The Fies Files

Here's a podcast I did a few weeks back with my friend, Shawn Langwell, about creativity and purpose, titled "Dare to be Great, Da...

The cover of the exhibition catalog. It was a great show! Although all the auction pieces have been sent to their winning bidders' homes...

Lifetime Goal Unlocked! In 2023, the Amulet imprint of my publisher, Abrams Books, put out a book titled Marvel Super Stories, an anthology...

In today's installment of "People Who Have No Clue How the World Works," meet billionaire Gina Rinehart (right), the richest p...

May the Fourth....  Quiet rainy Saturday, so Karen and I sat down and watched "Star Wars" this afternoon (at her suggestion!). The...

Print wonks and friends curious about how publishing works: this article, "No One Buys Books," summarizes good and interesting in...

Here's a good article from our local newspaper, the Santa Rosa Press Democrat , about a friend of mine .  I worked with Fred Weisel (or ...

The 3-foot studio model of the starship Enterprise today, as discovered in an abandoned storage unit, a little worse for wear. This is the f...

Pete Conrad at Surveyor 3, with Apollo 12's lunar module in the background. That part sticking up next to Conrad is the video camera, wh...

On a main road a few miles from my house sits a horse stable and riding arena, where I was delighted to see this sign appear several months ...

My class. Faces are blurred because I didn't ask their permission to post a photo. I did a talk and workshop for a small group of med st...

With Trina at the Cartoon Art Museum in 2023. I'm very sorry to hear of the death of cartoonist Trina Robbins and add my condolences to ...

Snappy, accurate answers to actual headlines I found in newspapers and online this morning, to save you the trouble of reading the accompany...