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Bio
Nick Bertozzi grew up in and around Providence, Rhode Island,has lived in Philadelphia and Madrid and currently lives in Queens, NY with his wife and daughters. He received a Xeric Grant and multiple Harvey Awards and Ignatz Awards for his cartooning. He is the author of THE SALON, a graphic novel about Picasso, the discovery of Cubism, and magical absinthe from St Martin's Press. He collaborated with Jason Lutes on the graphic novel HOUDINI: THE HANDCUFF KING, from Hyperion/CCS. He drew Glenn (The Colbert Report/Daria) Eichler's STUFFED! for First/Second. And he's hard at work on cartoon biography of LENNY BRUCE for Houghton-Mifflin, written by Harvey Pekar as well as writing and drawing a Lewis & Clark book for First Second. You can read his ongoing sci-fi/fantasy cartoon, PERSIMMON CUP, for free every week at ACT-I-VATE. And for the past several years he has been teaching cartooning at NYC's School of Visual Arts, as well as teaching stints at RISD and at The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont.

Biblio
Cartoon Works:
Persimmon Cup 100+pgs (ACT-I-VATE) Ongoing
"Vile & Wrecked" Written by Gabe Soria 8pgs TBA
"Karmopolis: The Manfred Gambit" 10pgs NICKELODEON Magazine (Nickelodeon) TBA
"Persimmon Cup Prelude" 12pgs ACT-I-VATE PRIMER (IDW) Oct'09
STUFFED! written by Glen Eichler 120pgs (First Second) Sep'09
"Lo, There Came a Watcher!" 1pg STRANGE TALES! (Marvel Comics) Sep '09
"And Call My Lover...MODOK!" 4pgs STRANGE TALES! (Marvel Comics) Sep '09
"The Awakening" Adapted from the Kate Chopin Novel 27pgs ROSETTA VOL III (Alternative Comics) Online Aug '09
"Next Door Neighbor-less" 3pgs written by Jonathan Ames THE DOUBLE LIFE IS TWICE AS GOOD (Scribner) July'09
"How and Why to Bale Hay" 8pgs (Syncopated/Villard) May '09
"Aiden Wunder that Super-Artist" 2pgs ANTENNA MAGAZINE April '09
"Greetings from Ohio" 1pg written by Harvey Pekar (WNYC) Feb'08
"Cinerama and the Cops" 2pgs written by Terry DeCastro (Wedding Present Website) TBA
"Mr. Phil's Old-Timey Interview Technique" 2pgs AWESOME ANTHOLOGY (Evil Twin Comics) Oct '07
"Battlefart" written by Heidi MacDonald 4pgs (ACT-I-VATE) Spring '07
"The Black Diamond"(Pitch) w/James Sturm 10pgs (Mirage Enterprises) Spring '07
The Salon 180pgs (St Martin's Press) May '07
The Handcuff King: Houdini w/Jason Lutes 84pgs (Hyperion) April '07
"Shackleton: The Voyage of the James Caird" 16pgs SYNCOPATED VOL III (Syncopated Press) May '07
"Mommy Can I Lick It?"** 1pg I KEEE YOU! (Atomic Book Co.) Oct'06
"Pecan Sandy" 15pgs (ACT-I-VATE) Winter '06
"Drop Ceiling Part 5" 12pgs (ACT-I-VATE) Summer '06
"Backpacker" 12pgs (Glencoe) Spring '06
"Detention" 10pgs (Glencoe) Spring '06
"SUPERM*RT" 4pgs SUPERIOR SHOWCASE (AdHouse Books) Feb '06
"Tales of a Fourth-Grade Nada" 12pgs (Glencoe) Fall '05
"Patience Camp" 16 pgs THE EXPO ANTHOLOGY "05 (CBLDF) Summer '05
"The Black Dimaond" w/James Sturm 10pgs (Mirage enterprises) June'04
"Question Mark Pinup" LESS THAN HEROES 1pg (Top Shelf) July'04
"Karmopolis: The Land of Cars" 10pgs NICKELODEON Magazine (Nickelodeon) May'03-Oct'03
"Red Skull"* w/Paul Pope CAPTAIN AMERICA: RED, WHITE, & BLUE 8pgs (Marvel Comics) Feb'03
"Beck & Flaming Lips"** SPIN Magazine 1pg (SPIN) Mar '03
"Mt Fuji"** Rosetta w/Ng Suat Tong 6pgs (Rosetta/Alternative)
