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Matt Fraction
Fraction at the Midtown Comics booth at the
New York Comic Con
BornMatt Fritchman
(1975-12-01) December 1, 1975 (age 48)
Chicago Heights, Illinois
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer
Notable works
Hawkeye
Sex Criminals
The Invincible Iron Man
The Immortal Iron Fist
Casanova
Uncanny X-Men
Awards"Favourite Newcomer Writer" Eagle Award (2007)
"Best New Series" Eisner Award (2009)
Spouse(s)Kelly Sue DeConnick
http://www.mattfraction.com

Matt Fritchman[1][2] (born December 1, 1975),[1] better known by the pen name Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of The Invincible Iron Man, The Immortal Iron Fist, Uncanny X-Men, and Hawkeye for Marvel Comics, and Casanova and Sex Criminals for Image Comics, and Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen for DC Comics.

Early life

Matt Fraction was born December 1, 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois.[1] As a child, he developed an affinity for telling stories, and he enjoyed reading comic books and strips. The first comic he remembers buying was Batman #316 (Oct. 1979), and he liked newspaper comics Peanuts and Doonesbury. He became a regular weekly comic-book reader around the time that the 1985–86 DC Comics storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths" ended, but he found that storyline bizarre and impenetrable and gravitated toward Marvel Comics instead. Spider-Man became his favorite character, and he read other Marvel publications such as Star Wars and G.I. Joe.[2]

In the late 1990s Fraction worked as an employee at the Charlotte, North Carolina-based comics retailer Heroes Aren't Hard to Find,[3][4] and participated in the Warren Ellis Forums under the username "Matt Fraction".[5]

Career

Fraction started in the comics industry by working for smaller publishers including AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing, many of which employed people who he had met on the Warren Ellis Forums; as such, he continued using the "Fraction" name as it was the one under which he had built a reputation.[5] He became known early in his career for his creator-owned work on The Five Fists of Science and Casanova, before taking on a number of assignments for Marvel Comics.

Fraction wrote two columns for Comic Book Resources: "Poplife"[6] and "The Basement Tapes",[7] the latter with Joe Casey.

Fraction teamed with Ed Brubaker for a run on Marvel's The Immortal Iron Fist.[8] The pair re-teamed on Uncanny X-Men for a short time, after which Fraction wrote the series solo until leaving it in 2011.[9][10][11] He wrote The Mighty Thor and The Invincible Iron Man, the latter of which led to his consulting work on the set of the film Iron Man 2 and writing the Iron Man 2 video game that tied into that film sequel.[12][13]

In 2011 Fraction wrote the Fear Itself limited series, which was the central part of the crossover storyline of the same name.[14][15] In December 2011 he revived the series The Defenders with artist Terry Dodson[16] and in August 2012 he started a new Hawkeye series with David Aja.[17] As part of Marvel NOW!, Fantastic Four was relaunched in November 2012 with the creative team of Fraction and artist Mark Bagley. Its spinoff series FF was produced by Fraction and artist Mike Allred.[18][19] Fraction left both series due to other work commitments.[20]

In February 2013, he was named on IGN's list of "The Best Tweeters in Comics", which described him as "the premier comics Twitter personality."[21]

In 2013, Fraction and Chip Zdarsky co-created the Sex Criminals series for Image Comics. He and Christian Ward created the ODY-C series in 2014, a science-fiction retelling of the Odyssey with the characters' genders changed to women.

Personal life

Fraction is married to Kelly Sue DeConnick, a comic book writer and adapter of manga into English,[2][22] whom he met when they were both participants on the Warren Ellis Forums.[5] They have two children, Henry and Tallulah.[23]

Awards

Nominations

  • 2008 Eisner Award
  • 2013 Harvey Award
    • Best Writer for Hawkeye[32]
    • Best New Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)[32]
    • Best Continuing or Limited Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)[32]
    • Best Single Issue or Story for Hawkeye #1, "Lucky" (shared with David Aja and others)[32]
  • 2013 Eisner Award
    • Best Continuing Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)[33]
    • Best Writer for Hawkeye and Casanova: Avarita[33]
  • 2014 Harvey Award
    • Best Writer for Hawkeye[34]
    • Best Continuing or Limited Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)[34]
  • 2014 Eisner Award
    • Best Continuing Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja)[29]
    • Best Continuing Series for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky)[29]
    • Best Writer for Sex Criminals, Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF[29]
  • 2014 Angoulême Sélection Officielle for Hawkeye, Vol 1 (shared with David Aja)[35]

Bibliography

Early work

  • AiT/Planet Lar:
    • Double Take #6–8 (with Andy Kuhn, 2001–2002) collected as The Annotated Mantooth! (tpb, 96 pages, 2002, ISBN 1-932051-05-8)
    • Last of the Independents (with Kieron Dwyer, graphic novel, tpb, 104 pages, 2003, ISBN 1-932051-14-7)
  • 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales #1–8: "Juarez or Lex Nova & the Case of the 400 Dead Mexican Girls" (with Ben Templesmith, IDW Publishing, 2004–2005) collected in 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (hc, 200 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-933239-11-5; tpb, 2005, ISBN 1-932382-78-X)

