Matt Kindt

St. Louis

Freelance Writer at Freelance

Matt Kindt is a NYT-bestselling writer & artist of over 50 graphic novels including MIND MGMT, Dept. H, Bang!, ENIAC, Grass Kings, and BRZRKR (w/ Keanu Reeves).

Articles

Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

Joanna Rubin Dranger, trans. from the Swedish by Maura Tavares. Ten Speed Graphic, $40 (432p) ISBN 978-0-593-83690-3“Who will remember them, if not us?” asks Dranger (Miss Remarkable and Her Career) in this meticulous chronicle of her Jewish family’s history of disruption and dislocation. When Dranger was growing up, her grandparents deflected her questions about relatives who “disappeared” in WWII.
Neptune

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | Michael J. Conrad |Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel

An ex-con must come to terms with his past before it destroys him in this haunting graphic novel from Conrad (the Nightwing series) and newcomer Ooten. After nearly two decades in prison, Corey Harrison reflects upon his lost years, the result of a convenience store holdup he committed alongside his brother, James, and his friend, Shawn, that left two people dead and multiple families shattered.
You Can Never Die: A Graphic Memoir

2 months ago | publishersweekly.com | Harry Bliss |Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel

New Yorker cartoonist Bliss (A Wealth of Pigeons) lets it all hang out in this poignant, generously illustrated graphic memoir, which combines prose and comics in mordantly funny and moving vignettes. Confiding at the outset that “intimacy is my intention,” Bliss delves into the death of his beloved dog Penny, and springboards from that grief to all manner of life events and transitions.
There’s No Time Like the Present

Mar 6, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

Rainey follows Why Don’t You Love Me? with another mordantly funny, reality-bending graphic novel featuring malcontents obsessing over the minor frustrations of their humdrum lives. Mousy adult fanboy Cliff (handmade Dalek replica and all) longs for the affections of his roommate Kelly, an anxiety-rattled office drone who self-medicates by binging on yogurt. Rounding out the core cast is Cliff’s friend Barry, a noxious 30-something pop culture collector and porn addict.
Everything Is Fine, I’ll Just Work Harder: Confessions of a Former Badass

Mar 6, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

In this introspective graphic memoir debut, biology professor Gormally uses loose lined drawings and a straightforward panel grid to explore a complex topic: trauma. As a self-described “badass,” Gormally is accustomed to pushing toward defined achievements. They run miles every morning, ignoring worsening muscle pain, and spend their days overworking themself in their university lab (“Gotta double down”).
Gilt Frame

Mar 3, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

Matt Kindt and Margie Kraft Kindt. Dark Horse, $29.99 (216p) ISBN 978-1-5067-4594-7Harvey award winner Kindt (the Mind MGMT series) collaborates with his mother, Margie Kraft Kindt, on this charming cozy whodunit that builds an intricate case around the murder of a Parisian antiques dealer. Amateur sleuths Meredith “Merry” Pearson and her nephew Sam have a knack for stumbling onto new cases.
Kylooe

Feb 25, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

Little Thunder, trans. from the Chinese by Montana Kane. Dark Horse, $29.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-5067-4600-5Hong Kong artist Little Thunder’s enchanting debut comprises three stories linked by the uncannily cute character Kylooe, a furry white monster who inhabits people’s dreams. In “Downhearted Dragonfly,” an awkward teenage girl living in the shadow of her popular sister meets a boy who lives in a rainbow-hued dreamland, but travel between their realities proves precarious.
Spectregraph

Feb 25, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | James Tynion IV |Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel

James Tynion IV and Christian Ward. Dstlry, $35 (200p) ISBN 978-1-962265-04-1In this flashy phantasmagoria, Eisner winners Tynion (the Nice House on the Lake series) and Ward (Batman: City of Madness) spin an offbeat ghost story with hints of science fiction and visual style to spare. Janie, a frazzled real estate agent in Malibu, just wants to show an old house to a buyer and get home to the toddler she accidentally left unattended.
Santos Sisters

Feb 24, 2025 | publishersweekly.com | Matt Kindt |Margie Kraft Kindt |Alison Bechdel |Paul Auster

Greg and Fake debut with a self-aware pastiche that blends an entire Saturday morning cartoon lineup into a fitfully entertaining sugar rush. Granted powers by the mysterious Madame Sosostris, trash-talking teens Ambar and Alana transform into superheroines in luchador masks when they shout, “It’s Santos Sisters time!” Between partying, bickering, and trading expletive-laden quips, they take on threats ranging from carjackers to a monster cinnamon bun to Snowscrotch, a penis-shaped yeti.
WHO – OR WHAT – IS BLOOD TYPE? EC Comics and Oni Press Make History for Free Comic Book Day 2025! - Fanboy Factor

Nov 22, 2024 | fanboyfactor.com | Corrina Bechko |Matt Kindt

The Next Shocking Year of EC Comics’ Blockbuster Resurrection Begins in EC PRESENTS BLOOD TYPE #0 – Featuring Corinna Bechko & Jonathan Case, Matt Kindt & Kano, and More! Coming to Comic Shops Everywhere for Free Comic Book Day 2025! First: EPITAPHS FROM THE ABYSS plunged to the heart of 21st-century terror. Then: CRUEL UNIVERSE hurtled you to the brink of oblivion. Soon: CRUEL KINGDOM throws wide the forbidden gateway to mayhem and magic.