Matt Fraction

Matt Fraction (2015)

Matt Fraction (* 1. December 1975 in Chicago Heights as Matt Fritchman ) is an American comic book writer .

Fraction broke through in 2008 with the Marvel series The Immortal Iron Fist , with which he immediately won the Eisner Award . After establishing himself with X-Men , Thor and Iron Man , he took over the Marvel series Hawkeye in 2013 and won both the Harvey Award and another nomination for the Eisner Award. Since 2014 he has published the independent series Sex Criminals , with which he received another Harvey Award.

Fraction has been married to colleague Kelly Sue DeConnick since 2002 , with whom he has two children. They met through the comic book writer Warren Ellis's internet forum. Fraction claims to have been both drug and alcoholic until he completed a successful rehab in 2006.

Awards

• Eisner Award 2009 (Best New Series) for Invincible Iron Man
  • Nomination for the Eisner Award 2013 (Best Comic Book Author) for Hawkeye
  • Nomination for the Eisner Award 2014 (best comic author) for Hawkeye
• Eisner Award 2014 (Best New Series) for Sex Criminals
• Eisner Award 2014 (Best single issue / story) for Hawkeye # 11
• Harvey Award 2014 (Best Single Comic) for Hawkeye # 11
• Harvey Award 2014 (Best New Series) for Sex Criminals
  • 2014 Harvey Award nomination (Best Comic Book Writer) for Hawkeye
  • Nomination for the Hugo Award 2015 for Sex Criminals

Web links

• official homepage
• Interview with Fraction and DeConnick
• Vanity fair article on Fraction and DeConnick
• Interview with Fraction about his alcohol and drug problems