Jonathan Ian Mathers

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Jonathan Ian Mathers (born 5 April 1976) is a Yonkers, New York cartoonist famous mostly for creating the animated Macromedia Flash series 'Neurotically Yours', featuring characters that rant about the world around them. Mathers was also the centerpiece (only piece?) of a band called Negative Sock Boy.

One of his first cartoons, 4Y-Records, was a comic strip about a disgruntled record store clerk who complains about the state of the music industry to his various clients.

Following that, he produced Ollie And Germ.

He then progressed to his most recent success, the animated Macromedia Flash black comedy series Neurotically Yours, starring Foamy the ranting squirrel and Germaine, his goth-chick companion (Germaine's voice is done by Dawn Bennett, a budding female voiceover artist).

In the same time he founded the company iLL WiLL PreSS. It is a semi-corporate, semi-independent outfit.

A series of rumors (accompanied by fake tribute videos) in early October 2005 claimed that Jonathan had died in a car accident with his grandmother, but the rumors were confirmed to be untrue when he published a statement on his website.

Jonathan is known for his enigmatic presence on the Internet. He does not disclose any personal information; this is believed to be the cause of many rumours and speculation that circulate about him. Most members of the Neurotically Yours fanbase fervently disagree over his "biography", so to speak. Only a few details a consensus has been reached.

Mathers currently lives in New York City.

[edit] Trivia

It is notable that his Newgrounds account is "illwillpress", not "Illwillpress".
- Because of this mistake, some people have believed this Flash movie on Newgrounds was made by Mathers
  - There's also this one which got blammed.
He plays the guitar on the soundtrack to a few Neurotically Yours episodes, including "Open Mic Night 2", "Form Letter", "Squirrel Songs", "Squirrel Songs II" and his latest addition "Squirrel Songs III".