Pia Guerra is an award-winning Canadian comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 artist best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra published by Vertigo beginning in 2002. The series is about the only man to survive the apparent simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth...

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Career

Guerra has worked on various independent titles since the mid-1990s, though Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man

Y: The Last Man is a comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra published by Vertigo beginning in 2002. The series is about the only man to survive the apparent simultaneous death of every male mammal on Earth...

is known as her "big break" in the comics industry. She currently resides in Vancouver, Canada and is married to comic book author and comedian Ian Boothby

Ian Boothby

Ian Boothby is a multiple Shuster Award, Harvey Award and Eisner Award nominee and an Eisner Award–winning comic book creator best known for his work as one of the main writers on Simpsons Comics and Futurama Comics for Matt Groening's Bongo Comics. Boothby has written more Simpsons Comics than any...

 (Simpsons Comics).

Her next project will be a comic based on Sci-Fi show Doctor Who

Doctor Who

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...

called Doctor Who: The Forgotten, featuring the Tenth Doctor

Tenth Doctor

The Tenth Doctor is the tenth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC television science-fiction series Doctor Who. He is played by David Tennant, who appears in three series, as well as eight specials...

. Published by IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing

IDW Publishing, also known as Idea + Design Works, LLC and IDW, is an American publisher of comic books and comic strip collections. The company was founded in 1999 and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the years 2004, 2005 and 2006 by Diamond Comic...

, it is written by UK writer Tony Lee

Tony Lee

Tony Lee is a British comics writer, screenwriter, audio playwright and novelist.-Early life:Lee was born in Hayes, Middlesex in England...

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Awards

She has been nominated multiple times for the Eisner Awards, winning the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team with inker Jose Marzan, Jr. for their work on Y. She won Outstanding Comic Book Artist for 2006 at the Joe Shuster Awards

Joe Shuster Awards

The 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...

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Interviews

• Greg Upton at Emerald City ComiCon
  Emerald City ComiCon
  The Emerald City Comicon is an annual comic book convention taking place in Seattle, Washington. Originally taking place at the city's Qwest Field , the venue changed to its current home at the Washington State Convention and Trade Center since 2008...
  
   for The Backroom Comics Podcast
  Backroom Comics Podcast
  The Backroom Comics Podcast is a weekly video podcast and audio podcast focused on comics. It is hosted by Kevin Malcolm, Greg Upton, Pete Greenberg and Jason Doctor. The first episode was released on March 20, 2009...
  
   Emerald city ComiCon 2010 Part 4, March 2010

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