Nicki Greenberg is a

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-based

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n comic artist and illustrator.

Early life

Greenberg had early success when in 1990, at the age of fifteen, she published ''The Digits'', a series of twelve books featuring her fingerprints as characters. The books sold over 380,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand.

Career

Her

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adaptation of

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'' (''The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Adaptation'') was published in 2007 by

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in Australia and by

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. Her graphic adaptation of ''

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'' was published by Allen & Unwin in 2010. She has written and illustrated a number of other children's books, including ''Squids Suck'' (2005), ''Antonia Cutlass Walks the Plank'' (2006), and ''Operation Weasel Ball'' (2007). Greenberg is a regular contributor to the regular Australian comics anthology ''

Tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

'', 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

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in Melbourne. She has been interviewed by ''The New Yorker'' in its on-line cartoon forum, by Jennifer Byrne on ABC1 television, and as part of ''The Book Show'' on ABC radio.

References

External links

Nicki Greenberg website
via Internet Archive * Artists from Melbourne Australian comics artists Australian Jews Living people Jewish Australian artists Jewish women artists Australian female comics artists Australian graphic novelists Australian children's writers Australian children's book illustrators 1974 births {{comics-artist-stub

Early life

Career

See also

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