Mat Wakeham

Matthew Wakeham, commonly known just as Mat Wakeham, was a key employee at Gorillaz' former design company Zombie Flesh Eaters during Phase 1 of Gorillaz, who had been friends with Jamie since the creation of Hewlett's comic strip Tank Girl.

Role in Gorillaz
Mat helped Gorillaz with various different things including but not limited to: Mat also claimed that he once stood in as Murdoc during a radio interview when Phil Cornwell was unavailable.
 * Inking Jamie's art
 * Creating Phase 1 Tour Visuals
 * Writing Phase 1 Character Interviews
 * Developing the Phase 1 Kong Site

Trivia

 * Mat's favourite character to write for was Murdoc.
 * The line '2-D smells like butterscotch angel delight', said by Noodle during her New York Times interview, was inspired by it being his favourite flavour as a child.
 * Mat's favourite interview to write was Murdoc's Esquire.
 * Mat claimed in a one on one with Gorillaz Raritiez that the beta build of Kong Studios was heavily inspired by Trellick Tower.
 * Mat revealed that Russel was originally intended to be an alumni of an Ivy League college, but the concept was dropped prior to Rise of the Ogre.