Mats Jonsson (born 1973) is a Swedish comic creator. Debuting as a teenager in the Swedish fanzinesociety, Jonsson later became one of the prime Swedish representants for the autobiographical comic genre, inspired by American and Canadian comic creators such as Harvey Pekar, Seth, and Joe Matt.
Mats Jonsson has been published in several Swedish newspapers and magazines. Many of his works have been collected in albums.
Jonsson was the editor of the Swedish cultural magazine Galago.
He published mostly selfmade mini comics with titles like: Ragu, Prego, S'not for Kids, Sicko and
Eyesore. He has also appeared in the Spanish comic Makoki and anthologies like: Last Gasp comix,
Comix 2000, as well as the magazines Real Stuff (Fantagraphics) Buzzard (Cat-head comics), Hustler,
Screw and Blab.
Mats did the cover for Orchid (Sparkplug comics 2002), an anthology of Victorian horror
stories. He participated in 'Legal Action Comics' (vol.2), which is edited and designed by Danny
Hellman. Mats lives in Oakland, California and works as a sign painter and silkscreen printer.
