A Fire Story

Early morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, more than 6,200 homes and 8,900 structures were destroyed. In the days that followed, author and illustrator Brian Fies hastily pulled together a firsthand account of this tragic event in a 20-page online comic entitled A FIRE STORY, which instantly went viral. Now Abrams ComicArts is publishing an expanded version of the webcomic as a full-length graphic novel, including environmental insight and the fire stories of others affected by the disaster. A FIRE STORY is an honest account of the wildfires that left homes destroyed and families broken. But it is also the story of a community determined to rebuild.