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Matty Long.

Writer & illustrator · United Kingdom

Matty Long: British author-illustrator of Super Happy Magic Forest — bright, gag-saturated comic picture-book quests that are a reliable bridge into longer comic-format reading for ages 5–9.

Matty Long is a British author-illustrator best known for the Super Happy Magic Forest series, irreverent, joke-saturated comic picture books / chapter-comic hybrids about a band of cheerful fantasy creatures (a unicorn, a fairy, a slug, a faun) on increasingly silly quests. Long's style is bright, panel-led, gag-heavy and densely visual, with running jokes for adult readers underneath. The series is a reliable bridge for kids moving from picture books into longer comic-format reading, with strong reluctant-reader pull for ages 5–9. Long also illustrates a range of other picture books and works in animation. A great gateway author for funny-bone children not yet ready for Bone or Hilo.