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Johane Matte is a comic book artist and writer who has worked on a total of six Avatar: The Last Airbender comics and helped provide storyboard art for three episodes of Avatar and six episodes of The Legend of Korra.

Avatar: The Last Airbender credits[]

Storyboard artist[]

Storyboard revisionist[]

Comic artist[]

Comic writer[]

The Legend of Korra credits[]

Storyboard artist[]

Selected other credits[]

Television work[]

Filmography[]

Biographical information[]

Personal life[]

Johane Matte was born in 1971[1] in Amos, Quebec, Canada.[2] She attended Algonquin College from 1989 to 1991[2] and enrolled in Graphic Design during her first year, but switched to Television Animation when the college announced it was offering that course in the following year.[3]

Career[]

Matte learned more about television animation over the years, working in different studios with talented colleagues. She currently resides in Burbank, California.[4]

Awards[]

  • 2013: Won an Annie Award for Rise of the Guardians (Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production)

Trivia[]

  • Matte has various online accounts under the username "rufftoon".
    • While working full-time on the original series,[5] Matte created a fan-comic under this username titled Zhao of the Water Tribe, which is updated periodically on her DeviantArt.
  • Her favorite Avatar characters are General Iroh and Admiral Zhao.[4]
  • Matte has published blogs critical of The Last Airbender film, especially on the portrayal of Zhao in the movie,[6] the dreadlocks hairstyle for Iroh,[7] and how firebenders require a source to bend fire.[8]
  • Matte was torn in deciding whether to work on The Legend of Korra television series and the Rise of the Guardians film, but ultimately chose the latter.[9] She would later join the production crew as a storyboard artist on the series from the show's second season onward.

References[]

  1. Horus / Johane Matte. Yukon Public Libraries & Yukon Archives Library. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Johane Matte. About Johane Matte. Google+. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  3. Randall Sly (12 2005). Johane Matte Interview. blogspot.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Johane Matte. Rufftoon / Johane Matte. deviantART. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  5. DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan; Dos Santos, Joaquim & Montgomery, Lauren (July 1, 2014). "Darkness Falls" commentary. Book Two: Spirits Blu-ray.
  6. Johane Matte (2010-07-04). Last Airbender spoilers 01. deviantART. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  7. Johane Matte (2010-02-12). Rastafire Nation 2. deviantART. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  8. Johane Matte (2010-05-22). Firebenders 01. deviantART. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
  9. Johane Matte (2011-12-03). Decisions, decisions.. Tumblr. Retrieved on March 31, 2012.
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