Matteo Mastragostino

About The Author

Matteo Mastragostino was born in Lecco on July 21, 1977. After graduating in design at the Politecnico di Milano in 2003, he began working as a graphic designer, journalist and writer.

His first comic book Primo Levi (drawings by Alessandro Ranghiasci) was published in April 2017 by Becco Giallo Publishing. The volume has been translated into French (Steinkis Editions) and German (Bahoe Books), and won third place in the Prix Révélation Bande Dessinée des lycéens Hauts-de-France in 2019.
In January 2020 he published his second book in Italy, Perlasca, drawn by Armando Mìron Polacco.
Vann Nath is his first comic book with Humanoids.
He lives in Lecco with his son Leonardo, two goldfish and an unknown number of books and comics.

Books by Matteo Mastragostino

Vann Nath: Painting the Khmer Rouge
By Matteo Mastragostino and Paolo Castaldi
The true story of the Cambodian painter Vann Nath, who used his art to fight against barbarism and tyranny.
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