Brian Fies
American cartoonist
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Brian Fies (pronounced "feez" /ˈfiːz/)[2] is an American cartoonist.
The Last Mechanical Monster
A Fire Story
| Brian Fies | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1960 (age 65–66)[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Mom's Cancer The Last Mechanical Monster A Fire Story |
| Awards |
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Early life and influences
Fies "grew up on newspaper comics and superhero comic books";[3] his influences include Charles M. Schulz, Walt Kelly, Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond, Winsor McCay, Cliff Sterrett, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Neal Adams, and Alex Toth.[3]
His first job out of college was as a reporter for a small local newspaper.[3]
Career
Fies is the creator of Mom's Cancer, which was the first webcomic to receive an Eisner Award.[4] Fies won the Eisner in 2005 under the newly created category "Best Digital Comic". Mom's Cancer also won Fies a Harvey Award, in the Best New Talent category,[5][6] as well as the Lulu Blooker Prize in its Comics category.[7] The German edition of the graphic novel received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) in the Non-Fiction category.[8][9] Mom's Cancer was also nominated for a Quill Award[10] and two further Eisner Awards.[11]
Fies is also the creator of The Last Mechanical Monster, which was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2014.[4] Other works by Fies include Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?[12] and the 18-page webcomic A Fire Story (later expanded to a 154-page book) which recounts the devastation caused by California wildfires in 2017 which destroyed his home.[2][13]
Fies was given an Inkpot Award in 2018.[14]
Published works
- Mom's Cancer (webcomic, 2004–; Harry N. Abrams, 2006) ISBN 978-0810971073
- Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Harry N. Abrams, 2012) ISBN 978-1419704413
- The Last Mechanical Monster (webcomic, 2013–; Harry N. Abrams, 2022) ISBN 978-1419756122
- A Fire Story (webcomic, 2017; Abrams ComicArts, 2019) ISBN 978-1419735851
