Nicki Greenberg
Australian artist
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Nicki Greenberg is a Melbourne-based Australian comic artist and illustrator.[1]
Nicki Greenberg | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 October 1974 |
| Known for | Comics artist, Illustrator |
| Notable work | The Great Gatsby: a graphic novel adaptation |
| Website | nickigreenberg |
Early life
Career
Her graphic novel adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Adaptation) was published in 2007 by Allen & Unwin in Australia and by Penguin in Canada.[4][5][6] Her graphic adaptation of Hamlet was published by Allen & Unwin in 2010.[7][8]
She has written and illustrated a number of other children's books, including Squids Suck (2005),[9] Antonia Cutlass Walks the Plank (2006),[10] and Operation Weasel Ball (2007).[11] Greenberg is a regular contributor to the regular Australian comics anthology Tango, edited by Bernard Caleo and published by Cardigan Comics.
In 2009, Greenberg's work appeared in Super Heroes and Schlemiels: Jews and Comic Art, an exhibition of comic art at the Jewish Museum of Australia in Melbourne.[12] She has been interviewed by The New Yorker[13] in its on-line cartoon forum, by Jennifer Byrne on ABC1 television, and as part of The Book Show on ABC radio.
