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Find sources: "Nicki Greenberg" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (December 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this message) Nicki Greenberg Born (1974-10-06) 6 October 1974 (age 51) Melbourne, Australia Known for Comics artist, Illustrator Notable work The Great Gatsby: a graphic novel adaptation Website nickigreenberg.com **Nicki Greenberg** is a [Melbourne](/source/Melbourne)-based [Australian](/source/Australia) comic artist and illustrator.[1] ## Early life Greenberg had early success when in 1990, at the age of fifteen, she published *The Digits*,[2] a series of twelve books featuring her fingerprints as characters. The books sold over 380,000 copies in Australia and New Zealand.[3] ## Career Her [graphic novel](/source/Graphic_novel) adaptation of [F. Scott Fitzgerald](/source/F._Scott_Fitzgerald)'s *[The Great Gatsby](/source/The_Great_Gatsby)* (*The Great Gatsby: A Graphic Adaptation*) was published in 2007 by [Allen & Unwin](/source/Allen_%26_Unwin) in Australia and by [Penguin](/source/Penguin_Group) in [Canada](/source/Canada).[4][5][6] Her graphic adaptation of *[Hamlet](/source/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](/source/Tango_(comics))*, edited by [Bernard Caleo](/source/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](/source/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. ## See also - [Children's literature portal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Children%27s_literature) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["nicki-greenberg"](https://readingaustralia.com.au/authors/nicki-greenberg/). *readingaustralia.com.au*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Reading, Better. ["Nicki Greenberg – Better Reading"](http://www.betterreading.com.au/author/nicki-greenberg/). *www.betterreading.com.au*. Retrieved 20 March 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Nicki Greenberg"](https://www.allenandunwin.com/authors/g/nicki-greenberg). *Allen & Unwin Book Publishers*. Retrieved 29 March 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *The Great Gatsby: a graphic adaptation* Nicki Greenberg ([Allen & Unwin](/source/Allen_%26_Unwin), 2007) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Archived copy"](https://web.archive.org/web/20091025062403/http://www.nickigreenberg.com/nicki.shtml). Archived from [the original](http://www.nickigreenberg.com/nicki.shtml) on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 13 September 2009.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_archived_copy_as_title)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Trove"](https://trove.nla.gov.au/nbdid/41182775). *trove.nla.gov.au*. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Greenberg, Nicki (26 August 2010). [*Hamlet: William Shakespeare's Hamlet staged on the page*](https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4837532). Allen & Unwin. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9781741756425](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781741756425) – via National Library of Australia (new catalog). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** Woodhead, Cameron (29 October 2010). ["Hamlet"](https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/hamlet-20101028-175ji.html). *The Sydney Morning Herald*. Retrieved 20 March 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** Greenberg, Nicki (2005), *It's True! Squids Suck (13)*, Allen & Unwin, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-74115-601-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-74115-601-0) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-10)** Greenberg, Nicki (2006), *Antonia Cutlass walks the plank*, Pan Macmillan, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-330-42269-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-330-42269-7) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** Greenberg, Nicki (2007), *Operation weasel ball*, Pan Macmillan, [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-330-42316-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-330-42316-8) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-12)** ["Bird, plane or supermensch? Comics reveal Jewish roots"](https://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/bird-plane-or-supermensch-comics-reveal-jewish-roots-20090429-ge7txl.html). *The Age*. 29 April 2009. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-13)** Dernavich, Drew (16 December 2009). ["Cartoon-Off: Nicki Greenberg"](https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/cartoon-lounge/cartoon-off-nicki-greenberg). *The New Yorker*. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0028-792X](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0028-792X). Retrieved 20 March 2018. ## External links - [Nicki Greenberg website](https://web.archive.org/web/20240704225304/https://www.nickigreenberg.com/) via Internet Archive - [Nicki Greenberg](https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A45657) at [AustLit](/source/AustLit) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Artists Australian Artists People Trove Other IdRef This article about an artist from Australia is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. - [v](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Australia-artist-stub) - [t](/source/Template_talk%3AAustralia-artist-stub) - [e](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Australia-artist-stub) This profile of a comics artist is a stub. 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