Brian Fies
Brian Fies | |
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| Pronunciation | [pronounced "feez" /ˈfiːz/][1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
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Brian Fies (pronounced "feez" /ˈfiːz/)[1] is an American cartoonist. He is the creator of Mom's Cancer, which was the first webcomic to receive an Eisner Award.[2] 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,[3][4] as well as the Lulu Blooker Prize in its Comics category.[5] The German edition of the graphic novel received the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German Youth Literature Prize) in the Non-Fiction category.[6][7] Mom's Cancer was also nominated for a Quill Award[8] and two further Eisner Awards.[9]
Fies is also the creator of The Last Mechanical Monster, which was also nominated for an Eisner Award in 2014.[2] Other works by Fies include Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?[10] 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.[1][11]
Fies was given an Inkpot Award in 2018.[12]
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