James Romberger is an American

United States

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 fine artist and cartoonist

Comic Book Artist

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 known for his depictions of New York City

New York City

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's Lower East Side

Lower East Side

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Romberger's pastel

Pastel

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 drawings of the ravaged landscape of the Lower East Side and its citizens are in many public and private collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Metropolitan Museum of Art

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 and Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum

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s in New York City. His solo and collaborative exhibitions have appeared at Ground Zero Gallery NY, the Grace Borgenicht Gallery, Gracie Mansion

Gracie Mansion

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, The Proposition and the New Museum of Contemporary Art

New Museum of Contemporary Art

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Romberger has long contributed work in the comics medium to alternative publications such as World War 3 Illustrated

World War 3 Illustrated

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. Ground Zero, his science-fiction strip collaboration with his wife, filmmaker Marguerite Van Cook

Marguerite Van Cook

Marguerite Van Cook is an artist, writer, musician/singer and filmmaker. She was born in England and now resides in New York in the Lower East Side/East Village. She attended Portsmouth College of Art and Design, Northumbria University Graphic and Fine Arts programs, BMCC, Columbia University for...

, was serialized through the 1980s and 1990s in various downtown literary magazines.

His efforts for commercial comics publishers include work for Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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’s Epic Illustrated

Epic Illustrated

Epic Illustrated was a comics anthology in magazine format published in the United States by Marvel Comics. The series lasted for 34 issues, from Spring 1980 to February 1986....

, Image Comics

Image Comics

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' NYC Mech, Paradox Press

Paradox Press

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' Big Book series and Papercutz' Tales from the Crypt. DC/Vertigo published Romberger's work on The Bronx Kill

The Bronx Kill

The Bronx Kill is a 2010 graphic novel published as part of the "Vertigo Crime" line from Vertigo a DC Comics imprint. The writer is Peter Milligan, with art by James Romberger. The Bronx Kill is illustrated in grey-scale. It is done in the fashion of the "film noir"/detective-crime style.-Plot...

with writer Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan

Peter Milligan born in London, a British writer, best known for his comic book, film and television work.-Early career:Milligan started his comic career with short stories for 2000 AD in the early 1980s. By 1986, Milligan had his first ongoing strip in 2000AD called Bad Company, with artists Brett...

, the Renegade storyline in Jamie Delano

Jamie Delano

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's 2020 Visions

2020 Visions

2020 Visions is a science-fiction comic book written by Jamie Delano and drawn by four artists. Originally serialized as a twelve-issue full-color limited series from 1997 to 1998 at the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics, it was later collected as a black-and-white volume in a 2004 hardcover from...

; the critically acclaimed Seven Miles A Second, Romberger and Van Cook's graphic novel

Graphic novel

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 done in collaboration with artist, writer, and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz

David Wojnarowicz

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Romberger is also a critic and writer for Publisher's Weekly and the comics blog the Hooded Utilitarian.

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