Brian Fies

Brian Fies is a writer and cartoonist. His widely acclaimed first graphic novel, Mom’s Cancer, won the Eisner Award for Best Digital Comic in 2005 (the first webcomic to win this award and the inspiration for the category), the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize for Best Comic, the 2007 Harvey Award for Best New Talent, and the 2007 German Children’s Literature Award. He is also the author of the acclaimed, award-winning graphic novels A Fire Story, which received four starred reviews and a regional Emmy Award for an animated adaptation, and Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, winner of the American Astronautical Society’s 2009 Eugene M. Emme Award for Best Young Adult Literature. He lives in Santa Rosa, California.

Brian Fies's Titles

Last Mechanical Monster A Graphic Novel

The Last Mechanical Monster

From Brian Fies, the multi-award-winning, acclaimed graphic novelist of Mom's Cancer, Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, and A Fire...


Fire Story A Graphic Memoir

A Fire Story

A powerful graphic memoir of loss, resilience, and rebuilding after the Northern California wildfires In the early hours of October 9, 2017,...


Mom's Cancer

Mom's Cancer

An honest, unflinching, and sometimes humorous look at the practical and emotional effect that serious illness can have on patients and their...


Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?

Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?

Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow?, the long-awaited follow-up to Mom's Cancer, is a unique graphic novel that tells the story of a...