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| Nick Bertozzi | |
|---|---|
| Name | Nick Bertozzi |
| Birth date | 1970s |
| Birth place | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Cartoonist, Illustrator, Educator |
| Notable works | The Salon, Jimmy Corrigan, The New York Times, Existence |
| Awards | Eisner Award, Harvey Award |
Nick Bertozzi is an American cartoonist, illustrator, and educator known for his work in alternative comics, graphic novels, and editorial illustration. His career spans serialized comics, adaptations, and teaching roles at prominent art institutions. Bertozzi's publications and collaborations intersect with contemporary figures and institutions in comics, literature, and art.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Bertozzi attended local institutions and later studied art and illustration that connected him with peers and mentors in the comics and comics scholarship communities. He studied in environments associated with universities and art schools that overlap with alumni from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Rhode Island School of Design, School of Visual Arts, and communities linked to Yale University, Parsons School of Design, Columbia University, and Harvard University. Early influences and training placed him in networks that include artists and instructors tied to Joe Sacco, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Art Spiegelman, and Charles Burns.
Bertozzi's professional work includes contributions to alternative and mainstream publications, collaborations with magazines and newspapers, and serialized comics work that connected him to editorial outlets and comics anthologies. He has produced comics and illustrations appearing alongside work associated with The New Yorker, The New York Times, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Pantheon Books, Drawn & Quarterly, and Fantagraphics Books. His comics have been included in anthologies and festivals tied to SPX (Small Press Expo), MOCCA Festival, Angoulême International Comics Festival, Eisner Awards, Harvey Awards, and institutions such as the Society of Illustrators. Bertozzi has collaborated with editors and writers connected to Karen Berger, Scott McCloud, Dennis O'Neil, Ronald Wimberly, and curators from The Cartoon Art Museum.
Major works include serialized and collected titles that position him in dialogue with graphic novelists and literary adaptations. Key publications and projects associate his work with presses and creators including Fantagraphics, Abrams Books, Bloomsbury, MIT Press, and Pantheon Books. Notable titles and projects connect conceptually to works by Art Spiegelman's Maus, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, Chris Ware's Jimmy Corrigan, Daniel Clowes's Ghost World, and Adrian Tomine's Shortcomings. Bertozzi's projects have been featured in contexts alongside writers and artists such as Neil Gaiman, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Marjane Satrapi, and Sergio Aragonés.
Bertozzi's work has been acknowledged in awards and institutions that celebrate comics and illustration. He has been mentioned in connection with nominations and awards including the Eisner Awards, Harvey Awards, Ignatz Awards, and recognition from organizations like the American Library Association, Society of Illustrators, and festival juries at Angoulême International Comics Festival and SPX (Small Press Expo). Critics, curators, and peers from galleries and museums such as the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, The Cartoon Art Museum, Smithsonian Institution, and New York Public Library have noted his contributions.
Bertozzi's artistic approach draws on a lineage of cartoonists, illustrators, and visual storytellers. Influences and points of reference include Winsor McCay, Jack Kirby, Will Eisner, Hergé, Otto Soglow, Milton Caniff, Robert Crumb, Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman, Daniel Clowes, Chris Ware, Charles Burns, Alison Bechdel, Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, and Alan Moore. His style synthesizes narrative pacing linked to comic strip traditions and sequential storytelling promoted by institutions like Cartoonists' Rights Network International and pedagogues such as Scott McCloud.
Bertozzi has held teaching positions and workshops at art schools, universities, and festivals that intersect with programs at School of Visual Arts, Rhode Island School of Design, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Pratt Institute, Columbia University School of the Arts, and festival workshops at MoCCA Festival and SPX (Small Press Expo). He has mentored emerging cartoonists alongside faculty and visiting artists such as Dan Clowes (associate faculty contexts), Art Spiegelman (visiting lecturers), Lynda Barry, James Sturm, Ben Katchor, and R. Crumb in broader pedagogical networks.
In his personal life Bertozzi participates in arts communities and advocacy networks related to cartooning, literacy, and arts funding. He engages with organizations and initiatives linked to Cartoonists Rights Network International, Authors Guild, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Young Adult Library Services Association, The National Endowment for the Arts, and community arts programs tied to local institutions such as Boston Public Library and regional arts councils. His advocacy aligns with fellow artists and cultural figures including Lynda Barry, Alison Bechdel, Art Spiegelman, Neil Gaiman, and administrators at The Cartoon Art Museum.
Category:American cartoonists Category:American illustrators Category:Living people