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[]
- 313. "The Firebending Masters"
- 317. "The Ember Island Players"
- 319. "Sozin's Comet, Part 2: The Old Masters"
Storyboard revisionist[]
Comic artist[]
- Iss. #4. "Relics"
- Iss. #7. "Lessons"
- Iss. #12. "It's Only Natural"
- Iss. #15. "Private Fire"
- Iss. #24. "Dragon Days"
Comic writer[]
- Iss. #4. "Relics"
- Iss. #7. "Lessons"
- Iss. #12. "It's Only Natural"
- Iss. #26. "Bumi vs. Toph, Round One"
The Legend of Korra credits[]
Storyboard artist[]
- 206. "The Sting"
- 214. "Light in the Dark"
- 306. "Old Wounds"
- 309. "The Stakeout"
- 409. "Beyond the Wilds"
- 412. "Day of the Colossus"
Selected other credits[]
Television work[]
- 3Below: Tales of Arcadia (director and story supervisor)
- A Bunch of Munsch (assistant animator)
- Animal Crackers (background design supervisor)
- David Copperfield (TV movie - rendering artist)
- The Little Lulu Show (assistant animator, character designer, and character design supervisor)
- The Penguins of Madagascar (storyboard artist)
Filmography[]
- Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken (2023 - storyboard artist)
- Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012 - storyboard artist)
- Rise of the Guardians (2012 - storyboard artist)
- Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011 - storyboard artist)
- How to Train Your Dragon (2010 - storyboard artist)
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.
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