Matt Fraction Archives : The Shared Universe https://www.theshareduniverse.com/tag/matt-fraction/ The Internet's Bay Bridge connecting the Bay Area's comic fandom. Sun, 21 Jun 2020 15:26:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Bay Area Comic Events Update February 12, 2017 https://www.theshareduniverse.com/bay-area-comic-events-update-february-12-2017/ Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:59:23 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1382 Ken Garing signing Planetoid Praxis at Escapist When: February 18, 1 p.m. Where: Escapist Comics 3090 Claremont Avenue Berkeley, CA What: San Francisco-based writer and artist Ken Garing returns to the Planetoid universe he created in 2012. Garing always intended for the first Planetoid mini-series to be a standalone title, but, as often happens to writers, the rich Universe […]

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]]> Sorry, Cracked, but superhero movies haven’t ruined comic books https://www.theshareduniverse.com/sorry-cracked-but-superhero-movies-havent-ruined-comic-books/ Sun, 22 May 2016 17:26:41 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=1108 This post is in response to Jason Iannone’s Cracked article “6 Specific Reasons Why Superhero Movies Ruined Comics.” In his post, Iannone builds a starting point for the greater discussion of how the mainstreaming of popular superheroes through film is impacting the medium where they were first created. He makes some interesting observations but ties […]

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]]> Requiem for an Engine: The Warren Ellis comic board’s legacy https://www.theshareduniverse.com/requiem-engine-comic-boards-legacy/ Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:48:20 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=699 It was a strange and fruitful blip in the online comic community. Writer Warren Ellis’s comic book message board The Engine ran from early September 2005 to Aug. 31, 2007, birthing in its short life new comic books, ongoing collaborative superteams, Eisner and Harvey Award-winning projects, and at least one marriage. My affectionate memories are […]

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]]> Image to release Sex Criminals on local comic shops https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-release-sex-criminals-local-comic-shops/ Sun, 16 Mar 2014 16:38:45 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=665 Berkeley-based Image Comics is preparing to release the first trade paperback of Chip Zdarsky and Matt Fraction’s wildly successful time stopping sex romp Sex Criminals next month. The publisher announced last week volume one, Sex Criminals: One Weird Trick, will be available at local comic shops on April 16 with mass market distribution on April 29. […]

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]]> Image Expo reaches effective frequency https://www.theshareduniverse.com/image-expo-reaches-effective-frequency/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 17:38:36 +0000 http://www.theshareduniverse.com/?p=421 Considering how successful the 2012 and 2013 Image Expos were for the 21-year-old company it comes as a no surprise the company’s hosting a third in 2014. The surprise in the announcement is that Image Expo will be making a return to San Francisco’s  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts only six months after the […]

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