Matt Wagner
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Matt Wagner is an American comic book writer and artist best known for creating the series Grendel and Mage and for his influential work across independent and mainstream comics.
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| Matt Wagner canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9385928 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Matt Wagner Context triple: [The Tower Chronicles, creator, Matt Wagner]
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Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and designer best known for his ambitious, intricately plotted runs at Marvel Comics, including major events like Secret Wars and influential work on titles such as Fantastic Four, Avengers, and X-Men.
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B.
Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
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C.
Bill Willingham
Bill Willingham is an American comic book writer and artist best known as the creator of the acclaimed fantasy series "Fables."
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D.
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer best known for works like "Marvels" and "Astro City," acclaimed for his character-driven storytelling and deep knowledge of superhero history.
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Steve Niles
Steve Niles is an American comic book writer and novelist best known for his influential horror work, including co-creating the vampire series "30 Days of Night."
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Matt Wagner Target entity description: Matt Wagner is an American comic book writer and artist best known for creating the series Grendel and Mage and for his influential work across independent and mainstream comics.
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A.
Jonathan Hickman
Jonathan Hickman is an American comic book writer and designer best known for his ambitious, intricately plotted runs at Marvel Comics, including major events like Secret Wars and influential work on titles such as Fantastic Four, Avengers, and X-Men.
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B.
Brian K. Vaughan
Brian K. Vaughan is an American comic book and television writer best known for acclaimed series such as Saga, Y: The Last Man, and his work on shows like Lost.
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C.
Bill Willingham
Bill Willingham is an American comic book writer and artist best known as the creator of the acclaimed fantasy series "Fables."
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D.
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer best known for works like "Marvels" and "Astro City," acclaimed for his character-driven storytelling and deep knowledge of superhero history.
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E.
Steve Niles
Steve Niles is an American comic book writer and novelist best known for his influential horror work, including co-creating the vampire series "30 Days of Night."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (21)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American comics creator
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comic book artist ⓘ comic book writer ⓘ person ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| creatorOf |
Grendel
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Mage ⓘ |
| field |
independent comics
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mainstream comics ⓘ |
| genre | comic books ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creating the series Grendel
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creating the series Mage ⓘ influential work across independent comics ⓘ influential work across mainstream comics ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| name | Matt Wagner ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Grendel
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Mage ⓘ |
| occupation |
comic book artist
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comic book writer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Matt Wagner Description of subject: Matt Wagner is an American comic book writer and artist best known for creating the series Grendel and Mage and for his influential work across independent and mainstream comics.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.