Matt Rota recieved a BFA from the Maryland institute college of art, and an MFA from The School of Visual arts. His work has been featured in the New York Times Op-Ed page, The Utne Reader, the LA Weekly, Russian Esquire, Philadelphia Weekly, The Columbia Journalism Review, Mcsweeney's, and other publications. His work also apeears online at splotches.org, topshelfcomix.com, and johnmagazine.free.fr/. Matt is now living in Brooklyn NY.