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= Pia Guerra = From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Pia Jasmin Guerra is a Canadian comic book artist, best known for her work as co-creator and lead penciller on the Vertigo title Y: The Last Man. She has worked in the comics industry since the 1990s, and has also contributed to Doctor Who: The Forgotten, along with DC and Marvel comics. Today, Guerra has a Twitter page where she posts political cartoons.

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 * 1Education and Early Career
 * 2Career
 * 3Bibliography
 * 4Awards
 * 4.1Nominations
 * 5Notes
 * 5External links

Education and Early Career[edit]
At the age of 10, Guerra’s cousin visited from Queens and introduced her to comics by leaving his issue of X-Men on the coffee table in her house. After reading the comic, Guerra went to a comic book store to buy more, and 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.

In high school, Guerra attended comic conventions and started 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.

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 Boeing Employee’s Credit Union and Microsoft Studios. Before creating Y: The Last Man, Guerra began emailing back and forth with Brian K. Vaughan, and they made plans to meet in San Diego.

Career[edit]
Guerra’s first major project was the Vertigo title Y: The Last Man, which she co-created with Brian Vaughan and pencilled for. Guerra had worked on various independent titles since the mid-1990s, but Y: The Last Man 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 (Simpsons Comics).

In 2005, Pia Guerra worked as a penciller on Marvel's Spider-Man: Unlimited. In the late 2000s, Guerra contributed to a Doctor Who comic entitled Doctor Who: The Forgotten (published by IDW Publishing and written by UK writer Tony Lee), and to a Torchwood series (for Torchwood Magazine) written by Gareth David-Lloyd. She has co-written two issues of Simpsons Comics for Bongo Comics with Ian Boothby.

From 2013 to 2015, she worked on five comic book covers, including a variant cover for Black Canary. From 2017 Guerra has done editorial cartoons for the online page The Nib and regularly does cartoons for The New Yorker. She also accepts commissions through email.

Bibliography[edit]

 * Card Illustrator: Rage (White Wolf and Wizards of the Coast, 1998)
 * Card Illustrator: Legend of the Five Rings (Paul Allen, Wizards of the Coast, Timm, 2000)
 * Co-creator and Penciller: Y: The Last Man (with Brian K. Vaughan, Vertigo, 2002–2008)
 * Penciller: Heroes Anonymous #2 (Scott Gimple, Bongo Comics, 2003)
 * Penciller: Spider-man Unlimited #10 (Maria-Emiko Macuaga and Marc Sumerak, Marvel, 2005)
 * Co-writer and Penciller: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror #13 (With Ian Boothby, Bongo Comics, 2007)
 * Penciller and Inker: Doctor Who: The Forgotten (Tony Lee, IDW Publishing, 2008–)
 * Cover artist: Elephantmen #64 (Richard Starkings, Image Comics, 2015)
 * Artist: Black Canary #4 (Brenden Fletcher, DC Comics, 2015)
 * Contributor: La BD Est Charlie (Glénat Editions, 2015)

Awards[edit]

 * 2003 Harvey Award: Best New Series (with Brian K. Vaughan and José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man)
 * 2006 Joe Shuster Award: Outstanding Comic Book Artist
 * 2008 Eisner Award: Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team (with inker José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man)
 * 2008 Spike TV’s Scream Award: Best Comic Book Artist

Nominations[edit]

 * 2009 Hugo Award: Best Graphic Story (with Brian K. Vaughan and José Marzán, Jr., for Y: The Last Man; Volume 10: Whys and Wherefores)
 * 2005 Prix Du Scenario Award from the Angoulême International Comics Festival: Best Script (with Brian K. Vaughan for Y: The Last Man)

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External links[edit]

 * Official website
 * Pia Guerra at the Comic Book DB