Faith Erin Hicks
| Faith Erin Hicks | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Area(s) | Writer, artist |
| Notable works | Demonology 101 Zombies Calling |
| Awards | 2003 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards 2004 Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards |
Faith Erin Hicks is a Canadian webcomic and comic artist and writer and animator living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She is best known for her webcomic Demonology 101.
Biography[edit]
After studying animation at Sheridan College, Faith Erin Hicks came to prominence with her long-running webcomic Demonology 101 (D101).[1]
Since the beginning of Demonology 101, Hicks has completed a spinoff of the D101 character Sachs entitled A Distant Faith.[2] She also began work on a zombie-movie inspired comic called Zombies Calling,[3][4] as well as the dystopian comic Ice (originally published on Modern Tales).[5]
As part of her day job she has also contributed backgrounds to the George of the Jungle animated series[4] and created Jenny’s Brothers, a comic strip to the Halifax Chronicle-Herald.[6] She is currently drawing her original comic series, The Adventures of Superhero Girl, which is run weekly in Halifax's local free paper, The Coast, as well as on her own website.[7] Faith's most recently finished full-length graphic novel is Friends With Boys, which was published in February 2012 from First Second.
Hicks' most recent convention attendance was the anime/video game convention, Animinitime, in Halifax, Nova Scotia; as an artist and speaker at Halifax's science fiction convention, Hal-Con, and as a special guest at New York Comic Con 2010.
Bibliography[edit]
- Demonology 101 (webcomic, August 1999 - June 2004)
- Ice (webcomic, Modern Tales)
- Zombies Calling (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, November 2007, ISBN 1-59362-079-9)
- The War at Ellsmere (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, December 2008, ISBN 1-59362-140-X)
- Brain Camp, written by Susan Kim and Laurence Klavan (graphic novel, First Second, August 3, 2010, IBSN 1-59643-366-3)
- Friends with Boys (graphic novel, First Second, February 2012, ISBN 1-59643-556-9)
- Into the Woods (Bigfoot Boy), written by J. Torres (graphic novel, Kids Can Press, September 1, 2012, IBSN 1554537126)
- The Adventures of Superhero Girl (graphic novel, Dark Horse, February 2013, ISBN 978-1616550844)
- Nothing Can Possibly Go Wrong, written by Prudence Shen (graphic novel, First Second, May 2013, ISBN 9781596436596)
Awards[edit]
- 2003: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, for Demonology 101:
- Won "Outstanding Writing" Award
- Won "Outstanding Black and White Art" Award
- Nominated for "Outstanding Art" Award
- Nominated for "Outstanding Character Development" Award
- Nominated for "Outstanding Long Form Comic" Award
- Nominated for "Outstanding Dramatic Comic" Award
- 2004: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards, for Demonology 101:
- Won "Outstanding Dramatic Comic" Award
- Won "Outstanding Long Form Comic" Award
- 2008, for Zombies Calling:
- Won the "Favourite Canadian Comic Book Creator - English-Language Publications" Joe Shuster Award[8]
- Nominated for the "Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)" Joe Shuster Award[9]
Notes[edit]
- ^ Demonology 101 — Faith Erin Hicks, Sequential Tart
- ^ A Distant Faith
- ^ Zombies Calling first graphic novel for Hicks, Milton Canadian Champion, December 21, 2007
- ^ a b Faith Erin Hicks on Zombies Calling, Newsarama, May 1, 2008
- ^ The Future on Ice, January 2008
- ^ Watch out for Jenny (cached), Halifax Chronicle-Herald, April 12, 2008.
- ^ The Adventures of Superhero Girl
- ^ The 2008 Joe Shuster Award Results
- ^ Nominees for the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards
References[edit]
- Medley, Mark (June 5, 2009). "Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2009: Q&A with Faith Erin Hicks". The Afterword (National Post).
- Faith Erin Hicks at Lambiek
External links[edit]
- Faith Erin Hicks - Official site
- Faith Erin Hicks at DeviantArt
- Zombies Calling preview at Slave Labor Graphics
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