American comic book writer and artist

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. 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.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 Awards
• 4 Selected bibliography
• 5 Notes
• 6 References
• 7 External links

Early life

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

Career

Bertozzi also illustrated Houdini: The Handcuff King (published by Hyperion), which was written by Jason Lutes. Bertozzi also publishes two webcomics, Persimmon Cup and Pecan Sandy, as part of the ACT-I-VATE comics blog. 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.

Awards

• 2000, Xeric Grant for Boswash (2000)
• 2000, Ignatz Award for Promising New Talent
• 2002, Emerging Talent of the Year, The Comics Journal
• 2003, Harvey Award for Best New Series (Rubber Necker); Harvey Award for Best New Talent

Selected bibliography

• Boswash (self-published, 2000) — published through a grant from the Xeric Foundation
• The *s (Alternative Comics, 2001) ISBN:978-1-891867-03-3
• Rubber Necker 1-4 (Alternative Comics, 2002–2004); 5-6 (self-published, 2013-2015)
• The Salon (St. Martin's Press, 2007) ISBN:978-0-312-35485-5
• Houdini: The Handcuff King (Hyperion, 2007) written by Jason Lutes ISBN:978-0-7868-3902-5
• Stuffed! (First Second, 2009) written by Glenn Eichler ISBN:978-1-59643-308-3
• ACT-I-VATE Primer (IDW , 2009) ISBN:978-1-60010-528-9 — contributor
• Lewis & Clark (First Second, 2011) ISBN:978-1-5964-3450-9
• Jerusalem: A Family Portrait (First Second, 2013), written by Boaz Yakin ISBN:9781596435759
• Diabetes and Me (Hill & Wang, 2013) written by Kim Chaloner ISBN:9780809038718
• Persimmon Cup (self-published, 2014)
• Shackleton: Antarctic Odyssey (First Second, 2014) ISBN:9781596434516
• Becoming Andy Warhol (Abrams ComicsArts, 2016), written by Bertozzi and drawn by Pierce Hargan ISBN:1-4197-1875-4
• The Good Earth (Simon & Schuster, 2017), by Pearl S. Buck, adapted by Bertozzi ISBN:9781501132766

Notes

References

• Nick Bertozzi minibio at Lambiek.net

External links

• Official website
• Le Sketch: mini-comic with Nick Bertozzi's sketches.