Matt Fraction

Matt Fraction
Fraction at the Midtown Comics booth at the New York Comic Con
Born	Matt Fritchman (1975-12-01) December 1, 1975 (age 42) Chicago Heights, Illinois
Nationality	American
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.

Early life[edit]

Matt Fraction was born December 1, 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois.^[1] He developed an affinity for telling stories as a child, and enjoyed reading both comic books and comic strips. The first comic he remembers buying was Batman #316 (Oct. 1979). Comic strips he enjoyed included Peanuts and Doonesbury. He became a regular, weekly comic reader around the time that the 1985–86 DC Comics storyline "Crisis on Infinite Earths" ended, though he found that storyline too bizarre and impenetrable to a new reader; as a result, he gravitated toward Marvel Comics, finding Spider-Man to be his favorite, along with other books 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]

Career[edit]

Fraction started creating comics with smaller publishers including AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing. 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 increasingly high-profile assignments for Marvel Comics.

Fraction wrote two columns for Comic Book Resources: "Poplife"^[5] and "The Basement Tapes",^[6] the latter with Joe Casey.

Fraction teamed with Ed Brubaker for a run on Marvel's The Immortal Iron Fist.^[7] The pair re-teamed on Uncanny X-Men for a short time, after which Fraction wrote the series solo until leaving it in 2011.^[8][9][10] 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.^[11][12]

In 2011 Fraction wrote the Fear Itself limited series, which was the central part of the crossover storyline of the same name.^[13][14] In December 2011 he revived the series The Defenders with artist Terry Dodson^[15] and in August 2012 he started a new Hawkeye series with David Aja.^[16] As part of Marvel NOW!, Fantastic Four was relaunched in November 2012 with the creative team of Fraction and artist Mark Bagley and its spinoff series FF being produced by Fraction and artist Mike Allred.^[17][18] Fraction left both series due to other work commitments.^[19]

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."^[20]

In 2013, Fraction co-created with Chip Zdarsky 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[edit]

Fraction is married to Kelly Sue DeConnick, a comic book writer and adapter of manga into English.^[2][21] They have two children, Henry and Tallulah.^[22]

Awards[edit]

• 2008 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer^[23]
• 2009 Eisner Award for "Best New Series" for The Invincible Iron Man (shared with Salvador Larroca)^[24]
• 2010 PEN Center USA Literary Award for "Outstanding Body of Work"^[25][26]
• 2014 Harvey Award
  • "Best Single Issue or Story" for Hawkeye #11, "Pizza Is My Business" (shared with David Aja and others).^[27]
  • "Best New Series" for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky).^[27]
• 2014 Eisner Award
  • "Best Single Issue (or One-Shot)" for Hawkeye #11, "Pizza Is My Business" (shared with David Aja).^[28]
  • "Best New Series" for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky).^[28]
• 2016 Inkpot Award^[29]

Nominations[edit]

• 2008 Eisner Award
  • Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) for The Sensational Spider-Man Annual (shared with Salvador Larroca).^[30]
  • Eisner Award for Best New Series for The Immortal Iron Fist (shared with Ed Brubaker, David Aja and others)^[30]
• 2013 Harvey Award
  • Best Writer for Hawkeye^[31]
  • Best New Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)^[31]
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)^[31]
  • Best Single Issue or Story for Hawkeye #1, "Lucky" (shared with David Aja and others)^[31]
• 2013 Eisner Award
  • Best Continuing Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)^[32]
  • Best Writer for Hawkeye and Casanova: Avarita^[32]
• 2014 Harvey Award
  • Best Writer for Hawkeye^[33]
  • Best Continuing or Limited Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)^[33]
• 2014 Eisner Award
  • Best Continuing Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja)^[28]
  • Best Continuing Series for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky)^[28]
  • Best Writer for Sex Criminals, Hawkeye, Fantastic Four, and FF^[28]
• 2014 Angoulême Sélection Officielle for Hawkeye, Vol 1 (shared with David Aja)^[34]

Bibliography[edit]

Early work[edit]

• 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[edit]

• Four Letter Worlds: "Fate" (with Kieron Dwyer, graphic novel, tpb, 144 pages, 2005, ISBN 1-58240-439-9)
• 24Seven Volume 1: "Static" (with Frazer Irving, graphic novel, tpb, 224 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-636-7)
• The Five Fists of Science (with Steven Sanders, graphic novel, tpb, 112 pages, 2006, ISBN 1-58240-605-7)
• Casanova #1–14 (with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2006–2008)
  • Issues #1–7 were collected as Album 1: Luxuria (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 1-58240-689-8; tpb, 2008, ISBN 1-58240-897-1).
  • The series was later recolored, relettered and compressed into two four-issue mini-series released under Marvel's Icon imprint.
• Satellite Sam #1–15 (with Howard Chaykin, 2013–2015)
• Sex Criminals #1-ongoing (with Chip Zdarsky, 2013–...)
• ODY-C #1-ongoing (with Christian Ward, 2014–...)

