Mattie Lubchansky

Lubchansky at the 2024 MoCCA Festival

Mattie Lubchansky is a cartoonist and illustrator from the United States, who specializes in satirical comics about American politics.^[1] Lubchansky is non-binary^[2] and uses they/them pronouns since 2017.^[3]

Career

Lubchansky has published comic strips in The Nib, where they are associate editor,^[4] as well as on other sites such as Current Affairs, The Daily Dot and Jewish Currents.^[5]

Their work is mostly short strips (with four panels), and their editorial work focuses mainly on strips as well.^[5] They were a finalist for the 2020 Herblock Prize.^[6] Their 2021 book The Antifa Super Soldier Cookbook spoofs right-wing conspiracy theories about Antifa activists in the United States.^[7] A review in Fast Company said Lubchansky "may have created the definitive piece of satire about the conservative mindset."^[8] In 2022, Print magazine declared Lubchansky one of five political cartoonists to follow on Instagram, writing, "They love to play with surreal, sci fi-inspired concepts, and have a knack for making dystopia feel at least a little funny."^[9]

Their debut full-length graphic novel, Boys Weekend, was published in 2023, and was listed by NPR and the Washington Post as one of the best graphic novels of the year.^[10][11]

Lubchansky first studied engineering and worked in construction before becoming a cartoonist.^[12]

The font used in their comics is inspired by their handwriting and is called "Lubhand".^[13]

Publications

In addition to their comics strips, mostly published on The Nib, Lubchansky has been writing a webcomic, Please Listen To Me,^[14][15] since 2010.

They have written or illustrated several books as well:

• Dad Magazine, co-authored with Jaya Saxena (Quirk, 2016)^[16][17][18] ISBN 978-1594748646
• Skeleton Party (self-published, 2016)^[16]
• The Antifa Super Soldier Cookbook (Silver Sprocket, 2021)^[5][19][20] ISBN 978-1-945509-64-3
• Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (And Not So Possible) Tomorrows, co-written with Rose Eveleth and Sophie Goldstein (Abrams Books, 2021)^[21] ISBN 9781419745478
• Boys Weekend (Pantheon, 2023)^[22][23]

References

1. Ayyup, Sajida (2020-09-15). "INTERVIEW: Matt Lubchansky on world queer history in BE GAY, DO COMICS". The Beat. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
2. "Newspaper cartooning is dominated by White men. Will a new White House spark change?". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
3. Tuck Woodstock (2018-07-02). "Episode 20: Mattie Lubchansky". Gender Reveal (Podcast). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
4. Dueben, Alex (2020-09-30). "Smash Pages Q&A: Matt Lubchansky". SMASH PAGES. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
5. Dueben, Alex (2021-02-16). ""I'm Never Going To Make Work That's Not Political": An Interview With Matt Lubchansky". The Comics Journal. Retrieved 2022-01-15. Matt Lubchansky is a political cartoonist, and the person behind the webcomic Please Listen To Me. The Associate Editor at The Nib, Lubchansky was a finalist for the 2020 Herblock Prize, where the judges described their work as "distinguished by a wise diversity of subject matter and a cleverly askew sense of humor."
6. "Matt Lubchansky | The Herb Block Foundation". www.herbblockfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
7. Hampton, Jameson (2021-04-13). "REVIEW: The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook Serves Up Distressingly On-Point, But Hilarious, Political Satire". WWAC. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
8. Berkowitz, Joe (2021-04-14). "This hilarious book depicts what your racist grandpa thinks antifa is up to". Fast Company. Retrieved 2023-03-06.
9. Gordon, Chloe (2022-10-21). "Five Political Cartoonists to Follow on Instagram". PRINT Magazine. Retrieved 2023-03-07.
10. "Books We Love". NPR. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
11. "The 10 best graphic novels of 2023". Washington Post. 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2024-03-27.
12. Kirby, Rob. "Escape from Dude Culture: PW Talks with Mattie Lubchansky". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2024-06-15.
13. "Lubhand: A typeface for cartoonist, Mattie Lubchansky, based on their hand-lettering". www.politetype.com. Retrieved 2022-01-29.
14. "Not All Men: A Brief History of Every Dude's Favorite Argument". Time. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
15. "An interview with Matt Lubchansky, master of the final panel". The Daily Dot. 2015-02-25. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
16. "Matt Lubchansky | The Herb Block Foundation". www.herbblockfoundation.org. Retrieved 2022-01-15.
17. Berkowitz, Joe (2016-04-28). "Behind The Politely Savage Patriarchal Parody Of "Dad Magazine"". Fast Company. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
18. "This Queens Couple's Satirical Fatherhood Magazine Celebrates a 'Very Particular Kind of Dad'". The Village Voice. 2015-09-03. Retrieved 2022-06-27. Saxena and Lubchansky, who live in Astoria, launched their dad project in the summer of 2013 using photos of actual fathers that their friends and readers enthusiastically volunteer for the magazine covers.
19. "The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook - Matt Lubchanky's Satire Skewers Right-Wing Rhetoric with an Unforgiving Flourish". Broken Frontier. 2021-05-20. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
20. "Cooking The Laughs in Matt Lubchansky's The Antifa Super-Soldier Cookbook". Panel Patter. Retrieved 2022-06-24.
21. "Flash Forward: An Illustrated Guide to Possible (and Not So Possible) Tomorrows by Rose Eveleth". www.publishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-06-27.
22. Tuck Woodstock (2021-11-01). "Episode 102: Live in NYC!". Gender Reveal (Podcast). Retrieved 2022-01-15.
23. "Boys Weekend by Mattie Lubchansky: 9780593316719 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

External links

• Please Listen to Me - A comic by Mattie Lubchansky