Nat Gertler
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Nat Gertler (born April 30, 1965)Eisner Awards and won one.
Early life
Gertler was raised in
Cinnaminson, New Jersey, Simsbury, Connecticut, and Riverton, New Jersey.[3] He attended Bard College at Simon's Rock at 14.[4]
Career
His first comic-book story, the six-page backup feature "The Visit", appeared in
Milestone Comics imprint. For Image Comics, he wrote stories for Big Bang Comics #7–8 (Dec. 1996 – Jan. 1997).[5]
He founded comic-book publisher About Comics, initially for his own work, beginning with The Factor issue #0 (1998), and later encompassing new and reprinted work by other creators.[5] About Comics would go on to publish properties such as The Weasel Patrol, The Factor, Licensable BearTM, and The Liberty Project.[6][7]
In 2004, he founded the annual
Steve Bissette in 1990.[8] Outside of comics, he has written or co-written numerous books in the Complete Idiot's Guides series of books, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Music on the Internet with MP3 and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Microsoft PowerPoint 2000.[9]
In November 2016, Gertler's company About Comics began publishing facsimile editions of
Reviews
Gertler's 2010 The Peanuts Collection received positive reviews in
Awards and nominations
- 1999
- 2006 Eisner Award nomination: Best Anthology: 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights 2005, edited by Nat Gertler (About Comics)[18]
- 2016 Independent Book Publishers Association Benjamin Franklin Award: Gold Winner, Coffee Table Book: The Snoopy Treasures (Thunder Bay Press)[19]
- 2023 Eisner Award winner: Best Comics-Related Book: Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects by Benjamin L. Clark and Nat Gertler[20]
Selected works
Books
- Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers (editor), About Comics, 2002 (ISBN 0-9716338-0-0).
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel (with ISBN 1592572332).
- Comics prose : short stories (editor and contributor), About Comics, 2004 (ISBN 0-9716338-6-X).
- The Factor (with various illustrators), About Comics, 2004 (ISBN 0-9716338-5-1).
- reprints The Factor, issues 0–4, About Comics, 1999.
- issue 0 previously published in Negative Burn 29–31.
- 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights, 2004 (editor), About Comics, 2004 (ISBN 0-9753958-0-7).
- 24 Hour Comics All-Stars (editor), About Comics, 2005 (ISBN 0-9753958-4-X).
- The Peanuts Collection: Treasures from the World's Most Beloved Comic Strip, ISBN 978-0316086103)
- The Snoopy Treasures: An Illustrated Celebration of the World Famous Beagle, ISBN 978-1626864405
- Charles M. Schulz: The Art and Life of the Peanuts Creator in 100 Objects (written with Benjamin L. Clark and The Charles M Schulz Museum), Weldon Owen, 2022 ISBN 978-1681888606
Comics
- Now Comics, 1998; writer, English script, for original Japanese manga Mach go go go by Tatsuo Yoshida)[5][21]
- reprinted in Speed Racer: The Original Manga #1 (DC Comics, June 2000)[5]
References
- ^ Rosenberg, Aaron (April 30, 2008). "Happy Birthday: Nat Gertler". ComicMix.com. Archived from the original on August 27, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ Taylor, Dan (November 2, 2022). "New 'Peanuts' archival book released by Schulz Museum". The Press Democrat. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Biography". Nat Gertler official website. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ Nelson, Mike (December 5, 2015). "Camarillo author compiles 'The Snoopy Treasures'". Ventura County Star. California. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ a b c d Nat Gertler at the Grand Comics Database.
- ^ Langshaw, Mark (July 9, 2009). "Free comics for Second Life subscribers". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ a b Mertes, Micah (October 14, 2008). "Rest up now to take part in 24 Hour Comics Day Saturday". Lincoln Journal Star. Lincoln, Nebraska. Archived from the original on September 23, 2018. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Alec Longstreth, 24 Hour Comics survivor". The Daily Cross Hatch. April 7, 2007. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- OCLC WorldCat.
- ^ Ziv, Stav (January 15, 2018). "Old 'Green Book' Guides for African American Travelers Get Republished in the Age of Trump". Newsweek. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Andrews, Evan (February 6, 2017). "The Green Book: The Black Travelers' Guide to Jim Crow America". History Channel. Archived from the original on July 11, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2018.
- ^ Matheson, Whitney (November 11, 2010). "Comics recs: 'Peanuts,' Charles Burns and more". USA Today. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ Jevens, Darel (December 16, 2010). "Reviews in brief: Coffee table gift books". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 23, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "Top picks: TV series 'Slings and Arrows' on DVD, Charles Schulz's 'The Peanuts Collection,' Rock Band 3, and more". Christian Science Monitor. October 22, 2010. Archived from the original on April 6, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ Smith, Zack (November 28, 2012). "How to write a comic book". USA Today. Archived from the original on February 18, 2015. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Kallies, Christy (1999). "Nat Gertler: Eisner Nominee". Vol. 2, no. 5. Sequential Tart. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ Murphy, Chris (November 17, 2008). "About Comics at the Ten Year Mark". Publishers Weekly. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
Issue 0 of The Factor collected shorter works by writer Nat Gertler ... The Eisner-nominated miniseries told the story of one superhero....
- ^ "2006 Eisner Award Nominations". ComicsReporter.com. April 5, 2006. Archived from the original on May 6, 2014. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
- ^ "2016 IBPA BFA Winners". Independent Book Publishers Association. Archived from the original on April 14, 2016. Retrieved April 14, 2016.
- ^ "SDCC '23: The 2023 Eisner Awards Winners". comicsbeat.com. July 22, 2023.
- OCLC 607866031.
External links
- Official website
- About Comics official website
- Rodman, Edmon J. (April 25, 2012). "Barmitzvahman — Hero for more than a day". Jewish Journal. Archived from the original on January 22, 2018. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
