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Main Junction: [Closed] The MATT FRACTION Interrogation 2009
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"Are monkeys still funny? "
I know I'm not supposed to answer you but everyone still loves a monkey in a fez.
See?, Haha, funny, isn't it?
And a couple of questions to Mr. Fraction:
Now this next december you will turn 54, What is your favourite food on Mondays?
and, What is your favourite Richard Clayderman album?
Thanks sir! -
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CommentAuthorAnthony Reed
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
well, what i did was make sure that people who could hire me to do comics were seeing or reading my work. i pushed and vamped the animation stuff i did back in the WEF days as a natural extension of pride and hubris and all that, not really realizing that, at the same time, it was serving as my work samples. words and pictures, words and pictures. anyway so people who could hire me to do stuff were seeing my work. and then when i started doing indy books i made sure to give copies to editors whose names were attached to books i admired. Axel Alonso loved LAST OF THE INDEPENDENTS; the rest was just timing. So: I did work. I showed it to people that can hire you. that's what i know.
I know you kind of answered this, but I was hoping you could kind of go into a little more detail about your real early process. I am right on the cusp of this step and am more or less looking for guidance. How did you go about making that first step into a published piece of work to hand out? How did you track down the people you needed to track down to give them your piece? What kinds of things were you really trying to show in that phase of the game? Just trying to get all my ducks in a row and anything you can offer would be great.
I want to point out that you were actually the first "industry professional" I ever met and that was this summer at SDCC. When I told you it was my first ever convention you told me "That's like having your first sexual experience be an orgy". It did a lot to break the ice for me and I appreciate the probably unintentional gesture. -
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- CommentAuthorTim Simmons
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009 edited
>Quick question re: your schedule/daily output. It was something that was brought up way back in the big-ass Bendis board writers Q&A, if you remember that 3000 post monster--
As I recall, Brubaker asked about it-- mentioning that he writes for 4 hours a day (b/c Vonnegut said people should only be smart 4 hours a day)-- As I recall, he said he usually goes from 11am to 3pm. Bendis writes at night, and I presume Warren keeps some sort of schedule.<
Y'know what, nevermind-- you more or less answered that upthread.
I'll be back with another question later-- I've got a Q about how you go about thinking/writing a team book as opposed to a solo character book-- but I think I'm too tired to properly state it--
I'll come back tomorrow (today?) and give 'er a go. -
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CommentAuthormattfraction
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
TARKUS IS COMING FOR YOUR DAD -
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CommentAuthorSinisterTwister
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009 edited
um... why? i mean, why vertigo? that's like saying it's a shame i'll never have a TV show on ABC as opposed to NBC or something to me.
True enough... the reason I asked was that I've often found that creators do they're best work at Vertigo, and while I love your Iron Man & Iron Fist more than nearly everything else that's being put out, I'd trade it all for you to have a successful independent title going full steam ahead (i.e. please, please bring Casanova back!). And since I'm a wonky foreigner with no sense of what the real comic book market is like (Norway has something like seven fully devoted comic shops, and they sell mostly manga), I've always thought of Vertigo as the gold standard of independent work. So for me, it's like saying it's a shame you'll never have TV show on HBO or AMC as opposed to Fox or something (even though Grey's Anatomy & our version of American Idol are the heavy hitters over here, too, so I guess I'll just shut up now). -
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shit, it's gotta be even worse for you-- i at least have SOME degree of photography to fall back on. i have no idea how you write that book, i really don't. and that you make it all so effortless is more than just a skill, it's a real art. anyway, hat's off to you.
did you get the Dré cans?
I didn't... I may still, but its not crucial at the moment. Next time I travel, though, I'll pick up a pair.
Some of the Northlanders stuff is faking it... or rather just using what I DO know and extrapolating that out into the areas that are impossible/unfeasible to research and using common sense to figure out what is most likely to have been the case (but that comes from having pre-filled my brain with about fifty books worth of info on the subject). What IS the hardest, though, is due to a combination of guilt and being an artist myself, I refuse to ask an artist to draw something that they would have to spend their own time researching... I do all the research myself and put it into the script. I try to save their sanity and also not have them spend their valuable time on google when they should be drawing and earning money. My scripts, at a glance, are like half-blue from all the hyperlinks in them.
Here is the ever-growing ref library for Riccardo on DMZ:
http://www.brianwood.com/ricxx/
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Hey there Matt, um, I'm not an interviewer and I'm not looking to publish your response.
I am a member of the Iron Man fan community... but I'm just a long time Iron Man fan
taking the first opportunity to ask you questions directly. My first qu's were removed, so
I think I spooked the moderator. I'll simplify what I asked...
