Alexis Nolent

Alexis Nolent (a.k.a. Matz) is a French writer. He writes scripts for videogames and has also written a novel and, under the Matz pen-name, a number of comics.

Alexis Nolent
BornRouen, France
NationalityFrench
Area(s)Writer
Pseudonym(s)Matz
Notable works
The Killer
AwardsPrix Saint-Michel:
Best Story (2004)
Best French Language Comic (2006)

Life and career

Nolent was born in Rouen, France, and grew up in the Caribbean, before moving to Paris.[1]

His graphic novel Du Plomb Dans La Tete, AKA Headshot, was adapted into the 2012 film Bullet to the Head.[2] He has written The Killer (Le Tueur) and Cyclops (Cyclopes) both of which have been optioned for films, also by producer Alexandra Milchan, the former at Paramount with director David Fincher[3] and the latter at Warner Brothers by James Mangold.[4] The Killer is his first to be published in English and is published by Archaia Studios Press,[5] who are dividing each of volumes into two parts and releasing in American comic book format bi-monthly. The first four issues were collected as a hardcover volume, which won IGN's Best Indy Book of 2007 Award,[6] Newsarama's Best of '07 gave it the "Best Comic You Didn't Read This Year" award[7] and Entertainment Weekly named it #2 in a list of Best comics of 2007.[8]

Other work includes Headshot (Du plomb dans la tête) with Colin Wilson, Shandy with Dominique Bertail and an upcoming adaptation of Jim Thompson's novel Savage Night with artist Miles Hyman.[9][10]

The Killer has been optioned for a film.[11]

Bibliography
  • Peines perdues (with Jean-Christophe Chauzy,[12] Casterman, August 1993)[13]
  • The Killer (with Luc Jacamon[14]):
    • French, Casterman:[15]
      • Long feu (October 1998)
      • L'Engrenage (April 2000)
      • La Dette (August 2001)
      • Les Liens du sang (August 2002)
      • La Mort dans l'âme (October 2003)
      • Modus vivendi (September 2007)
    • English, Archaia Studios Press:[5]
      • Volume 1 (collects #1-4: "'Long Fire" and "Vicious Cycle", hardcover, 128 pages, September 2007, ISBN 1-932386-44-0)
  • Shandy (with Dominique Bertail,[16] Delcourt):
    • Agnès (November 2002, ISBN 978-2-84789-073-0)
    • Le Dragon d'Austerlitz (January 2006, ISBN 978-2-84789-926-9)
  • Du plomb dans la tête (aka Headshot) (with Colin Wilson, Casterman):[17]
    • Les Petits poissons (January 2004)
    • Les Gros poissons (February 2005)
    • Du bordel dans l'aquarium (January 2006)
  • Cyclops (with Luc Jacamon, Casterman):[18]
    • La Recrue (September 2005)
    • Le Héros (September 2006)

Awards
  • 2004: Won Best Story, Prix Saint-Michel, for Du plomb dans la tête
  • 2006:
    • Won Best Comic (French language), Prix Saint-Michel, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz
    • Nominated for Best artwork, Prix Saint-Michel, for Shandy 2: Le dragon d'Austerlitz
  • 2007: Nominated for "Award for Favourite European Comics" Eagle Award, for The Killer.
  • 2008: Nominated for "Best U.S. Edition of International Material" Eisner Award, for The Killer.[19]

Notes
  1. MATZ: Writer of The Killer, Jazma, October 31, 2006
  2. Warner aims for 'Headshot', Variety, October 14, 2008
  3. David Fincher interview Archived 2008-11-22 at the Wayback Machine, MTV, January 7, 2008
  4. WB, Mangold eye Nolent's 'Cyclops', Variety
  5. "Archaia Studios Press profile for The Killer". Archived from the original on 2008-02-23. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  6. Best Indy Book Archived 2007-12-30 at the Wayback Machine, IGN
  7. Best Shots: Best of '07 Edition, Newsarama, December 30, 2007
  8. The Best Comics of 2007, Entertainment Weekly, Dec 18, 2007
  9. Making the Asssassin Tick Archived 2007-02-09 at the Wayback Machine, Broken Frontiers, November 3, 2006
  10. Matz - A "Killer" Comic Writer, Comic Book Resources, April 12, 2007
  11. Benderspink options 'Starkweather', Variety, November 8, 2007
  12. Jean-Christophe Chauzy at Lambiek
  13. "Casterman profile for Peines perdues". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  14. Luc Jacamon at Lambiek
  15. Casterman profile for Le Tueur
  16. Dominique Bertail at Lambiek
  17. "Casterman profile for Du plomb dans la tête". Archived from the original on 2008-04-07. Retrieved 2008-03-20.
  18. Casterman profile for Cyclopes
  19. 2008 Eisner Award Nominees Named Archived January 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine (press release), Newsarama, April 14, 2008

References

Interviews
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