Pia Guerra
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| Pia Guerra | |
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| Country: | Canada |
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| Area(s): | Artist |
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Pia Guerra is an award-winning Canadian comic book artist best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title Y: The Last Man.[1]
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Life and Career
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Guerra has worked on various independent titles since the mid-1990s, though Y: The Last Man is known as her "big break" in the comics industry.[2] She currently resides in Vancouver, Canada and is married to comic book author and comedian Ian Boothby (Simpsons Comics).[3]
Her next project will be a comic based on Sci-Fi show Doctor Who called Doctor Who: The Forgotten, featuring the Tenth Doctor. Published by IDW Publishing, it is written by UK writer Tony Lee.[4]
Select BibliographyEdit
- Y: The Last Man (with Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo, 2002–2008)
- Doctor Who: The Forgotten (Tony Lee, IDW Publishing, 2008-)
AwardsEdit
She has been nominated multiple times for the Eisner Awards, winning the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team with inker Jose Marzan, Jr. for their work on Y.[5] She won Outstanding Comic Book Artist for 2006 at the Joe Shuster Awards.[6]
External linksEdit
- Official Site
- Greg Upton at Emerald City ComiCon for The Backroom Comics Podcast Emerald city ComiCon 2010 Part 4, March 2010
SourcesEdit
- ↑ Book Resources, "Vertigo's 'Last (Wo)Man' Standing: Pia Guerra Talks About Hit Series 'Y'"]
- ↑ "Pia and the Last Man Standing
- ↑ The Outhouse, Interview with Pia
- ↑ Comic Book Resources, Pia Guerra talks "Doctor Who: The Forgotten", August 22, 2008
- ↑ 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award and Other Award Winners
- ↑ Sequential Tart: Pia Guerra
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