Rubber Necker #1, 2, 3, 4 32pgs each (Alternative Comics)
"The Exchange" Triple Dare #2 10pgs (Alternative)
"The Juggernaut in: SLAM!"* X-Men Unlimited w/Dean Haspiel 12pgs (Marvel Comics)
"T." 9-11: Emergency Relief 3pgs (Alternative Comics)
"The Loneliest Supermodel" New Thing 16pgs (New Suit) Sep '01
"Parfum" Drawn Bits 6pgs (Drawn Bits) Sep '01
"Belles Lettres" Non #5 9pgs (Red Ink) July '01 (Village Voice"Top 25 Book of 2001)
"Flippity-Flap" Legal Action Comics 4pgs (Legal Action Comics) July '01
The Masochists 128 pgs (Alternative Comics) June '01
"Kamandi & the Last Band on Earth"* w/Tom Hart 7pgs Bizzaro Comics (DC) June '01
"Mike Curb Biography"** w/Pseu Braun LCD 2pgs (WFMU) Mar '01
"Tintin & the Escapees" Lowjinx #3 4pgs (Lowfie) Feb '01
"Tu n'arriveras pas" Stereocomic #3 4pgs (Stereocomic) Jan '01
"Overpass" Small Press Expo Sampler 10 pgs (The Expo) July '00
Boswash (LUXurious Comics) July '00 (Received Ignatz Award and Xeric Grant)
"70's Lingo"** w/John Vankin Big Book of the 70's 2pgs (Paradox Press) June '99
"Masochism" Comix 2000 13pgs (L'Association) Dec'99
Filthy Baby Mini Comic 40 pgs (LUXurious Comics) Sep'99
"Horny Hooligans" Screw Magazine 3pgs (Miilky Way) Mar '99 [reprinted in Filthy Baby Mini]
"Objection Overruled" Small Press Expo Sampler 14pgs (The Expo) Sep '99
"Makin' Love" Hot Twisted Love 2pgs (Action Planet) Sep'99
"Bronco Busters"** w/ Bob Fingerman Small Press Expo Sampler 3pgs (The Expo) Sep '99
"Corner Pocket" w/Dean Haspiel Small Press Expo Sampler 3pgs (The Expo) Sep '99
"Makin' Pape" XXXburger 1pg (Stripburger) July '99
"The Little Old Man"** w/John Vankin Big Book of Grimm 2pgs (Paradox Press) June '99
"Fecal Fandango" Lowest Comics Denominator #1 2pgs (LCD) June '99
"Sugar"** w/John Vankin Big Book of Vice 1pg (Paradox Press) Dec '98
Tranquilizer #1 32pgs (LUXurious Comics) Oct '98
"IDB Story"** w/Bill Weaver Small Press Expo Sampler 7pgs (The Expo) Sep '98
"The Thunderbird"** w/John Vankin Big Book of the Wild West 1pg (Paradox Press) May '98
Incredible Drinkin Buddies #4** w/Bill Weaver 32pgs (LUXurious Comics) Apr '98
Incredible Drinkin Buddies #3** w/Bill Weaver 32pgs (LUXurious Comics) Feb '98
Incredible Drinkin Buddies #2** w/Bill Weaver 24 pgs (LUXurious Comics) Dec '97
Incredible Drinkin Buddies #1** w/Bill Weaver 32pgs (LUXurious Comics) Oct '97
Incredible Drinkin Buddies Mini Comic #3** w/Bill Weaver 40pgs (LUXurious Comics) Nov '96
Incredible Drinkin Buddies Mini Comic #2** w/Bill Weaver 32pgs (LUXurious Comics) May '95
Incredible Drinkin Buddies Mini Comic #1** w/Bill Weaver 36pgs (LUXurious Comics) Nov '94
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* indicates when I was just the Writer
** indicates when I was just the Artist
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Awards & Grants
Xeric Grant: Boswash 1999
Ignatz Award: Best New Talent 1999
Eisner Nomination: Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition 2001
Harvey Award: Best New Talent 2003
Harvey Award: Best New Series (Rubber Necker) 2003
Ignatz Award: Best Comic (Rubber Necker #2) 2003
Ignatz Nomination: Best Online Comic (The Salon) 2003
Ignatz Nomination: Best Story ("The Little Things") 2004
Ignatz Nomination: Outstanding Series (Rubber Necker) 2004


Teaching
Nick Bertozzi currently teaches at the School of Visual Arts and Rhode Island School of Design. Click here for slides.