Pia Guerra
| Pia Guerra | |
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 Pia Guerra at the Vancouver Comicon, March 2006 | |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | artist, pencils |
Notable works | Y: The Last Man series |
| Awards | Eisner Award, Harvey Award, Joe Shuster Award |
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Pia Jasmin Guerra is an 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]
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]
In the late 2000s, Guerra contributed to a Doctor Who comic entitled Doctor Who: The Forgotten (published by IDW Publishing and written by UK writer Tony Lee),[4] and to 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.
Bibliography
- Y: The Last Man (with Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo, 2002–2008)
- Doctor Who: The Forgotten (Tony Lee, IDW Publishing, 2008–)
Awards
- 2003 Harvey Award: Best New Series (with Brian K. Vaughan and José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man)[5]
- 2006 Joe Shuster Award: Outstanding Comic Book Artist[6][7]
- 2008 Eisner Award: Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (with inker José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man[8])
Nominations
- 2009 Hugo Award: Best Graphic Story (with Brian K. Vaughan and José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man; Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores)[9]
Notes
- ↑ "Vertigo's 'Last (Wo)Man' Standing: Pia Guerra Talks About Hit Series 'Y'". Comic Book Resources. 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. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ↑ "Interview with Pia". http://www.theouthousers.com The Outhouse. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ↑ Pia Guerra talks "Doctor Who: The Forgotten", Comic Book Resources, August 22, 2008
- ↑ . The Harvey Awards http://www.harveyawards.org/previous-awards-nominees/2003-harvey-awards/. Retrieved 11 August 2013. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Pia Guerra". http://www.sequentialtart.com Sequential Tart. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ↑ "2006 Nominees and Winners". Joe Shuster Awards. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
- ↑ "2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Award and Other Award Winners". San Diego Comic-Con International. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
- ↑ "2009 Hugo Award Nominations". thehugoawards.com. thehugoawards.com. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
External links
- Official website
- Pia Guerra at the Comic Book DB
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