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. 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. Following his signing an exclusive deal with DC Comics, Sturges took over the writing of Blue Beetle in issue #29 and will see it through to its end in issue #36. He has also written Final Crisis Aftermath: Run! featuring the Human Flame and, with Willingham again, he also took over the writing of Justice Society of America with issue #29.
He is also the author of two novels, Midwinter (2009) 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 2006â€" 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 â€" 2011) collected as:
- Room and Boredom (collects House of Mystery #1-5, 128 pages, January 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2079-7)
- Love Stories for Dead People (collects House of Mystery #6-10, 128 pages, June 2009, ISBN 1-4012-2276-5)
- 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)
- Thor: Season One (with Pepe Larraz, Marvel Universe, 178 pages, September 2013, ISBN 978-0-7851-5379-5
Notes
References
External links
- Official website
- Clockwork Storybook forums
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