The Fies Files

As long as I've been writing this blog, and the blog before this blog, which dates back to 2005, I've marked Christmas Eve by postin...

A Peek into the Intimate Intellectual Life of a Long-Married Couple, Part 15: Me: "I just found something interesting. For the past cou...

Photo by Ethan Chappel, used with permission because asking is the right thing to do. Last night the Moon glided between Earth and Mars, an ...

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

I'm home from the Miami Book Fair with a quick photo dump. It was a good trip!  My panel with my editor Charles Kochman of Abrams Books ...

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...

This story will probably reveal more about me than I intend. Yesterday I went to a terrific local art supply store that offers a professiona...

"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 new book, The Last Mechanical Monster, launches today. To mark the date, and because I don't expect to do a ton of book signings a...

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

  My daughters treated me to an extraordinary experience yesterday. "Space Explorers: The Infinite" is a pop-up virtual reality tr...