Marvel/Icon Comics[edit]

• X-Men:
  • X-Men Unlimited #9: "Dead Man Walking" (with Sam Kieth, 2005)
  • X-Men: Divided We Stand #1: "Migas" (with Jamie McKelvie, 2008) collected in X-Men: Divided We Stand (tpb, 136 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3265-1)
  • Uncanny X-Men: (July 2008 – March 2011)
    • Manifest Destiny (hc, 208 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3817-X; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2451-9) includes:
      • "SFX" (with Ed Brubaker, Terry Dodson and Greg Land, in #500–503, 2008)
    • Lovelorn (tpb, 136 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2999-5) collects:
      • "Lovelorn" (with Terry Dodson, in #504–507, 2009)
      • "White Queen, Dark Reign" (with Mitch Breitweiser and Daniel Acuña, in Annual #2, 2009)
    • Sisterhood (tpb, 144 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4105-7) collects:
      • "Sisterhood" (with Greg Land, in #508–511, 2009)
      • "The Origins of the Species" (with Yanick Paquette, in #512, 2009)
    • Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (hc, 368 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-4233-9; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4234-7) includes:
      • Dark Reign: The Cabal: "How I Survived Apocalyptic Fire" (with Daniel Acuña, one-shot, 2009)
      • Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia (with Marc Silvestri, one-shot, 2009)
      • "Utopia, Parts Two & Four" (with Terry Dodson, in #513–514, 2009)
      • "Utopia, Parts Three & Five" (with Luke Ross, in Dark Avengers #7–8, 2009)
      • Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus (with Terry Dodson and Mike Deodato, Jr., one-shot, 2009)
    • Nation X (hc, 360 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3873-0; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4103-0) collects:
      • Dark Reign: The List – X-Men (with Alan Davis, one-shot, 2009)
      • "Nation X" (with Greg Land and Terry Dodson, in #515–521, 2009–2010)
      • "Ghostly" (with Whilce Portacio, in #522, 2010)
      • "The End of the World and Everything After" (with Phil Jimenez, in #522, 2010)
    • Second Coming (hc, 392 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4678-4; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5705-0) includes:
      • "Parts Two, Six & Ten" (with Terry Dodson, in #523–525, 2010)
      • "Epilogue" (with Terry Dodson, in Second Coming #2, 2010)
    • The Birth of Generation Hope (tpb, 144 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4643-1) collects:
      • The Heroic Age (with Whilce Portacio, Steven Sanders and Jamie McKelvie, one-shot, 2010)
      • "The Five Lights" (with Whilce Portacio, in #526–529, 2010)
    • Quarantine (collects #530–534, tpb, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5225-3) collects:
      • "Quarantine" (with Kieron Gillen and Greg Land, in #530–534, 2011)
• The Immortal Iron Fist Omnibus (February 2007 – August 2008) (hc, 560 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3819-6) collects:
  • "Prologue" (with Ed Brubaker and David Aja, in Civil War: Choosing Sides one-shot, 2006)
  • "The Last Iron Fist Story" (with David Aja, Travel Foreman, John Severin, Russ Heath, Jr. and Sal Buscema, in #1–6, 2007)
  • "The Pirate Queen of Pinghai Bay" (with Travel Foreman, Leandro Fernandez and Khari Evans, in #7, 2007)
  • "Men of a Certain Deadly Persuasion" (with Dan Brereton, Howard Chaykin and Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic, in Annual #1, 2007)
  • "The 7 Capital Cities of Heaven" (with David Aja, Roy Martinez, Scott Koblish, Kano, Javier Pulido, Tonci Zonjic and Clay Mann, in #8–14, 2007–2008)
  • Orson Randall and the Green Mist of Death (with Mitch Breitweiser, Russ Heath, Jr., Nick Dragotta and Lewis LaRosa, one-shot, 2008)
  • "The Story of the Iron Fist Bei Bang-Wen (1827–1860)" (with Khari Evans, in #15, 2008)
  • "Happy Birthday Danny" (with David Aja, in #16, 2008)
• Punisher War Journal vol. 2 (January, 2007-February, 2009):
  • Civil War (hc, 144 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2775-5; tpb, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2315-6) collects:
    • "How I Won the War" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #1–3, 2007)
    • "Small Wake for a Tall Man" (with Mike Deodato, Jr., in #4, 2007)
  • Goin' Out West (hc, 168 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2852-2; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2636-8) collects:
    • "Goin' Out West" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #5–10, 2007)
    • "Heroes and Villains" (with Leandro Fernandez, in #11, 2007)
  • Hunter/Hunted (hc, 152 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3021-7; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2664-3) collects:
