Brian Fies (pronounced "feez" )
Early life and influences
Fies "grew up on newspaper comics and superhero comic books";
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.
His first job out of college was as a reporter for a small local newspaper.
Career
Fies is the creator of
Mom's Cancer, which was the first webcomic to receive an
Eisner Award.
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
, as well as the Lulu Blooker Prize in its Comics category.
The German edition of the graphic novel received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) in the Non-Fiction category.
was also nominated for a
Quill Award and two further Eisner Awards.
Fies is also the creator of The Last Mechanical Monster, which was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2014.
Fies was given an Inkpot Award in 2018.
Published works
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Mom's Cancer (webcomic, 2004–; Harry N. Abrams, 2006)
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Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Harry N. Abrams, 2012)
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The Last Mechanical Monster (webcomic, 2013–; Harry N. Abrams, 2022)
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A Fire Story (webcomic, 2017; Abrams ComicArts, 2019)
External links
Interviews
