'If it hadn't worked out, I would have had to move back in with my parents. Marvel hired Fraction in June 2006, thanks largely to the success of his other two comics. Say what? 'It was terrifying,' said Fraction, who now lives in Portland, Ore. So Fraction did what any rational man in his position would do - he quit his job at MK12 to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time comic book writer. Two books sold: 'The Last of the Independents,' published in 2003 by AiT/Planet Lar, and 'Casanova,' published in 2006 by Image Comics.įraction traveled extensively on commercial shoots. 'My mother was not happy about that,' he said.īut that gig led Fraction and his co-workers to split off and launch MK12, a boutique graphic design and production firm in Kansas City that created the opening credits for the James Bond film 'Quantum of Solace.'īig break: While writing and directing live-action shoots at MK12, Fraction spent his spare time writing comics and pitching his books each year to publishers at Comic-Con.

He stopped half a semester short of an art degree at Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri in 1998 to take a job as a Web designer and managing editor of a magazine about Internet culture. 'I've always been story-driven, telling stories with pictures and words,' he said.Įducation and first job: Fraction never graduated from college. invasion of Grenada and created his own newspaper to explain the event. 21 2014 by Matt Fraction (Contributor), Annie Wu (Illustrator), Javier Pulido (Illustrator) 297 ratings Kindle and comiXology 21.99 Read with Our Free App Paperback from 23.79 3 Used from 23.79 3 New from 25. 'How he got started in comics: In 1983, when Fraction was 7 years old and growing up in Kansas City, Mo., he became fascinated by the U.S.

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