The Fies Files

The last photo we took of the wall of flame coming over the hills toward us as we evacuated.  Tonight is a grim anniversary for my family an...

My pal Craig Yoe offered to send me a copy of his new kids book, Captain LOL + Rubber Chicken: Har Har! , if I'd consider mentioning it ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] “I am sorry this letter is ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Ask people to name their fa...

The day after my sister's wedding, my family and I took a few hours to visit the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in L.A. We happened t...

My family and I went to L.A. this weekend to help my little sister get married! It's her story to tell, not mine, but it was fun and bea...

I'm reminded that today is both International Daughters Day and International Comic Book Day. I am in the very unusual and nifty positio...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I’m fascinated by artists w...

 I made this. It's my take on a German Weihnachtspyramide, a candle-powered carousel that is a traditional Christmas decoration in both ...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] Do kids still love mytholog...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] I have never been a natural...

[I try to start my day writing 250 words on anything. I’ll post one every Tuesday until I run out of good ones.] There’s a social trend call...

In 2006, Abrams ComicArts published Mom's Cancer, about my mother's treatment for metastatic cancer. The story had already gotten s...