]].'', about two fun-loving bad boys from the fictional Bugtown. In the early 1980s ''[[Heavy Metal (magazine)|Heavy Metal]]'' introduced ''Post Bros'' as a continuing story, but they did not have their own comic book until [[Vortex Comics]] began publishing ''Those Annoying Post Bros.'' in 1985. It ran for 18 issues until 1990. In 1991, the title was taken over by [[Rip Off Press]], which published an additional 20 issues until 1994.<ref name="comicsjournal168">"Post Bros. Moves to ÆON", p. 39. ''[[The Comics Journal]]'', Seattle, May 1994.</ref> [[MU Press]] picked up the title from 1994–1998, publishing 25 more issues, for a total of 63 issues.

While continuing to produce ''Those Annoying Post Bros.'' Howarth wrote and drew the six-issue limited series ''[[Particle Dreams]]'' for [[Fantagraphics]] in 1986–1987. In 1988, Fantagraphics also published Howarth's six-issue series ''[[Keif Llama: Xeno-Tech]]''.

From 1987 to 1994, Howarth did the comic book series ''[[Savage Henry (comics)|Savage Henry]]'' for Rip Off Press, about the adventures of a guitarist from an [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate reality]]. He is the lead guitarist for a fictional insect band called The Bulldaggers. Most issues of this series featured authorized guest appearances by real musicians, including [[The Residents]], [[Hawkwind]], [[Moby]], [[Ash Ra Tempel]], [[Klaus Schulze]], [[Nash the Slash]], [[Foetus (band)|Foetus]], [[Yello]], [[Wire (band)|Wire]], [[Steve Roach (musician)|Steve Roach]], [[Richard Pinhas]], [[Ron Geesin]], and [[David Borden]]. [[Conrad Schnitzler]] (an original member of [[Tangerine Dream]] and [[Kluster]]) was a regular guest in this series and several graphic novels. Howarth created album cover artwork for several releases on the Birdo'Pray record label. He also provided the illustrations for ''[[Dr. Adder]]'' by [[K. W. Jeter]].

[[James Wallis (games designer)|James Wallis]] of [[Hogshead Publishing]] designed a roleplaying game based on Howarth's ''Bugtown'' comics.<ref name="designers">{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}</ref>{{rp|304}} Wallis brought his ''Bugtown'' game to [[Phage Press]] in 1992 to be produced, but [[Erick Wujcik]] had creative differences with Wallis so he pulled the deal from Phage in 1994.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|269}} Wallis brought his ''Bugtown'' game to [[Wizards of the Coast]], but was not successful there either, as Howarth was unable to come to an agreement with Wizards on royalties.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|304}} In 1996, Wujcik was able to talk Howarth into licensing the ''Bugtown'' rights to him again, although Wujcik never actually published a game based on the comic.<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|269}} Howarth did write and draw a crossover between ''Bugtown'' and [[The Chronicles of Amber|Amber]] titled "Amber Raves of Pain" which was published in ''[[Amberzine]]'' from issue #6 (February 1994) through #9 (January 1997).<ref name="designers"/>{{rp|269}}

In 1994–1995, [[Antarctic Press]] published Howarth's four-issue series ''[[Konny and Czu]]''. The [[MU Press]] imprint [[Aeon Press]] published Howarth's six-issue limited series ''[[Comix of Two Cities]]'' in 1996. The [[DC Comics]] imprint [[Helix (comics)|Helix]] released Howarth's three-issue limited series ''[[Star Crossed (comics)|Star Crossed]]'' in 1997.

In the 2000s, Howarth published the six-issue series ''[[Bugtown]]'' and the second-volume of ''Keif Llama: Xeno-Tech'' (also six issues), both with MU Press.

Since 2008 Howarth has published a number of prose novels and short story collections through a print on demand service.

In 2012, Sonoluxe Records released Howarth's 110 page graphic novel ''The Last of the Neon Cynics'' as a PDF File on an Enhanced CD also featuring nine pieces composed by musician [[Bill Nelson (musician)|Bill Nelson]] as a soundtrack. Set in the 23rd century, the Science-Fiction Western features an intergalactic cowboy called Cassidy. The same year, Howarth contributed a comic to accompany [[Arthur Brown (musician)|Arthur Brown]]'s CD ''The Magic Hat''.