Matis Montes is coming to the Tokyo BD Festival 2026!
こぎつねOn October 31 and November 1, 2026, the 2nd Tokyo BD Festival will welcome manga artist Matis Montes as a guest of Éditions Véga!
A promising manga creator and storyboard artist, Matis Montes draws on his background in judo and music, as well as the visual storytelling skills he honed at Gobelins School in France. He is the author of his first manga series, Ceinture Noire (Black Belt), published by Éditions Véga, with the second volume released on September 11. Now based in Japan, he continues to pursue his creative work while developing new projects that bridge manga and graphic storytelling.
作家プロフィール
Matis Montes
（マティス・モンテス）
Matis Montes grew up in the Val-de-Marne region of France, where he devoted himself passionately to judo for thirteen years while also studying at a conservatory for eleven years. He later turned to animation, training at several prestigious institutions, including Gobelins, before beginning his professional career as a storyboard artist.
Alongside this work, he explored comics and manga as a way to pursue a more personal and creative form of expression. This led him to create his first manga series, Ceinture Noire (Black Belt), in which he draws on both his experience in judo and his strong sense of visual storytelling.
作品紹介
CEINTURE NOIRE TOME 1 | マティス・モンテス - MAISON PETIT RENARD - メゾン・プティ・ルナール -
柔道に打ち込む高校生の葛藤を描く、青春スポーツ漫画第1巻。
MAISON PETIT RENARD - メゾン・プティ・ルナール - 
CEINTURE NOIRE TOME 1 | マティス・モンテス - MAISON PETIT RENARD - メゾン・プティ・ルナール -
柔道に打ち込む高校生の葛藤を描く、青春スポーツ漫画第1巻。
