Pia Guerra
| Pia Guerra | |
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 Pia Guerra at the Vancouver Comicon, March 2006 |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | artist, pencils |
| Notable works | Y: The Last Man series |
| Awards | Eisner Awards, Joe Shuster Awards |
| Official website | |
Pia Guerra is a Shuster, Harvey and Eisner 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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[edit] Career
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]
She has also pencilled a Doctor Who comic called Doctor Who: The Forgotten, featuring the Tenth Doctor. Published by IDW Publishing, it is written by UK writer Tony Lee.[4] and drawn a Torchwood series for Torchwood Magazine, written by Gareth David-Lloyd.
She has co-written two issues of Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics with Ian Boothby.
[edit] Bibliography
- Y: The Last Man (with Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo, 2002–2008)
- Doctor Who: The Forgotten (Tony Lee, IDW Publishing, 2008-)
[edit] Awards
- 2006 Joe Shuster Award for Outstanding Comic Book Artist[5][6]
- 2008 Eisner Award winner for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (with inker Jose Marzan, Jr. for Y: The Last Man.[7])
[edit] Nominations
- Nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story (2009), Y: The Last Man, Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores.[8]
[edit] Notes
- ^ "Vertigo's 'Last (Wo)Man' Standing: Pia Guerra Talks About Hit Series 'Y'". Comic Book Resources. http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=1565. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Pia and the Last Man Standing". http://www.comicon.com/index.html Comicon.com - the World's Largest Comicon. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929091548/http://www.comicon.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php?ubb=get_topic;f=36;t=001659. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "Interview with Pia". http://www.theouthousers.com The Outhouse. http://www.theouthousers.com/articles/?p=467. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ Pia Guerra talks "Doctor Who: The Forgotten", Comic Book Resources, August 22, 2008
- ^ "Pia Guerra". http://www.sequentialtart.com Sequential Tart. http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/july03/guerra.shtml. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ "2006 Nominees and Winners". Joe Shuster Awards. http://joeshusterawards.com/awards/about/2006-nominees-and-winner/. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ^ "2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award and Other Award Winners". San Diego Comic-Con International. http://www.comic-con.org/cci/cci_eisners_08win.shtml. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ^ "2009 Hugo Award Nominations". thehugoawards.com. thehugoawards.com. 2009-03-20. http://www.thehugoawards.org/?p=260. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Pia Guerra at the Comic Book DB
- Greg Upton. "Episode 149 – The Straczynski Kerfuffle". Backroom Comics Podcast: Emerald City ComiCon 2010 Part 4. April 2, 2010
