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Matt Fraction
Fraction at Midtown Comics Times Square in Manhattan, November 15, 2008.
Area(s)	Writer
Notable works	The Invincible Iron Man The Immortal Iron Fist Casanova Uncanny X-Men

Matt Fritchman, better known by the pen name Matt Fraction,^[1] 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 and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics and Casanova for Image Comics.

Career

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

Fraction started creating comics with the smaller publishers, like AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing. He is also known for his work on The Five Fists of Science and Casanova, as well as a number of series for Marvel Comics.

Bibliography

• The Annotated Mantooth! (with Andy Kuhn, AiT/Planet Lar, 2002 ISBN 1-932051-05-8)
• Last of the Independents (with Kieron Dwyer, AiT/Planet Lar, 2003 ISBN 1-932051-14-7)
• 30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales (with Ben Templesmith, IDW Publishing, 2004)
• The Five Fists of Science (with Steven Sanders, Image Comics, 2006 ISBN 1-58240-605-7)
• Casanova (with Gabriel Ba and later Fabio Moon, Image Comics, 2006-ongoing)
• The Immortal Iron Fist (vol. 2 #1-16) (with Ed Brubaker and David Aja, Marvel Comics, 2006-2008)
• The Punisher War Journal (vol. 2) (with Ariel Olivetti, Marvel Comics, 2007-2008)
• The Sensational Spider-Man (vol. 2) Annual #1, 2007
• The Order (with pencils by Barry Kitson and inks by Mark Morales, 10-issue series, Marvel Comics, 2007-2008)
• Young Avengers Presents #6 (with pencils by Alan Davis, Marvel Comics, 2008)
• Thor: Ages of Thunder (one-shot), 2008
• Thor: Reign of Blood (one-shot), 2008
• Thor: Man of War (one-shot), 2008
• Thor: God Sized (one-shot), 2008
• Secret Invasion: Thor Marvel Comics, 2008
• Uncanny X-Men (with Ed Brubaker, Terry Dodson, and Greg Land, Marvel Comics, 2008-ongoing)
• The Invincible Iron Man (with Salvador Larroca Marvel Comics, 2008-ongoing)

Awards

• 2007: Favourite Newcomer Writer Eagle Award
• 2009 Eisner Award for Best New Series for The Invincible Iron Man (shared with Salvador Larroca)^[2]

Nominations

• 2008 Eisner Award for Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) for The Sensational Spider-Man Annual (shared with Salvador Larroca).
• 2008 Eisner Award for Best New Series for Immortal Iron Fist (shared with Ed Brubaker, David Aja and others)^[3]

Notes

References

• Matt Fraction at the Comic Book DB

External links

• Home page
• Flickr page
• Matt Fraction's Resources at Howtomakecomics.net

Interviews

• Half Man/Half Adequate: The Matt Fraction Q&A on Marvel.com
• Interviews > Matt Fraction on SuicideGirls
• What If James Bond Dug the Wu-Tang Clan, GQ
• X-POSITION: Matt Fraction, Comic Book Resources, September 3, 2008
• A comic book writer's secret identity revealed, LA Times, September 6, 2009
• Backroom Comics Podcast Emerald City ComiCon 2009 Interview, April 2009

Audio interviews

• Around Comics Episode 96 May 2, 2007
• Comic Geek Speak Episode 256 with Geoff Klock speaking about Casanova May 24, 2007
• Dollar Bin interview at Heroes Con 2007 June 28, 2007
• Fanboy Radio Episode 392 with wife Kelly Sue DeConnick May 20, 2007