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Matthew Sturges Born October 2, 1970
Rhode Island, USANationality American Area(s) Writer Notable works Jack of Fables
ShadowpactOfficial website Matthew Sturges (born October 1970 in Rhode Island) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels.
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Biography
Sturges is best known for the Eisner-award nominated Jack of Fables from DC/Vertigo.[1] In the 1990s, he was a member of the writers' collective Clockwork Storybook, which also included Bill Willingham, Chris Roberson, and Mark Finn.
With Willingham Sturges has not only worked on Fables but has also co-written House of Mystery.[2][3][4] Following his signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics,[5] Sturges took over the writing of Blue Beetle in issue #29[6] and will see it through to its end in issue #36.[7] He has also written Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! featuring the Human Flame[8][9][10] and, with Willingham again, he also took over the writing of Justice Society of America with issue #29.[11][12]
He is also the author of two novels, Midwinter (2009)[13] and the sequel The Office of Shadows (2010), and a book of short horror fiction, Beneath the Skin and Other Stories (2000).
He currently lives in Pflugerville, Texas.
Bibliography
Comics work include:
- Jack of Fables #1- (with co-author Bill Willingham, Vertigo, September 2006–present)
- Shadowpact #17-25 (DC Comics, September 2007 - July 2008)
- Countdown to Mystery: "A Syzygy in Plastic" #1-8 (DC Comics, November 2007 - June 2008)
- Salvation Run #3-7 (DC Comics, March - July 2008)
- House of Mystery #1-42 (with co-author Bill Willingham, Vertigo, July 2008–2011) collected as:
- Room and Boredom (collects House of Mystery #1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN 1-40122-079-7)
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- Love Stories for Dead People (collects House of Mystery #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN 1-40122-276-5)
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- Blue Beetle #29-36 (with artist Rafael Albuquerque, DC Comics, September 2008 - April 2009)
- Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! (with Freddie Williams, DC Comics, 6-issue limited series, 2009, forthcoming)
Notes
- ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Jack of Fables", in Dougall, Alastair, The Vertigo Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 100–101, ISBN 0-7566-4122-5, OCLC 213309015
- ^ Sturges & Willingham on the New House of Mystery, Newsarama, February 20, 2008
- ^ Sturges is Big Brother of Vertigo’s "House of Mystery", Comic Book Resources, May 6, 2008
- ^ House Showing: Matt Sturges on House of Mystery, Newsarama, February 17, 2009
- ^ SDCC '08 - The 'Fables' Panel & Announcements, Newsarama, July 28, 2008 Matt Sturges I: Living with Fables, & Now DC Exclusive, Newsarama, August 13, 2008
- ^ Talking Blue Beetle with Matt Sturges, Newsarama, August 13, 2008
- ^ Hail and Farewell: Sturges on Blue Beetle's End, Newsarama, November 14, 2008
- ^ Behind the Page - Matthew Sturges, 2, Newsarama, February 10, 2009
- ^ Ian Sattler on the Final Crisis: Aftermath Titles, Newsarama, February 11, 2009
- ^ The Most Powerful? Matt Sturges on The Human Flame and Run!, Newsarama, February 16, 2009
- ^ Talking JSA With Willingham & Sturges, Comic Book Resources, January 19, 2009
- ^ Willingham and Sturges Talk Justice Society of America, Newsarama, December 26, 2008
- ^ From Comics to Novels: Matt Sturges on 'Midwinter' Newsarama, March 23, 2009
- ^ Room and Boredom details at DC
- ^ Love Stories for Dead People details at DC
References
- Matthew Sturges at the Comic Book DB
External links
Interviews
- Inside the Comic Writer's Studio interview, Comicbloc.com, September, 2007
- Sequential Tart interview, September 2006
- Behind the Page - Matthew Sturges, Part 1, Newsarama, February 5, 2009
Categories:- 1970 births
- American comics writers
- Fabulists
- Living people
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