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Brian Fies

ブライアン・フィーズ

Brian Fies

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
California

Career

Occupations
Cartoonist
Active Years
2004-2025
Influenced By
Charles M. Schulz, Walt Kelly, Milton Caniff, Alex Raymond, Winsor McCay, Cliff Sterrett, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Neal Adams, Alex Toth
Nominations
Quill Award nomination, Mom's Cancer, Two additional Eisner Award nominations, Mom's Cancer, Eisner Award nomination, The Last Mechanical Monster

Awards

Eisner Award
2005
Work: Mom's Cancer
Category: Best Digital Comic
Organization: Comic-Con International
Result: Winner
Harvey Award
2005
Work: Mom's Cancer
Category: Best New Talent
Result: Winner
Lulu Blooker Prize
2007
Work: Mom's Cancer
Category: Comics
Organization: Lulu.com
Result: Winner
Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis
2007
Work: Mom's Cancer (German ed.)
Category: Non-Fiction
Organization: Arbeitskreis für Jugendliteratur
Result: Winner
Inkpot Award
2018
Organization: Comic-Con International
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mom's Cancer

2004 Webcomic, Graphic Novel

A memoir about his mother's battle with cancer.

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Translations
  • German: Mutter hat Krebs

Bibliography

  • Mom's Cancer (2006)
  • Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (2012)
  • The Last Mechanical Monster (2022)
  • A Fire Story (2019)

Legacy

Pioneer of webcomics, first webcomic to win an Eisner Award with Mom's Cancer.

Trivia

  • Pronounced 'feez' /ˈfiːz/'
  • Lost his home in the 2017 California wildfires