
It was with Vehlmann that he started his first series, 'Le Marquis d'Anaon', that was published by Dargaud between 20. He joined the Atelier des Vosges, where he got acquianted with his future scriptwriters Gwen de Bonneval and Fabien Vehlmann. During this period, Bonhomme had illustration assignments for the press and magazines (Spirou, Je Bouquine, Image Doc), while creating his first comics ('Victor et Anaïs') for Éditions Okapi/Carabas in cooperation with Jean-Michel Darlot in 2002.

He learned the finer points of the comics profession by working in Christian Rossi's atelier. Coming from an artistic family, Matthieu Bonhomme got his degree in Applied Arts in 1992.
