Matthew Rosenberg (writer)

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Matthew Rosenberg
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We Can Never Go Home, 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank, The Punisher, Uncanny X-Men, Hawkeye: Freefall, Task Force Z, DC vs. Vampires, What's the Furthest Place from Here?

Matthew Rosenberg is an American comics writer who has worked for small press, Marvel Comics, and DC Comics. He is best known for his work on the Punisher, X-Men, the Red Hood, and the Joker, as well as his indie comic 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank with artist Tyler Boss. He also helps run a podcast called Ideas Don't Bleed with Ethan S. Parker and Griffin Sheridan. [1] [2]

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Career

One of the first comic Black Mask Studios published was Rosenberg's Twelve Reasons to Die , [3] a collaboration with Ghostface Killah and RZA [4] that he co-wrote with Patrick Kindlon. Rosenberg and Kindlon would then go on to write We Can Never Go Home, which was also published through Black Mask. [5] After writing a Quake one-shot for S.H.I.E.L.D.'s 50th anniversary with Kindlon, [6] Rosenberg returned to Black Mask to publish 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank with artist Tyler Boss. [7] The book, which was about a young girl trying to stop her father from doing a heist, received critical acclaim. [8] [9] [10] [11] In 2020, it was optioned by Picturestart [12] and in 2024, it was made into a movie starring Liam Neeson. [13]

In 2016, it was announced that he would write the four-issue tie-in mini-series Civil War II: Kingpin , [14] as well as a Rocket Raccoon series which saw Rocket stranded on Earth. [15] [16] The next year, 2017, he became the writer for the new volume of Secret Warriors , which spun out of the Secret Empire crossover. [17] He also wrote Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey , which permanently brought back Jean Grey from the dead. [18] [19]

For Archie Comics, Rosenberg co-wrote The Archies one-shot and ongoing series with fellow writer Alex Segura, which combined his love for music and comics. [20] He also took over writing The Punisher when the character stole the War Machine armor [21] and wrote the 2018 relaunch of the book with artist Szymon Kudranski. [22] The book sparked several news articles when one issued showed Frank Castle's disapproval of the cops using his symbol. [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28]

In 2019, after writing Multiple Man and Astonishing X-Men , Rosenberg, alongside Kelly Thompson and Ed Brisson, became the main writers for the relaunched Uncanny X-Men for a storyline called "X-Men Disassembled." [29] [30] Rosenberg became the sole writer of the book with issue 11 and wrote it until the book ended with issue 22. [31] In 2020, he wrote Hawkeye: Freefall [32] and co-wrote four issues of Amazing Spider-Man with Nick Spencer. [33]

In 2021, it was announced that he would be writing two books for DC Comics, DC vs. Vampires and Task Force Z. [34] He also began publishing a new indie book, What's the Furthest Place from Here? with artist Tyler Boss through Image Comics. [35] [36] He also wrote a number of books with the Joker, including The Joker Presents: A Puzzlebox, [37] The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing, [38] and Knight Terrors: The Joker. [39] A backup story in the fourth issue of The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing sparked controversy after Fox News aired a segment about how it depicted a pregnant Joker and called it "woke garbage." [40] [41] Rosenberg responded to the controversy on his Substack newsletter: [42] [43]

If you don't get your news from the "here’s what to be angry about" people you may have missed this. But certain corners of the world are quite mad that the new issue of THE JOKER: THE MAN WHO STOPPED LAUGHING makes the Joker trans and then they become pregnant and give birth. How could we?! Think of the children!! Only, slight problem, none of that actually happens in the comic. That didn't stop Fox News, The NY Post, Channel 1 Russia, various internet outrage peddlers, and so many of the other sources of journalistic excellence from going all in on it this past week. This of course made social media somewhat unusable for me because things like this are Christmas for folks who like to get mad at stuff and yell at strangers. My DM's have never been more exciting!

In December of 2024, it was announced that Rosenberg would be teaming up with Stefano Landini for the six-issue comic We're Taking Everyone Down With Us. [44]

Personal life

He was born and raised in New York City. [45] His parents and brother are writers and he used to run a "small indie punk" label for ten years before moving into writing comics. [46]

Bibliography

Marvel Comics [47]

DC Comics [48]

Independent Comics

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