Graphic novelist Brian Fies documented his family's escape from the wildfire that destroyed their Santa Rosa home.
Graphic novelist Brian Fies documented his family's escape from the wildfire that destroyed their Santa Rosa home.

He lost his home to the wildfire and poured his pain into a web comic

By David Williams, CNN

Updated 1:03 PM ET, Wed October 18, 2017

Story highlights

  • Brian Fies and his wife lost their Santa Rosa home in the California wildfires
  • They had 15 minutes to save what they could and evacuate
  • Fies documented their experience in a comic

(CNN)Brian Fies sat down with some Sharpies and some paper to process his pain the way he knows best.

He began to draw.