    • "World War Frank" (with Ariel Olivetti, in #12, 2007)
    • "Hunter/Hunted" (with Cory Walker and Scott Wegener, in #13–15, 2008)
    • "The Survivor's Guild" (with Howard Chaykin, in #16, 2008)
    • "How I Survived the Good Ol' Days" (with Howard Chaykin, in #17, 2008)
  • Jigsaw (hc, 144 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3022-5; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-2964-2) collects:
    • "Jigsaw" (with Rick Remender and Howard Chaykin, in #18–23, 2008)
  • Secret Invasion (collects #24–26, hc, 120 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3148-5; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3170-1) collects:
    • "Secret Invasion" (with Howard Chaykin, in #24–25, 2008–2009)
    • "Finale" (with Andy MacDonald, in #26, 2009)
• The Sensational Spider-Man Annual #1: "To Have and to Hold" (with Salvador Larocca, 2007) collected in Peter Parker, Spider-Man: Back in Black (hc, 336 pages, 2007, ISBN 0-7851-2920-0; tpb, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2997-9)
• The Order (September 2007– June 2008)(with Barry Kitson, 2007–2008) collected as:
  • The Next Right Thing (collects #1–5, tpb, 128 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2795-X)
  • California Dreaming (collects #6–10, tpb, 120 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-2796-8)
• The Invincible Iron Man (May 2008 – October 2012) (with Salvador Larroca, 2008–2012) collected as:
  • The Five Nightmares (collects #1–7, hc, 184 pages, 2008, ISBN 0-7851-3461-1; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3412-3)
  • World's Most Wanted: Book 1 (collects #8–13, hc, 152 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3828-5; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3413-1)
  • World's Most Wanted: Book 2 (collects #14–19, hc, 160 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3935-4; tpb, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-3685-1)
  • Stark Disassembled (collects #20–24, hc, 136 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4554-0; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-3686-X)
  • Stark Resilient: Book 1 (collects #25–28, hc, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 0-7851-4555-9; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4556-7)
  • Stark Resilient: Book 2 (collects #29–33, hc, 136 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4834-5; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4835-3)
  • My Monsters (collects #500, 500.1 and Annual #1, hc, 168 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4836-1; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4837-X)
  • The Unfixable (includes #501–503 and FCBD '10: Iron Man/Thor one-shot, hc, 120 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5322-5; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5323-3)
  • Fear Itself (collects Fear Itself #7.3 and #504–509, hc, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5773-5; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5774-3)
  • Demon (collects #510–515, hc, 144 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6046-9; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6047-7)
  • Long Way Down (collects #516–520, hc, 112 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6048-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6049-3)
  • The Future (collects #521–527, hc, 152 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6521-5; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6522-3)
• Thor:
  • Thor: Ages of Thunder (hc, 160 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3567-7; tpb, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3568-5) collects:
    • Ages of Thunder (with Patrick Zircher, one-shot, 2008)
    • Reign of Blood (with Patrick Zircher, one-shot, 2008)
    • Man of War (with Patrick Zircher and Clay Mann, one-shot, 2009)
    • God-Sized Special (with Daniel Brereton, Doug Braithwaite, Mike Allred and Miguel Sepulveda, one-shot, 2009)
  • Secret Invasion: Thor #1–3 (with Doug Braithwaite, 2008) collected as Secret Invasion: Thor (tpb, 96 pages, 2009, ISBN 0-7851-3426-3)
  • Thor #615–621 (September 2010– March 2011) (with Pasqual Ferry, 2010–2011) collected as Thor: The World Eaters (hc, 216 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4838-8; tpb, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4839-6)
  • Fear Itself #1–7 (with Stuart Immonen, 2011) collected as Fear Itself (hc, 240 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5662-3; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5663-1)
  • The Mighty Thor (April 2011– October 2012):
