Kelly DeConnick and Matt Fraction get signed to Universal TV

So if you have been none of those mindless drones that got blood circulation cut off to their brain by using a belt for its unintended purpose after watching that 50 shades off a banal colour, you may have picked up on the bit of comic book sexiness hitting the tv series arena.

Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick, comic books (probably) first famous comic couple creators have recently signed a major deal with Universal TV to adapt their comic series into live action. Among this is Eisner Award- and Harvey Award-winning comic Sex Criminals. But it’s not their own titles they will be developing for the screen, but also original TV series concepts.

On Image Comics, the Sex Criminals is a cool title that follows a female librarian and male actor who discover they can freeze time when they orgasm. So they do the natural thing and commit crime with this new found gift.

Both Fraction and DeConnick have hefty resumes in comics whether by themselves or as a group, DeConnick being behind the influence on Captain Marvel, and her independent exploitation comic Bitch Planet. And Fraction, winning awards for much of his major and independent works, being a major consultant on the Iron Man 2 film, and having wrote an episode of FX’s beloved spy-spoof Archer.

So we can hopefully expect to see a Bitch Planet series. That really needs to happen.