Matt Fraction

Matt Fritchman (born December 1, 1975), and participated in the Warren Ellis Forum under the username "Matt Fraction".

Career Fraction started in the comics industry by working for smaller publishers including AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing, many of which employed people that he had met on the Warren Ellis Forum; as such, he continued using the "Fraction" name as it was the one under which he had built a reputation. 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.

2011 New York Comic Con 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 illustrator Christian Ward created the ODY-C series in 2014, a science-fiction retelling of the Odyssey with the characters' genders changed to female.

In 2015, Fraction and Fabio Moon returned to Casanova with a new eight-issue mini-series, Acedia. The series featured backup stories written by Michael Chabon with art by Casanova co-creator Gabriel Bá. Also in 2015, Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick's company, Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, signed a two-year deal with Universal Television to adapt some of their comic books, as well as original TV series concepts. They also planned to use Milkfed Criminal Masterminds as a TV launchpad for other comic creators' properties.

In 2018, Milkfed Criminal Masterminds signed another two-year overall deal, this time with Legendary TV to adapt several of their creator-owned comics, as well as produce exclusive, original projects developed by the duo for television across traditional and non-traditional platforms.

In 2019, Fraction and Elsa Charretier co-created the graphic novella crime series, November, for Image Comics. Meanwhile, Fraction wrote his first series for DC Comics, the twelve-issue series Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen which was drawn by Steve Lieber.

In 2020, Sex Criminals concluded with issue #69, volumes 2 and 3 of November were released, and Adventureman, the long-anticipated series from Fraction and Terry Dodson and Rachel Dodson began releasing from Image Comics, and his and Lieber's run on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen concluded, with a collected trade paperback entitled Who Killed Jimmy Olsen? being released in October.

Fraction served as a consultant for the Hawkeye television miniseries, which was heavily inspired by his 2012 comic run. He also planned to make a cameo appearance as a member of the Tracksuit Mafia, but was unable to commit to this, due to complications stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Since 2022, Fraction has been working on the Apple TV+ show Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, on which he is a co-creator with Chris Black. The series debuted in November 2023 and Fraction wrote episode 9, "Axis Mundi".

In February 2025, it was announced that Fraction would pen the relaunch of Batman in September that same year, with Jorge Jimenez providing the artwork.

In April 2025, it was announced Fraction would be writing a tie-in comic for the MCU film The Fantastic Four: First Steps. The comic, set to be an in-universe comic published by the Future Foundation with the "first-ever authorized retelling of the Fantastic Four's early adventures", will be illustrated by Mark Buckingham with cover art by Phil Noto and set for release July 2 that same year.

Personal life 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 Forum.

Awards 2008 Eagle Award for Favourite Newcomer Writer 2009 Eisner Award for "Best New Series" for The Invincible Iron Man (shared with Salvador Larroca) 2010 PEN Center USA Literary Award for "Outstanding Body of Work" 2014 Harvey Award "Best Single Issue or Story" for Hawkeye #11, "Pizza Is My Business" (shared with David Aja and others). "Best New Series" for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky). "Best New Series" for Sex Criminals (shared with Chip Zdarsky).

Nominations 2008 Eisner Award Best Single Issue (or One-Shot) for The Sensational Spider-Man Annual (shared with Salvador Larroca). Eisner Award for Best New Series for The Immortal Iron Fist (shared with Ed Brubaker, David Aja and others) Best New Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others) Best Writer for Hawkeye and Casanova: Avarita Best Continuing or Limited Series for Hawkeye (shared with David Aja and others)