Brian Fies

Brian Fies (pronounced "feez" ) is an American cartoonist.

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. 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. Mom's Cancer 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. 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.

Fies was given an Inkpot Award in 2018.

Published works Mom's Cancer (webcomic, 2004–; Harry N. Abrams, 2006) Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow? (Harry N. Abrams, 2012) The Last Mechanical Monster (webcomic, 2013–; Harry N. Abrams, 2022) A Fire Story (webcomic, 2017; Abrams ComicArts, 2019)