Author Archives: mattjrainwater

Devi

By mattjrainwater | Published February 1, 2016

Been listening to the audiobook for Fortune’s Pawn over the course of last week while coloring PvZ, and I felt compelled to do a sketch of Devi Morris.

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A Cat Can Dream, Ya Know?

By mattjrainwater | Published January 26, 2016

Birthday gift for a friend and her cat who just wants get on the pole sometimes.

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Oh Hey, I Know Those People!

By mattjrainwater | Published January 26, 2016

Hey, it’s me and my fam (my partners Blue and Marco and our baby Ember) screaming in terror! Snippet from a panel in Issue 8 of PvZ (out now).  Ron is always doing awesome easter eggs like that when he draws this comic, whether it’s people he knows or video game and pop culture references. It’s […]

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Plants Vs. Zombies Bully For You #3 Is On The Way!

By mattjrainwater | Published August 24, 2015

The final issue of the “Bully For You” storyline is upon us, things come to a head, and there’s a whole lot of comeuppance! Check it out in your local comic book shop now!   Bonus comic strips by Peter Bagge! Script: Paul Tobin Line-art: Ron Chan Colors: Matthew J. Rainwater    

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Plants Vs. Zombies: Bully For You #2 Is Out and About!

By mattjrainwater | Published July 16, 2015

  It’s raining zombies in this month’s issue of Plants Vs. Zombies: Bully For You!  Get it at your local comic book shop, today!   Script: Paul Tobin Line-art: Ron Chan Colors: Matthew J. Rainwater

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Plants Vs. Zombies Signing Saturday June 20th

By mattjrainwater | Published June 15, 2015

  Cover by Ron Chan This weekend I’ll be at a Plants Vs. Zombies signing happening at Things From Another World in Portland! I and PvZ line-artist, Ron Chan, will be signing books and celebrating the release of the new PvZ mini-series coming out this week, Plants Vs. Zombies: Bully For You. It’s going to be […]

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Watercolor Everywhere

By mattjrainwater | Published May 11, 2015
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Crazy Dave

By mattjrainwater | Published May 4, 2015

Since those last two PvZ watercolors I posted about were so enjoyable I decided that I was going to do one more, just for the fun of it!  This time it’s Crazy Dave! Once again, I’m going to run you through my process, albeit faster, since this painting didn’t give me any detours or backtracks that […]

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Free Comic Book Day 2015 Is Tomorrow! (May 2nd)

By mattjrainwater | Published May 2, 2015

Plants Vs. Zombies is appearing alongside Avatar and Bandette in this year’s All-Ages offering from Dark Horse for Free Comic Book Day 2015!  Check out your local comic shop on May 2, 2015, to get your hands on it, and yeah, seriously, it’s FREE! No money down.  Just walk in, pick it up, walk out, […]

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Plants Vs. Zombies Watercolors: Nate

By mattjrainwater | Published April 20, 2015

For context on these paintings, please refer to my previous post on the Patrice painting I did in this pair. This will be a faster run-through of the process since a lot of this was covered in the last post. Step 1: Roughs The roughs for this illustration took two passes, but I didn’t scan […]

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