
Films like The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bridesmaids, and Jackass: The Movie were mentioned as touchstones for the comics, and Fraction himself confirmed in an interview that the works of Billy Wilder also inspired him deeply in writing. Later reports confirmed that it was intended for mature readers and would have Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky in the forefront. In March 2013, Image Comics announced a sex comedy during the Emerald City Comicon. As their relationship develops and their sexual histories are explored, they decide to rob the bank where Jon works in order to save Suzie's endangered library. Later, they are shocked to discover that they share the ability to freeze time when they orgasm. Suzie, a librarian, and Jon, an actor, meet at a party and end up sleeping together. Īccording to the American Library Association, the hardcover release Big Hard Sex Criminals was the seventh most banned and challenged book in the United States in 2016, due to being considered sexually explicit. On February 25, 2015, it was announced that Matt Fraction made a deal with Universal TV to turn Sex Criminals into a television show.

Sex Criminals was nominated for two Eisner Awards in 2014 including Best Continuing Series and won Best New Series. Since publication, the series has continuously received critical acclaim.

The first issue was published on September 25, 2013. It is written by Matt Fraction and illustrated by Chip Zdarsky. Sex Criminals is a comic book series published by American company Image Comics.
