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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 young boy and his relationship with his father.
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Brian Fies has a Physics major, an English minor, one wife, two kids and a dog. He's been a journalist, an environmental chemist, a freelance journalist, a science writer and, beginning early in the 21st century, a cartoonist. His first graphic novel, "Mom's Cancer," a true story about his mother's diagnosis and treatment, won an Eisner Award, a German Youth Literature Prize, and other recognition. His second graphic novel, "Whatever Happened to the World of Tomorrow," looks at the Space Age through a Pop Culture lens to wonder how we went from optimism to pessimism; from utopianism to dystopianism. Both it and his follow-up webcomic, "The Last Mechanical Monster," were nominated for Eisner and other awards. In October 2017, Brian and his wife Karen lost their home in what was at that time the largest wildfire in California history. The day after, he went to the store to buy shoes, a shirt, and art supplies. The webcomic he made, "A Fire Story," gave a first-hand account from ground zero of a major disaster. An animated version from PBS station KQED won a regional Emmy Award in 2018. In 2019, Brian expanded his webcomic into a full-length print version of "A Fire Story." He and Karen rebuilt their house on its former site, and are now working to make it a home.
