A Santa Rosa Cartoonist's 'Fire Story' Comes to Life

Emmy Award Winner: Public/Current/Community Affairs-Feature/Segment, 2018 for animation and co-direction.

Just one day after his house and everything in it burned to the ground, October 9, 2017, the cartoonist, Brian Fies, bought some cheap paper, Sharpies, and highlighters, and got to work reporting what he and his wife experienced. The response was massive. In the week after the fire, an online version of Fies' comic, 'A Fire Story,' was viewed by over half a million people. KQED Arts brought his story to life. With moving animation, and with narration straight from Fies and his wife, Karen Fies, 'A Fire Story' also includes an epilogue from the artist about the long process of recovery, and the stability of home.

Narrators: Brian and Karen Fies | Director, Producer, Sound Design: Kelly Whalen | Co-Director, Animator, Editor: Farrin Abbott | Executive Producer: David Markus | A production of KQED Arts.