Will we be getting more Madame Mask in the book? -
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CommentAuthorwarrenellis
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
I know you kind of answered this, but I was hoping you could kind of go into a little more detail about your real early process. I am right on the cusp of this step and am more or less looking for guidance. How did you go about making that first step into a published piece of work to hand out? How did you track down the people you needed to track down to give them your piece? What kinds of things were you really trying to show in that phase of the game? Just trying to get all my ducks in a row and anything you can offer would be great
You know, there's a lot to be said for just doing it. -
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Heyah Dave. Ariana totally answered the shit out of that one. So let me just say: Ariana is the type of person who you can bring a schizoid nightmare of design like that-- ideally situated to MY monitor, designed to look right only to my specs, when I have the usual apps open and running, wholly inconvenient for anything or anyone other than me-- and she can make it work like butter off a baby's ass.
She's good, that one. Also: YAY USELESS DESIGN!
Oh nice. Thanks for the response, Ariana. Ever since it changed I always just kind of cocked my head at the site and said, "HOW WEIRD?!" but cool at the same time.
And thanks for sharing, Kelly Sue, I find it shocking that anyone would send hate mail regarding the miscarriage back matter in CASANOVA. What was said in the back-matter, was probably some of the most honest writing I've ever read and anyone who has an adverse reaction to it is a waste of space, and sharing your life online or in print in that manner is something I respect the shit out of. So, yeah, I'll remove the lips from the ass, and go away. -
>Scott and Emma. As Scott-and-Emma. I like their relationship an awful lot, and how they each amplify one another.<
Hey, Matt, can you say a little more about that? Fom what I can see, Scott and Emma have been lying to each other about a lot of important things for a long time, and so I wonder how they can amplify each other in a relationship so marked with dishonesty? I was looking forward to your take on those two finally confronting each other, but it ended up happening in the "Confession" special by Yost. Nothing against another guy writing the characters, but I felt like I missed getting to read your ending to the story. Thanks! -
- CommentAuthorthinwhiteduke
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
You being a huge Cubs fan I have to ask, Do you honestly like Carlos Zambrano??? I have a hard time thinking of a less likable guy, but I am a huge Cub hating Brewers fan? Please don't allow your Cubs to sign Prince Fielder when his contract is up!
Also, the top 5 Bowie albums are, Heroes, The Man Who Sold the World, Low, Station to Station, and Heathen. In that order as of today. -
i think the dog ate the only godzilla i had after we put him on kelly sue's... um... giant.. chocolate... log... thing... she made last year.
Bûche de Noël:
RIP, Gojira. -
Wait.. Those are mushrooms.. Chocolate log thing.. yeah.. (it actually looks quite cool...)
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CommentAuthorAnthony Reed
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
You know, there's a lot to be said for just doing it.
Which is the plan already in motion. I'm sure the experience is pretty unique also; not everyone is looking in the same places or for the same things. I guess I am really just kind of curious about the anecdotal stuff. I haven't heard a lot of specifics from that period of a person's career or a look at that process from creators. I don't know if it is a "days we'd rather leave behind" thing or if there is just not a lot to tell. I guess I haven't really thought of the why behind why I hadn't seen any of this before now. -
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- CommentAuthorAlejandro A. Arbona
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
That Aja monkey fired a pistol! -
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CommentAuthorjoe.distort
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009 edited
now that everyones super short attention span has dried up (already?) (already.) i gotz some random questions:
what kinda sandwiches do you like? yes, i have a sandwich thing. im curious.
bigger jerk-face: ivan brandon or jason aaron? EDITED BY JOE BECAUSE THE NEXT THING PROBABLY CAME OUT WRONG AND NOT AS FUNNY AS INTENDED.
ironic headbands/iron maiden shirts: sick of em yet? i know youve only been in portland a little while...
is the new CAS through image still?
would you ever do another collaborative book with another writer again?
have you seen the art by that guy FEEDING up in portland? its pretty badass, and i am not sure if there are like wheatpasted stuff or if its all internet.
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- CommentAuthorGunslayerMonk
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009 edited
I think Matt and Kelly Sue really covered all my questions about the openess they have with HL, although I do have another silly question. Is there ever the urge for to include a character named Henry Leo in a story? Or to just include Elephants in an issue of Iron Man just to see if you could blow his mind?
And of course, the nerd in me has to ask the Marvel superfan question. While you were on the Punisher, you mentioned that the end of your run would culminate in a story called "King Frank". Which I didn't end up being the actual name of an arc. Was this story just shelved? Was it boiled down into the last issue of your run? If it was shelves, could you share a bit what it would have been about?
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Matt named a kid character in Iron Fist #16 'Victor', which is my son's name, who had been born a couple of months before doing the issue.
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- CommentAuthorGreasySkillet
- CommentTimeNov 10th 2009
This goes out to Matt and/or Kelly Sue.
As a resident of the murder factory (Kansas City, MO for those not in the know.) I was surprised to find out that you lived here. So to you what is the essence of Kansas City or what about Kansas City do you hold near and dear to your hearts?
Thanks for your time. -
As a resident of the murder factory (Kansas City, MO for those not in the know.) I was surprised to find out that you lived here. So to you what is the essence of Kansas City or what about Kansas City do you hold near and dear to your hearts?
We moved to Portland, Or in September. Sorry, dude.