Matt Kindt


Matt Kindt is an American comic book writer, cartoonist, and graphic designer. His early creator-owned works were spy fiction, and their success led to mainstream work for hire projects in superhero fiction and other genres. His work has been nominated for Eisner Awards and Harvey Awards. In the comic industry, he is best known for his work on MIND MGMT, the Valiant Entertainment superhero universe, and BRZRKR, the first issue of which is the highest-selling single comic issue of the 21st century.
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Early life

Kindt was born in 1973 in Cheektowaga, New York and currently resides in Webster Groves, Missouri. He worked in the local mini-comics scene from a young age, self-publishing his own copyshop zines since 1990. In 1995 he obtained a degree in art from Webster University in St. Louis.

Career

Kindt has stated that he creates comic books because he enjoys the "magical" effect created by the combination of words and pictures. His target audience for his books are his wife and daughter, who did not grow up enjoying comics as he did.
In 2001, Top Shelf Productions published Pistolwhip, which Kindt created with Jason Hall. The book was critically well-received, nominated for the prestigious Harvey Award the next year, and featured in Time Magazine's Top 10 list for Graphic Novels. He has illustrated two Pistolwhip spin-offs and written his own, 300-page graphic novel, Two Sisters, as well as maintaining a regular webcomic set in the Sisters universe, called Super Spy. In 2006, Kindt announced on his blog that he would be writing an experimental novel called The End of the World. The book has been completed, but Kindt now plans to adapt it into a graphic novel. In 2007, the collected Super Spy was published by Top Shelf. 2008 saw the collected Super Spy nominated for the Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel: Reprint. In March 2010, a Super Spy short story appeared on Dark Horse's Dark Horse Presents MySpace web comic. Kindt released Revolver in 2010, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint. His ongoing series MIND MGMT, Pastaways, and Dept. H were released by Dark Horse Comics.
He published 5-issue fantasy series Folklords, illustrated by Matt Smith, in 2020.
In 2021, Kindt partnered with actor Keanu Reeves and artist Ron Garney to create BRZRKR through Boom! Studios. The book's release received wide media coverage and became the highest-ordered monthly comic book in the Direct Market since 1991.

Awards

  • 2002:
  • 2005: Nominated for "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" Eisner Award, for Pistolwhip and 2 Sisters
  • 2007: Nominated for "Best Publication Design" Eisner Award, for Lost Girls
  • 2008: Nominated for "Best Graphic Album: Reprint" Eisner Award, for ''Super Spy''

Top Shelf Productions

  • Pistolwhip :
  • *Pistolwhip
  • *Mephisto and the Empty Box
  • *Pistolwhip and the Yellow Menace
  • Super Spy :
  • *2 Sisters
  • *Super Spy
  • *''Super Spy: The Lost Dossiers''

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics/Vertigo

Valiant Entertainment

Unity #0–25
  • * Unity : To Kill A King
  • * Unity : Trapped By Webnet
  • * Unity : Armor Hunters
  • * Unity : The United
  • * Unity : Homefront
  • * Unity : The War-Monger
  • * Unity : Revenge of the Armor Hunters
  • * Unity Deluxe Edition 1 Rai
  • * Rai : Welcome to New Japan
  • * Rai : Battle For New Japan
  • * Rai : The Orphan
  • * Rai Deluxe Edition 1 The Valiant #1–4
  • * The Valiant
  • * The Valiant Deluxe Edition Divinity :
  • * Divinity #1–4
  • ** Divinity
  • * Divinity II #1–4
  • * Divinity III: Stalinverse #1–4 Ninjak
  • * Ninjak : Weaponeer
  • * Ninjak : The Shadow Wars Book of Death: Fall of Ninjak #1 4001 A.D. #1–4 X-O Manowar #1-26

BOOM! Studios

Bad Idea

  • "Hero Trade: Hero for Sale", one-shot - ashcan released under the publishing pseudonym Buttoned Up ComicsENIAC #1-4 Whalesville x Rocks and Minerals, one-shot, Hero Trade: Passive/Aggressive - Refuse x Last Resort, one-shot,

Other publishers