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| Born | October 9, 1961 Front Royal, Virginia, US |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker, Letterer, Colourist |
Notable works | Mage Grendel |
| Awards | Inkpot Award 1988 |
Matt Wagner (born October 9, 1961) [1] is an American comics artist and writer who is best known as the creator of the series Mage and Grendel .
Matt Wagner's first published comic book work was Comico Primer #2 (1982), which was the first appearance of Grendel. [2] In addition to his creator-owned series Mage and Grendel, [3] he has worked on comics featuring the Demon and Batman as well as such titles as Sandman Mystery Theatre . [4] In 1991, he illustrated part of the "Season of Mists" story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series. [5] [6] He wrote and drew Batman/Superman/Wonder Woman: Trinity a limited series featuring DC's three major heroes in 2003. [7] He followed it with Batman and the Monster Men [8] and Batman and the Mad Monk [9] in 2006. [10]
His other projects include Madame Xanadu for Vertigo, with artist Amy Reeder Hadley. [11] [12] He has produced numerous comics covers, including painted ones for Green Arrow [4] and has written several Green Hornet limited series for Dynamite Entertainment. [13]
Outside comics, Wagner provided art for the 1984 Villains & Vigilantes adventure Battle Above the Earth written by Steven Crow.
In April 2022, Wagner was reported among the more than three dozen comics creators who contributed to Operation USA's benefit anthology book, Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds, a project spearheaded by IDW Publishing Special Projects Editor Scott Dunbier, whose profits would be donated to relief efforts for Ukrainian refugees resulting from the February 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [14] [15] Wagner produced a new Grendel story featuring Hunter Rose for the anthology. [15]
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Matt Wagner headed to DC Comics to write and illustrate this three-issue prestige-format series that retold the original meeting between Batman and Superman and heroine Wonder Woman.
Madame Xanadu was a relatively minor player in the DC Universe, but [Matt] Wagner, assisted by stunning art by Amy Hadley, crafted a first-class tale.
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