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Matt Fraction

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Matt Fritchman, 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.

Matt Fraction

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Invincible Iron Man
69
Marvel Comics
Invincible Iron Man
2008 - 2012
Uncanny X-Men
45
Marvel Comics
Uncanny X-Men
1981 - 2011
Sex Criminals
40
Image Comics
Sex Criminals
2013 - 2020
Punisher War Journal
36
Marvel Comics
Punisher War Journal
2007 - 2009

Credited Characters

Angrir
Ben Grimm
Angrir
Earth-616
Black Queen
Emma Frost
Black Queen
Earth-616
Bride of Nine Spiders
Bride of Nine Spiders
Earth-616
Cul Borson
Cul Borson
Earth-616
Dante Pertuz
Dante Pertuz
Earth-616
Darla Deering
Darla Deering
Earth-616
Fat Cobra
Fat Cobra
Earth-616
Gabriel Cohuelo
Earth-616
Idie Okonkwo
Idie Okonkwo
Earth-616
Kid Loki
Loki Laufeyson
Kid Loki
Earth-616
Kyle Jinadu
Kyle Jinadu
Earth-616
Lash
Lash
Earth-616
Lobe
Lobe
Earth-616
Lucky
Lucky
Earth-616
Marcus Johnson
Nick Fury Jr.
Marcus Johnson
Earth-616
Nick Fury Jr.
Nick Fury Jr.
Earth-616
Oya
Idie Okonkwo
Oya
Earth-616
Phil Coulson
Phil Coulson
Earth-616
Phoenix
Namor McKenzie
Phoenix
Earth-616
Phoenix
Scott Summers
Phoenix
Earth-616
Phoenix
Emma Frost
Phoenix
Earth-616
Phoenix
Illyana Rasputina
Phoenix
Earth-616
Phoenix
Piotr Rasputin
Phoenix
Earth-616
Tanarus
Ulik
Tanarus
Earth-616
Victoria Hand
Victoria Hand
Earth-616
Zeke Stane
Zeke Stane
Earth-616

More on Matt Fraction

Matt Fraction was born December 1, 1975 in Chicago Heights, Illinois. 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.

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

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. 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" and "The Basement Tapes", the latter with Joe Casey.

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

In 2011 Fraction wrote the Fear Itself limited series, which was the central part of the crossover storyline of the same name. In December 2011 he revived the series The Defenders with artist Terry Dodson and in August 2012 he started a new Hawkeye series with David Aja. 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. Fraction left both series due to other work commitments.

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."

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.

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

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