Alexis Nolent Explained

Alexis Nolent should not be confused with Yukihiro Matsumoto.

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Birth Place:	Rouen, France
Nationality:	French
Write:	y
Alias:	Matz
Awards:	Prix Saint-Michel Best Story (2004) Best French Language Comic (2006)
Nonus:	y

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

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 was optioned for a 2023 feature film adaptation, starring Michael Fassbender and Tilda Swinton.^[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:
    • Volume 1 (collects #1-4: "'Long Fire" and "Vicious Cycle", hardcover, 128 pages, September 2007,)
• Shandy (with Dominique Bertail,^[16] Delcourt):
  • Agnès (November 2002,)
  • Le Dragon d'Austerlitz (January 2006,)
• 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)
• (with Jean-Marc Rochette^[19]):
  • Part 1: Extinction (2019)
  • Part 2: Apocalypse (2020)
  • Part 3: Annihilation (2024)
• (with Luc Jacamon
  • Traitement négatif (January 2020)
  • Circuit court (October 2020)
  • Variable d'ajustement (October 2021)
  • Frères humains (September 2022)
  • La face cachée de l'abîme (October 2023)

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.^[20]

External links

• • Matz at Bedetheque
• Matz at Casterman
• Matz at Delcourt
• Preview of The Killer #1

Interviews

• Matz Narks on The Killer, Comicon, June 6, 2006

Notes and References

1. http://www.jazmaonline.com/interviews/interviews2.asp?intID=385 MATZ: Writer of The Killer
2. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117994017.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Warner aims for 'Headshot'
3. http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=6099 David Fincher interview
4. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117982561.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 WB, Mangold eye Nolent's 'Cyclops'
5. Web site: Archaia Studios Press profile for The Killer . 2008-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080223194119/http://www.archaiasp.com/the_killer.php . 2008-02-23 . dead .
6. http://uk.bestof.ign.com/2007/comics/14.html Best Indy Book
7. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=141312 Best Shots: Best of '07 Edition
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20071230134343/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20162677_20164082_20167020_2,00.html The Best Comics of 2007
9. http://www.brokenfrontier.com/lowdown/details.php?id=558 Making the Asssassin Tick
10. http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=10281 Matz - A "Killer" Comic Writer
11. https://www.variety.com/article/VR1117975663.html?categoryid=13&cs=1&nid=2562 Benderspink options 'Starkweather'
12. http://lambiek.net/artists/c/chauzy_jc.htm Jean-Christophe Chauzy
13. Web site: Casterman profile for Peines perdues . 2008-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407234136/http://bd.casterman.com/albums_detail.cfm?id=4551&categID=1687 . 2008-04-07 . dead .
14. http://lambiek.net/artists/j/jacamon_luc.htm Luc Jacamon
15. http://bd.casterman.com/catalogues_list.cfm?CategID=1024&OwnerID=859 Casterman profile for Le Tueur
16. http://lambiek.net/artists/b/bertail_dominique.htm Dominique Bertail
17. Web site: Casterman profile for Du plomb dans la tête . 2008-03-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080407221041/http://bd.casterman.com/catalogues_list.cfm?CategID=1022&OwnerID=859 . 2008-04-07 . dead .
18. http://bd.casterman.com/catalogues_list.cfm?CategID=1024&OwnerID=859 Casterman profile for Cyclopes
19. https://www.howtolovecomics.com/2020/05/03/snowpiercer-reading-order/
20. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153595 2008 Eisner Award Nominees Named