    • Volume 1 (hc, 144 pages, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-5691-7; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5624-0) collects:
      • "The Galactus Seed" (with Olivier Coipel, in #1–6, 2011)
    • Volume 2 (hc, 168 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6243-7; tpb, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5625-9) collects:
      • "Fear Itself: In the Beginning..." (with Pasqual Ferry, in #7, 2011)
      • Fear Itself #7.2 (with Adam Kubert, 2012)
      • "The Mighty Tanarus" (with Pasqual Ferry and Pepe Larraz, in #8–12, 2012)
    • Volume 3 (hc, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6166-X; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6167-8) collects:
      • "Battles Past" (with Barry Kitson, in #12.1, 2012)
      • "The Neverending Nightmare" (with Pepe Larraz, in #13–17, 2012)
    • Everything Burns (hc, 216 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6168-6; tpb, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6169-4) collects:
      • "Prologue" (with Kieron Gillen and Alan Davis, in #18, 2012)
      • "Parts the Second, the Fourth and the Sixth" (with Kieron Gillen and Carmine Di Giandomenico, in #19–21, 2012)
      • "Finale" (with Barry Kitson, in #22, 2012)
• The Amazing Spider-Man: Presidents' Day Celebration: "Gettysburg Distress!" (with Andy MacDonald, one-shot, 2009)
• Captain America: Who Won't Wield the Shield?: "The Incredibly Normal and Bourgeois Idea of Doctor America, Occult Operative of Liberty" (with Howard Hallis and Brendan McCarthy, one-shot, 2010)
• Casanova (with Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon, 2010–2012) collected as:
  • Luxuria (collects #1–4, tpb, 160 pges, 2011, ISBN 0-7851-4862-0)
  • Gula (collects vol. 2 #1–4, tpb, 136 pges, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4863-9)
  • Avaritia (collects vol. 3 #1–4, tpb, 152 pges, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-4864-7)
• Shattered Heroes (with Chris Yost and Cullen Bunn):
  • Fear Itself: The Fearless #1–12 (with Mark Bagley and Paul Pelletier, 2011–2012)
  • Battle Scars #1–6 (with Scot Eaton, 2011–2012)
• The Defenders (December 2011 – November 2012):
  • Volume 1 (tpb, 136 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-5851-0) collects:
    • "The Shaman of Greenwich Village" (with Terry Dodson, in Marvel: Point One, 2011)
    • "Breaker of Worlds" (with Terry Dodson, in #1–3, 2012)
    • "Strange: The French Drop" (with Michael Lark, in #4, 2012)
    • "Namor: The 99 Daughters of Pontus" (with Mitch Breiweiser, in #5, 2012)
    • "Iron Fist: The Confederates of the Curious" (with Víctor Ibáñez, in #6, 2012)
  • Volume 2 (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-5853-7) collects:
    • "Shut the Engines Down" (with Jamie McKelvie and Mirco Pierfederici, in #7–12, 2012)
• Avengers vs. X-Men (hc, 568 pages, 2012, ISBN 0-7851-6317-4) includes:
  • "Round Five" (with John Romita Jr., in #5, 2012)
  • "Round Seven" (with Olivier Coipel, in #7, 2012)
  • "Hawkeye vs. Angel" (with Leinil Francis Yu, in AvX: VS #5, 2012)
• Hawkeye (August 2012 – July 2015):
  • My Life as a Weapon (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6562-2) collects:
    • "Lucky" (with David Aja, in #1, 2012)
    • "Vagabond Code" (with David Aja, in #2, 2012)
    • "Cherry" (with David Aja, in #3, 2012)
    • "The Tape" (with Javier Pulido, in #4–5, 2013)
    • Young Avengers Presents #6 (with Alan Davis, 2008)
  • Little Hits (tpb, 136 pages, 2013, ISBN 0-7851-6563-0) collects:
    • "Six Days in the Life of" (with David Aja, in #6, 2013)
    • "Untitled" (with Steve Lieber and Jesse Hamm, in #7, 2013)
    • "My Bad Penny" (with David Aja and Annie Wu, in #8, 2013)
    • "Enter: The Clown" (with David Aja, in #9, 2013)
    • "Who Pulled the Trigger" (with Francesco Francavilla, in #10, 2013)
    • "Pizza is My Business" (with David Aja, in #11, 2013)
  • L.A. Woman (tpb, 120 pages, 2014, ISBN 0-7851-8390-6) collects:
    • "Hawkeye Annual" (with Javier Pulido, in #1, 2013)
    • "L.A. Woman" (with Annie Wu, in #14, 2013)
    • "Recording Tape" (with Annie Wu, in #16, 2014)
    • Issue #18 (with Annie Wu, in #18, 2014)
    • Issue #20 (with Annie Wu, in #20, 2014)
  • Rio Bravo (tpb, 160 pages, 2015, ISBN 0-7851-8531-3) collects:
    • Issue #17 (with Chris Eliopoulos and David Aja, in #17, 2014)
    • Issue #12 (with Francesco Francavilla, in #12, 2013)
    • Issue #13 (with David Aja, in #13, 2013)
    • "Fun and Games" (with David Aja, in #15, 2014)
    • Issue #19 (with David Aja, in #19, 2014)
    • Issue #21 (with David Aja, in #21, 2015)
    • Issue #22 (with David Aja, in #22, 2015)
• Fantastic Four vol. 4 #1–16 (with Mark Bagley, 2013)
• FF vol. 2 #1–16 (with Mike Allred, 2013)

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