Faith Erin Hicks

Infobox Comics creator

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nationality = Canadian
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notable works = "Demonology 101"
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 Milton, Ontario.

She is best known for her webcomic "Demonology 101".

Biography

After studying animation at Sheridan College, Faith Erin Hicks came to prominence with her long-running webcomic "Demonology 101" (D101). [ [http://www.sequentialtart.com/archive/june02/indy_0602.shtml Demonology 101 — Faith Erin Hicks] , Sequential Tart]

Since the end of "Demonology 101", Hicks has completed a spinoff of the "D101" character Sachs entitled "A Distant Faith". [ [http://faith.rydia.net/adistantfaith/index.html "A Distant Faith"] ] She also began work on a zombie-movie inspired comic called "Zombies Calling", [ [http://www.miltoncanadianchampion.com/arts_and_entertainment/article/144834 Zombies Calling first graphic novel for Hicks] , "Milton Canadian Champion", December 21, 2007] [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=155553 Faith Erin Hicks on "Zombies Calling"] , Newsarama, May 1, 2008] as well as the dystopian comic "Ice" (originally published on Modern Tales). [ [http://comixtalk.com/index.php?q=node/8128 The Future on Ice] , January 2008]

As part of her day job she has also contributed backgrounds to the "George of the Jungle" animated series and "Jenny’s Brothers", a comic strip to the "Halifax Chronicle-Herald". [ [http://64.233.183.104/search?q=cache:wxqbEB4Q0ywJ:www.thechronicleherald.ca/NovaScotia/1049470.html Watch out for Jenny] (cached), "Halifax Chronicle-Herald", April 12, 2008]

Bibliography

* "Demonology 101" (webcomic, August 1999 - June 2004)
* "Ice" (webcomic, Modern Tales)
* "Zombies Calling" (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, November 2007, ISBN 1593620799)
* "The War at Ellsmere" (graphic novel, Slave Labor Graphics, December 2008, ISBN 159362140X)

Awards

*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 [ [http://joeshusterawards.com/story.asp?storyID=124 The 2008 Joe Shuster Award Results] ]
** Nominated for the "Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)" Joe Shuster Award [ [http://joeshusterawards.com/story.asp?storyID=116 Nominees for the 2008 Joe Shuster Awards] ]

Notes

References

* [http://lambiek.net/artists/h/hicks_fe.htm Faith Erin Hicks] at Lambiek

External links

* [http://www.faitherinhicks.com/ Faith Erin Hicks] - Official site
* [http://damnskippy.deviantart.com/ Faith Erin Hicks] at DeviantArt
* [http://www.slgcomic.com/pages/prev_zombies/prev_zombies.html Zombies Calling preview] at Slave Labor Graphics