Line #25 Creator/MattFraction


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3	'''Matt Fritchman''', ''[[GratuitousFrench nom de plume]]'' '''Matt Fraction''' (born December 1, 1975), is an American comic writer, mostly known from his works at Creator/MarvelComics and ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}''. A lifelong comic fan, he worked at Charlotte, North Carolina comic shop Heroes Aren't Hard to Find in the late 1990s before deciding to follow his dream of being a writer. While [[BrokenBase having his share of fans and haters]], he is considered one of the most friendly people in the industry.
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5	Married to fellow creator Creator/KellySueDeConnick, and they have a son and daughter. He and [=DeConnick=] have formed their own production company, Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, and have recently signed a production deal with Universal Pictures.
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7	Notable works by Matt Fraction:
8	* ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}''
9	* ''ComicBook/FearItself'' event
10	* ''ComicBook/TheFiveFistsOfScience''
11	* ''ComicBook/ImmortalIronFist'' #1-16, plus one-shots and annual (with Creator/EdBrubaker)
12	* ''Invincible ComicBook/IronMan'' #1-33, 500-527 plus a .1 issue and an annual
13	* ''ComicBook/TheMightyThor'' #1-22, ''Thor'' #615-621, ''Thor: Ages of Thunder'' one-shot.
14	* ''Uncanny ComicBook/XMen'' #500 (with Ed Brubaker), #501-529, #530-534 (with Creator/KieronGillen), including a crossover with ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers''.
15	* ''ComicBook/{{Hawkeye\|2012}}'' #1-22 one of the last series debuted before Marvel NOW!, critically acclaimed, with issue #11 winning an Eisner[[note]]The comics equivalent of the [[UsefulNotes/AcademyAward Oscars]][[/note]] for Best Single Issue.
16	* ''ComicBook/TheDefenders'' a book that debuted after Fear Itself with art by Terry Dodson and Creator/JamieMcKelvie. Finished after 12 issues.
17	* "To Have and to Hold" (''Sensational ComicBook/SpiderMan'' Annual #1 with art by Creator/SalvadorLarroca). One of only a few Spider-Man stories to ever be nominated for the Eisners and celebrated as one of the character's best of the last two decades.
18	* ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' and ''ComicBook/{{FF}}'' (takes over as part of the "Marvel NOW" restructure). ''Fantastic Four'' sees Reed, Sue, Ben, Johnny, Franklin and Val venturing on a family vacation for parts unknown when something goes wrong. ''FF'' revolves around Ant-Man (Scott Lang), She-Hulk (Jen Walters), Medusa and a new character named Miss Thing, who are house sitting while Reed and co. are away. And Scott's plans against Doctor Doom for [[spoiler: killing his daughter, Cassie "Stature" Lang, at the end of Avengers: The Children's Crusade.]]
19	* ''Satellite Sam'', a [[FilmNoir Noir]] MurderMystery revolving around a television studio that's thrown into turmoil when the star of the title ''ComicStrip/FlashGordon''-esque TV series is killed, leaving his son both stuck with his father's role and investigating his death.
20	* ''ComicBook/SexCriminals'', critically acclaimed and based on the admittedly ridiculous premise of a young couple who stop time when they orgasm and (naturally) use this ability to rob banks and save their ailing local library. Won an Eisner in 2014 for Best New Series.
21	* ''Series/MonarchLegacyOfMonsters'', a live-action television series in the ''Franchise/MonsterVerse'' franchise featuring Franchise/{{Godzilla}}.
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23	!Tropes Embodied by Matt Fraction:
24	* CreatorCouple: With fellow comic writer Creator/KellySueDeConnick.
25	* GenreThrowback: He likes these.
26	** ''ComicBook/{{Casanova}}'' is an unabashed throwback to the psychedelic SpyFiction of TheSixties and TheSeventies, such as ''ComicBook/NickFury'' and ''Literature/TheCorneliusChronicles.''
27	** ''Comicbook/{{Adventureman}}'': TwoFistedTales in general, and ''Literature/DocSavage'' in particular.
28	* LyingCreator: While advertising a crossover between ''Comicbook/XMen'' and ''ComicBook/DarkAvengers'', Fraction said that [[GentleGiant Colossus]] will have important role, being their major power-up in a fight against a team featuring [[FlyingBrick Sentry]] and [[TheBrute Ares]], strongly suggesting that Colossus will have to fight one of them. He hasn't met either. Fraction also promised interactions between Noh-Varr and girls from ''[[ComicBook/NewMutants New X-Men]]'', possibly of romantic subtext, but he hasn't appeared anywhere near any of them.
29	* NiceGuy: In a very short time, he befriended basically everybody at Marvel, from Creator/BrianMichaelBendis to Creator/JephLoeb to Creator/WarrenEllis (although he'd actually made contact with Ellis years before as a regular poster on Ellis' webforum), and many writers admit they enjoy spending time with Fraction and sharing their story ideas with him. And this also extends to fans: at one San Diego Comic-Con, he apparently bought a fan a copy of ''Batman: Year One'', after hearing that the fan had never read it.
30	* TakeThat: Fraction made it clear that his celebrated Eisner-nominated story "To Have and to Hold" was one to ''ComicBook/OneMoreDay'' which he knew was coming:
31	--> "It was sort of dirty pool because I knew One More Day was coming. But I took the shot and it was great. I don’t know if Peter Parker was the best marvel character to be married, and I understand [[BothSidesHaveAPoint both sides of the argument]]. When [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools his marriage with MJ worked]], [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools it worked very well]], but sometimes it seemed like [[CreatorsPest people didn’t know what to do with MJ]]. Way too often MJ would be relegated to hostage or obstacle. Too seldom did she play the role of supporter, friend or nurturer. I thought it was possible to do all of that, and maybe it’s a cheap shot, but I took it."

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