Pia Guerra

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Pia Guerra
Harvey Award, Joe Shuster Award
http://www.hellkitty.com

Pia Jasmin Guerra is an American-born Canadian

MAD Magazine and The Nib. She is the author of the Image Comics
editorial cartoon book, Me The People.

Early life

Guerra was born in

The Uncanny X-Men #129 on a coffee table in her house. After reading the comic, Guerra continued to read comics thereafter. As a self-taught artist, Guerra was always interested in art, but she planned to pursue other careers, such as medicine.[5]

In high school, Guerra attended comic conventions and began to consider pursuing a career in comics. As her plans shifted, Guerra made the decision to forgo secondary education and instead focus on pursuing a career in comics.[5]

Career

During her early career, Guerra did voice over work and worked on many different video games and video game manuals. In 1998, Guerra created storyboards for

Microsoft Studios.[2] Before creating Y: The Last Man, Guerra contacted Brian K. Vaughan, and they arranged to meet in San Diego.[5]

Guerra's first major project was the

Vertigo title Y: The Last Man, which she co-created with Brian Vaughan and pencilled for.[2] 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.[6]

In 2005, Guerra worked as a penciller on

Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics with Ian Boothby.[2]

From 2013 to 2015, she worked on five comic book covers, including a variant cover for Black Canary.[2]

In the late 2010s, Guerra turned to

mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, she posted a widely shared cartoon on Twitter depicting school staffer Aaron Feis, who had died protecting students, being led in the afterlife to a hero's welcome from those who had been killed. Guerra told The Washington Post that the cartoon was a direct response to her feelings of helplessness in the face of yet another mass shooting.[9][10]

In April 2022, Guerra was reported among the contributors to

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[11]

Guerra was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in the category Illustrated Reporting and Commentary in 2023

Personal life

Guerra currently resides in

Go Comics, Instagram and the New Yorker.[12] Since February 2021, they have collaborated on the daily, one panel comic Mannequin on the Moon.[13]

Bibliography

Awards

Nominations

Notes

  1. CBR.com
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Pia's Resume". Hellkitty Studios. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  3. ^ "Spider-Man Unlimited (2004 - 2006) | Comic Books | Comics | Marvel.com". marvel.com. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  4. ^ Ferreras, Jesse. "How a B.C. cartoonist sketched an enduring memorial to Florida school shooting victims", Global News, February 24, 2018. Accessed August 26, 2018. "Guerra, a Vancouver resident, was born in Hoboken, N.J., the daughter of a musician from Chile and a mother from Finland."
  5. ^ a b c d "Sequential Tart: Pia Guerra: Y: The Last Monkey". Sequential Tart. July 2003.
  6. ^ "Pia and the Last Man Standing". Comicon. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
  7. ^ Minnick, Remy (August 22, 2008). Pia Guerra talks "Doctor Who: The Forgotten". CBR.com.
  8. ^ "Pia Guerra". The Nib. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  9. ^ Schmidt, Samantha (February 20, 2018). "This single cartoon about school shootings is breaking people's hearts". The Washington Post.
  10. ^ Hassler, Chelsea Adelaine (February 22, 2018). "The 1 Cartoon About School Shootings Every American Needs to See". PopSugar.
  11. ^ Kit, Borys (April 20, 2022). "Comic Book Creators Team for Ukraine Relief Effort Anthology 'Sunflower Seed'". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
  12. ^ "Interview: Pia Guerra". The Outhouse. October 31, 2006.
  13. ^ "About Mannequin on the Moon". Go Comics. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Spider-Man Unlimited (2004) #10 | Comics | Marvel.com". marvel.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  15. ^ "Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13 | Bongo Comics". www.bongocomics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  16. ^ "Elephantmen #64 | Releases | Image Comics". imagecomics.com. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  17. ^ "BLACK CANARY #4". DC. 2015-06-15. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  18. ^ "2006 Nominees and Winners". Joe Shuster Awards. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 2011-12-28.
  19. San Diego Comic-Con International. Archived from the original
    on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  20. ^ "2003 Harvey Award Winners". The Harvey Awards. Archived from the original on 8 November 2013. Retrieved 11 August 2013.
  21. ^ "Le Prix du Festival International de la Bande Dessinée Angoulême". www.hahnlibrary.net. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
  22. ^ "2009 Hugo Award Nominations". thehugoawards.com. 2009-03-20. Retrieved 2009-03-20.

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