Source: io9 On the next Mavel Epic Event Set to hit in 2012: "I'll say this — there's a reason that Fear Itself, X-Men: Schism, and Children's Crusade are all ending around the same time. All of these moments are going to converge into this one giant epic." On his new series The Defenders: "When I began pitching the book, editor Tom Brevoort at Marvel began shorthanding it as the "Casanova Avengers." By the time Defenders is done, you're going to know why everything that has happened in the Marvel Universe has happened, why everything that is going to happen will happen, who's behind it all, and who benefits. It's this very, big, creepy, sprawling cosmic threat that they're defending us from, quite literally. It tells the story of "Why?" I can't believe all the crazy shit I'm getting away with." On how he keeps track of all the stories he writes: "I have a lot of notebooks and sometimes I use index cards. It's a very sloppy, very organic process, and my mission is "Don't get bored." I do about a book a week, that's my goal." So,Fear Itself, X-Men: Schism, and Children's Crusade will all lead into the next big Marvel, cross-comic event. Any ideas as to what the mystery threat could be? Sound off below.
Matt Fraction, is an Eisner Award-winning American comic book writer, known for his work as the writer of The Invincible Iron Man, The Immortal Iron Fist and Uncanny X-Men for Marvel Comics and Casanova for Image Comics.
Fraction started out at Comic Book Resources, ("Poplife" and "The Basement Tapes").
Fraction started creating comics with smaller publishers including AiT/Planet Lar and IDW Publishing. He became known early in his career for his creator-owned work on The Five Fists of Science and Casanova, before taking on a number of increasingly high-profile assignments for Marvel Comics.
Fraction teamed with Ed Brubaker for an acclaimed run on Marvel's The Immortal Iron Fist. The pair re-teamed on Uncanny X-Men for a short time, after which Fraction wrote the series solo until leaving it in 2011. He is currently writing The Mighty Thor and The Invincible Iron Man, the latter of which led to his consulting work on the set of the film Iron Man 2. He also wrote the Iron Man 2 video game that tied into that film sequel.
In 2011 Fraction wrote the event limited series Fear Itself, which was the central book of the crossover storyline of the same name. His next project is a late 2011 relaunch of Defenders with artist Terry Dodson.
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