Career
In light of these characters" sometimes unfavorable reception, it bears noting that Matthews has often and repeatedly described others" use of the word "Yat" as derogatory. Matthews" cartooning style has been called "post-psychedelic baroque." Vic and National"ly first appeared in 1982 in Dixie, a former weekly supplement of The Times-Picayune. Matthews" first cartoon strip was the late 1970s, early 80s era F"Sure: Actual Dialogue Heard on the Streets of New Orleans published in the defunct New Orleans weekly paper Figaro, for which Matthews also wrote music reviews.
Some of Matthews" artwork can be viewed in the Louisiana State Museum in Baton Rouge, the Audubon Insectarium in New Orleans, and gracing the sides of New Orleans bakery Leidenheimer Baking Company"s delivery trucks.
His original illustrations can be found in the Historic New Orleans Collection, which also commissioned Matthews to create a large mural for the official City of New Orleans Pavilion at the 1984 World"s Fair. His exhibitions include "Chihuahua: King of New Orleans Dogs" (Scheurich Gallery), "The Art of Bunny Matthews" (Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans), "Bunny Matthews: Art Foreign Heterosexuals" (Space Gallery), "Da Eve O"Destruction" (Vega Tapas Cafe), "Too Many Bunnies" (Arthur Roger 434), "Black and White" (Arthur Roger Gallery), and "The People of New Orleans From alphabet" (Arthur Roger Gallery).
His monumental painting, "Nint"Wardica," based on Pablo Picasso"s "Guernica," was displayed at the Ogden Museum of Southern Artist On February 15, 2012, Matthews" band, Bunny and the Playboys, performed for the first time at Tipitina"son
The band includes guitarist/vocalist Christopher Stoudt, guitarist Anton Gussoni and bassist Colby Kiefer.