Faith Erin Hicks
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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
.
, Faith Erin Hicks came to prominence with her long-running webcomic Demonology 101
(D101).
Since the beginning of Demonology 101, Hicks has completed a spinoff of the D101 character Sachs entitled A Distant Faith. She also began work on a zombie
-movie inspired comic called Zombies Calling
, as well as the dystopia
n comic Ice
(originally published on Modern Tales
).
As part of her day job she has also contributed backgrounds to the George of the Jungle
animated series and created Jenny’s Brothers, a comic strip
to the Halifax Chronicle-Herald
. 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. Faith's most recently finished full-length graphic novel is Friends With Boys, which is due out in mid-2011 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.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
webcomic
Webcomic
Webcomics, online comics, or Internet comics are comics published on a website. While many are published exclusively on the web, others are also published in magazines, newspapers or often in self-published books....
and comic artist and writer
Comic book creator
A comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...
and animator
Animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...
living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
She is best known for her webcomic Demonology 101
Demonology 101
Demonology 101 is an online graphic novel written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks from August 1999 to June 2004.It tells the story of Raven, a 16-year-old demon being raised by a human in ordinary human society...
.
Biography
After studying animation at Sheridan CollegeSheridan College
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a diploma and degree granting Canadian polytechnic institute with approximately 15,000 full time students and 35,000 continuing education students...
, Faith Erin Hicks came to prominence with her long-running webcomic Demonology 101
Demonology 101
Demonology 101 is an online graphic novel written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks from August 1999 to June 2004.It tells the story of Raven, a 16-year-old demon being raised by a human in ordinary human society...
(D101).
Since the beginning of Demonology 101, Hicks has completed a spinoff of the D101 character Sachs entitled A Distant Faith. She also began work on a zombie
Zombie
Zombie is a term used to denote an animated corpse brought back to life by mystical means such as witchcraft. The term is often figuratively applied to describe a hypnotized person bereft of consciousness and self-awareness, yet ambulant and able to respond to surrounding stimuli...
-movie inspired comic called Zombies Calling
Zombies Calling
Zombies Calling is a 2007 graphic novel written and illustrated by Faith Erin Hicks and published by Slave Labor Graphics.It concerns the adventures of a young college girl named Joss, who has an obsession with England and zombie movies...
, as well as the dystopia
Dystopia
A dystopia is the idea of a society in a repressive and controlled state, often under the guise of being utopian, as characterized in books like Brave New World and Nineteen Eighty-Four...
n comic Ice
Ice (webcomic)
Ice is a dystopian online comic written and drawn by Faith Erin Hicks about a couple living in futuristic England. The comic is updated on alternating Saturdays and is available online for free. It was originally published on Modern Tales.-Setting:...
(originally published on Modern Tales
Modern Tales
Modern Tales is a webcomics site launched on March 2, 2002 by Joey Manley, the Modern Tales publisher, and approximately 30 professional cartoonists, such as Dorothy Gambrell, author of the popular webcomic Cat and Girl and James Kochalka, the award-winning creator of Fancy Froglin...
).
As part of her day job she has also contributed backgrounds to the George of the Jungle
George of the Jungle (2007 TV series)
George of the Jungle is a Canadian television series. It is the remake of the 1967 animated series of the same name, using Adobe Flash animation. It is produced in Canada , and more recently in the USA on Cartoon Network, premiering with the Christmas special. In Latin America, it is airing on...
animated series and created Jenny’s Brothers, a comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
to the Halifax Chronicle-Herald
Halifax Chronicle-Herald
The Chronicle Herald is a broadsheet published in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The largest newspaper company in Nova Scotia, The Chronicle Herald is also the highest circulation newspaper in the Atlantic provinces and is currently the largest independently owned newspaper company in Canada...
. 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. Faith's most recently finished full-length graphic novel is Friends With Boys, which is due out in mid-2011 from First Second.
Hicks' most recent convention attendance was the anime
Anime
is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....
/video game convention, Animinitime, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
City of Halifax
Halifax is a city in Canada, which was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County. It was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996...
; as an artist and speaker at Halifax's science fiction convention, Hal-Con, and as a special guest at New York Comic Con 2010.
Awards
- 20032003 in comics-January:* January 2: Kid Colt artist Jack Keller dies at age 80.- April :* Action Comics #800: Double-sized anniversary issue, "A Hero's Journey," by Joe Kelly, Pascual Ferry, and Duncan Rouleau...
: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards2003 Web Cartoonists' Choice AwardsThe Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards is an award voted on by web cartoonists themselves. This was the first year that artists were invited to submit "introductions" for the awards, creating an online awards ceremony.-Outstanding Comic:...
, 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
- 20042004 in comics-February:*February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA will develop a new generation of fighting video games pitting Marvel superheroes against a new, original set of EA heroes....
: Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards2004 Web Cartoonists' Choice AwardsThe Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards is an award voted on by web cartoonists. Because of planning problems, there was no online ceremony in 2004.-Outstanding Comic:* Count Your Sheep — by Adrian Ramos...
, for Demonology 101:- Won "Outstanding Dramatic Comic" Award
- Won "Outstanding Long Form Comic" Award
- 20082008 in comics-January:*January 9: Teen Titans: The Lost Annual, delayed since 2003, is published.*January 23: Hellblazer #240, marking the 20th anniversary of the series, is released.-February:...
, for Zombies Calling:- Won the "Favourite Canadian Comic Book Creator - English-Language Publications" Joe Shuster AwardJoe Shuster AwardsThe Joe Shuster Awards are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics by Canadians, there are additional awards for Retailers and Publishers. The full name is the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards.The Joe Shuster Awards...
- Nominated for the "Outstanding Canadian Comic Book Cartoonist (Writer/Artist)" Joe Shuster AwardJoe Shuster AwardsThe Joe Shuster Awards are given out annually for outstanding achievements in the creation of comic books, graphic novels and webcomics by Canadians, there are additional awards for Retailers and Publishers. The full name is the Joe Shuster Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards.The Joe Shuster Awards...
- Won the "Favourite Canadian Comic Book Creator - English-Language Publications" Joe Shuster Award
External links
- Faith Erin Hicks - Official site
- Faith Erin Hicks at DeviantArt
- Zombies Calling preview at Slave Labor Graphics