Matthew Sturges
| Matthew Sturges | |
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| Born |
October 2, 1970 Rhode Island, USA |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer |
Notable works |
Jack of Fables Shadowpact |
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Official website | |
Matthew Sturges (born October 1970 in Rhode Island) is an American writer of comics and fantasy novels.
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 Austin, Texas.
Bibliography
Comics work include:
- Jack of Fables #1-#50 (with co-author Bill Willingham, Vertigo, September 2006– March 2011)
- 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 1-4012-2079-7)[14]
- Love Stories for Dead People (collects House of Mystery #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2276-5)[15]
- 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
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