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Nick Bertozzi

Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970) is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series Rubber Necker from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent and best new series.[1] His project, The Salon (published by St. Martin's Press), examines the creation of cubism in 1907 Paris in the context of a fictional murder mystery.

Nick Bertozzi

Nicholas Urban Bertozzi
(1970-05-26) May 26, 1970
New York City, U.S.

Artist, writer

NUB

The Salon
Rubber Necker
The Masochists
Boswash
ACT-I-VATE founding member

Xeric Grant, 2000
Ignatz Award, 2000
Emerging Talent of the Year (The Comics Journal), 2002
Harvey Award, 2003

Early life[edit]

Bertozzi grew up on the East Side of Providence, Rhode Island, and in Rehoboth, Massachusetts, and got his BA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. He has lived in Madrid, Philadelphia, and New York City.[2]

Career[edit]

Bertozzi also illustrated Houdini: The Handcuff King (published by Hyperion), which was written by Jason Lutes.[3] Bertozzi also publishes two webcomics, Persimmon Cup and Pecan Sandy, as part of the ACT-I-VATE comics blog.[4] His illustration clients include Nickelodeon Magazine, Spin, The New York Times, New York Press, Gourmet, Abercrombie & Fitch, and WFMU.


He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan.[5]

2000 for Boswash (2000)[6]

Xeric Grant

2000 for Promising New Talent[7]

Ignatz Award

Comics Journal

Harvey Award

Boswash (self-published, 2000) — published through a grant from the

Xeric Foundation

The Masochists (Alternative Comics, 2001)  978-1-891867-03-3

ISBN

Rubber Necker 1-4 (Alternative Comics, 2002–2004); 5-6 (self-published, 2013-2015)

The Salon (St. Martin's Press, 2007)  978-0-312-35485-5

ISBN

(IDW , 2009) ISBN 978-1-60010-528-9 — contributor

ACT-I-VATE Primer

Lewis & Clark (First Second, 2011)  978-1-5964-3450-9

ISBN

Persimmon Cup (self-published, 2014)

(First Second, 2014) ISBN 9781596434516

Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey

(Simon & Schuster, 2017), by Pearl S. Buck, adapted by Bertozzi ISBN 9781501132766

The Good Earth

at Lambiek.net

Nick Bertozzi minibio

Official website

Le Sketch: minicomic with Bertozzi's sketches