SEX CRIMINALS Heads To TV; Matt Fraction And Kelly Sue DeConnick Sign Two-Year TV Deal
The award winning Image Comics series, Sex Criminals, is heading to Universal TV and the married writing duo, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, sign a two-year deal.
The married writing duo, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, have signed a two-year deal with Universal TV. This new deal will see the writers creator-owned projects adapted for tv. The first of their works to be adapted will be the award winning Image Comicsc series, Sex Criminals, created by Matt Fraction along with artist Chip Zdarsky.
“We’re always excited to usher in fresh voices to the television space, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to partner with Matt and Kelly Sue, a fantastic pair whose award-winning comics are as deeply realized as they are entertaining,” said Universal TV EVP Bela Bajaria.
Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick have both written for Marvel Comics with DeConnick still writing Captain Marvel, and Fraction finishing his run on Hawkeye. Some of the couple's creator-owned series include ODY-C, a gender-swapped cosmic retelling of The Odyssey, Satellite Sam, Casanova, Pretty Deadly, and Bitch Planet.