Image Comics

Marvel/Icon Comics

DC Comics


References

  1. ^ a b c "Matt Fraction Biography". IGN. 2012. Archived from the original on October 26, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Conversations with GoD: Matt Fraction". Geeks of Doom. September 29, 2008.
  3. ^ Howard, Natalie. "Our Hero," Creative Loafing (May 2, 2007), pp. 24–26.
  4. ^ Hargro, Carlton. "Home is for Heroes," Creative Loafing (June 18, 2008), p. 39.
  5. ^ a b c AN ORAL HISTORY OF THE WARREN ELLIS FORUM, by Joshua Rivera, at ImageComics.com; published December 5, 2018; retrieved December 21, 2018
  6. ^ Fraction, Matt (February 6, 2004). "Poplife". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 1, 2010.
  7. ^ Fraction, Matt; Casey, Joe (December 20, 2005). "The Basement Tapes". Comic Book Resources. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  8. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "2000s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 334. ISBN 978-0756641238. Ed Brubaker teamed with co-writer Matt Fraction and artist David Aja to give Iron Fist another shot at an ongoing title. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ Ekstrom, Steve (February 25, 2010). "Revelation X: Matt Fraction Talks Uncanny & Second Coming". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
  10. ^ Ching, Albert (September 23, 2010). "Fraction and Gillen on Their Uncanny X-Men Team-Up". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
  11. ^ Ching, Albert (January 24, 2011). "Fraction and Gillen Explain It All (Thor, Journey, X-Men)". Newsarama. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013.
  12. ^ Vitka, William (February 5, 2010). "Matt Fraction talks Iron Man (and a bunch of other stuff)". New York Post. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
  13. ^ Castro, Adam-Troy (August 3, 2009). "Comics' Matt Fraction on how he wrote the Iron Man 2 game". Blastr. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013.
  14. ^ Manning, Shaun (December 21, 2010). "Marvel Announces Fear Itself". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
  15. ^ Truitt, Brian (December 21, 2010). "Be afraid: Marvel's heroes gear up for Fear Itself". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 3, 2012.
  16. ^ Richards, Dave (July 24, 2011). "CCI Exclusive: Fraction Unravels a Strange Conspiracy in Defenders". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013.
  17. ^ Uzumeri, David (April 15, 2012). "Matt Fraction Takes Aim at Hawkeye". Comics Alliance. Archived from the original on November 1, 2013.
  18. ^ Beard, Jim (August 13, 2012). "Marvel NOW! Q&A: Fantastic Four". Marvel Comics. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  19. ^ Richards, Dave (November 27, 2012). "Fraction Celebrates Marvel's First Families in Fantastic Four & FF". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on May 27, 2013. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  20. ^ Esposito, Joey (August 14, 2013). "Matt Fraction Leaving Fantastic Four and FF". IGN. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  21. ^ Yehl, Joshua (February 20, 2013). "The Best Tweeters in Comics". IGN. Archived from the original on April 27, 2014. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  22. ^ Richards, Dave (April 6, 2010). "DeConnick On Sif, Rescue and Girl Comics". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on October 12, 2012. Retrieved July 27, 2010.
  23. ^ Truitt, Brian (November 12, 2012). "Family fuels Matt Fraction's Fantastic Four". USA Today. Archived from the original on November 5, 2013. Retrieved December 22, 2012.
  24. ^ "Eagle Awards Previous Winners 2008". Eagle Awards. 2013. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  25. ^ Doran, Michael (July 25, 2009). "SDCC 09: 2009 Eisner Awards Winners". Newsarama. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  26. ^ MacDonald, Heidi (September 20, 2010). "Matt Fraction wins 2010 PEN Center literary award". ComicsBeat.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013.
  27. ^ "PEN Center USA Winners". 2013. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  28. ^ a b MacDonald, Heidi (September 6, 2014). "2014 Harvey Awards Unspool". The Beat. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  29. ^ a b c d e Wheeler, Andrew (July 26, 2014). "2014 Eisner Awards: Full List Of Winners And Nominees". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  30. ^ "Inkpot Award". San Diego Comic-Con. 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017.
  31. ^ a b "2008 Eisner Nominations Announced". Comic Book Resources. April 14, 2008. Archived from the original on August 27, 2013. Retrieved November 3, 2013.
  32. ^ a b c d Spurgeon, Tom (September 8, 2013). "Your 2013 Harvey Awards Winners". The Comics Reporter. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  33. ^ a b Hughes, Joseph (July 20, 2013). "Building Stories, Saga Dominate 2013 Eisner Awards". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  34. ^ a b Sims, Chris (July 16, 2014). "Harvey Awards Announces 2014 Nominees, Congratulations In Advance To Hawkeye #11". ComicsAlliance. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.
  35. ^ Spurgeon, Tom (November 27, 2013). "Your Sélection Officielle (And Other Lists) For Angouleme 2014". The Comics Reporter. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014.

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