Nick Bertozzi
Bertozzi at the Stata Center at MIT in 2006
Born	Nicholas Urban Bertozzi (1970-05-26) May 26, 1970 (age 53) New York City, U.S.
Area(s)	Artist, writer
Pseudonym(s)	NUB
Notable works	The Salon Rubber Necker The Masochists Boswash ACT-I-VATE founding member
Awards	Xeric Grant, 2000 Ignatz Award, 2000 Emerging Talent of the Year (The Comics Journal), 2002 Harvey Award, 2003
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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.

Early life

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

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]

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 Masochists (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