The Fies Files

Some artists are very particular about their art materials. I’d call myself mildly particular. In my experience, your paper, paint, ink, bru...

Nearly two years ago, I pre-ordered a toy playset from an outfit called Mezco Toyz . Price was no object because I really had no choice: the...

Until this morning, my publisher Abrams and I were working with an overseas publisher to print a foreign-language edition of  The Last Mecha...

Comics friend Tom Heintjes reminds us that "The Mechanical Monsters," the Superman cartoon on which my new book The Last Mechanica...

Hey, look who's doing a Toon Talk and book signing at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco next Saturday! Spoiler: me! At 1 p.m. I...

"A family-friendly adventure with a surprising amount of heart and timeless themes..." A new review here from Sam Stone at Comic B...

I recently came across an online auction at a reputable site, and bought two pieces of art I knew I had to have. In fact, immodestly, I can...

My daughters Laura and Robin drove up for the event, which meant a lot to me. The Last Mechanical Monster got a terrific launch last night a...

My day is made! "This one's an absolute wonder," says Publishers Weekly in its Starred Review of "The Last Mechanical Mon...

Just dropped on my porch: one (1) copy of my forthcoming The Last Mechanical Monster, flown from the printer with a brief detour to New York...

Editor Charles Kochman teases me just before I go to join him at Comic-Con with photos of "The Last Mechanical Monster" in print! ...

"Blurbs" are a sordid but necessary bit of the authoring racket. You try to convince the most impressive people you can find to sa...

One of my very favorite parts of the publishing process: checking proofs. These are pages of a book printed on the actual paper and press th...

COMING THIS FALL: 192 pages of full-color Eisner-Award-nominated action and adventure! Plus a robot paper doll you can cut out and glue tog...

This makes me very happy! Got an email from Cameron Jones, who just found and read "The Last Mechanical Monster" after seeing the ...

I had a comment/reply on my "Last Mechanical Monster" webcomic, currently running on GoComics.com , I thought was interesting e...

Tuesday's launch of my new webcomic, The Last Mechanical Monster, went far better than I'd hoped. Thank you! Many people whose op...

So I've started a new webcomic. It's called The Last Mechanical Monster, it's about a very old man and his giant robot, and you...