Nat Gertler
Encyclopedia
Nat Gertler is a writer who has written books about computers and comics
, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel (co-authored with Steve Lieber
). He has also written comics
, prose
fiction, television
episodes and a video game script.
for Now Comics
in 1988/89. In the mid-1990s, he contributed to Wendy and Richard Pini's ElfQuest
, as well as Caliber Comics
' Negative Burn anthology. Gertler founded the About Comics
publishing company, which is neither "a mainstream comics publisher, nor an alternative comics publisher". About Comics founded the 24 Hour Comics Day event, and has published works by such comics writers as Kurt Busiek
and Charles M. Schulz
, as well as producing books such as Panel One and Panel Two, featuring comic scripts written by a number of top comics writers.
He is also the self-published creator of the comics mini-series The Factor, about a superhero who is never actually seen in the comic. He was nominated for the 1999 Eisner Award
for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for his work on The Factor. His publishing imprint, About Comics, has released works by several New York Times best-selling authors.
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
, including The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel (co-authored with Steve Lieber
Steve Lieber
Steve Lieber is a comic-book illustrator. His best known work includes runs on Detective Comics and Hawkman, the graphic novel Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel, Whiteout: Melt. He is also the co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.-Early life:Lieber was...
). He has also written comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
, prose
Prose
Prose is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
fiction, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
episodes and a video game script.
Career
Gertler started out in the comics field providing the English language adaptation of Speed RacerSpeed Racer
Speed Racer is an English adaptation name of the Japanese manga and anime, which centered on automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print form in Shueisha's 1958 Shōnen Book, and was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, re-released in Japan by Fusosha...
for Now Comics
NOW Comics
NOW Comics was a comic book publisher founded in late 1985 by Tony C. Caputo as a sole-proprietorship. During the four years after its founding, NOW grew from a one-man operation to operating in 12 countries, and published almost 1,000 comics books....
in 1988/89. In the mid-1990s, he contributed to Wendy and Richard Pini's ElfQuest
Elfquest
Elfquest is a cult hit comic book property created by Wendy and Richard Pini in 1978. It is a fantasy story about a community of elves and other fictional species who struggle to survive and coexist on a primitive Earth-like planet with two moons. Several published volumes of prose fiction also...
, as well as Caliber Comics
Caliber Comics
Caliber Comics or Caliber Press was an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, in the next decade Caliber published over 1300 comics and ranked as one of the America's leading independent publishers...
' Negative Burn anthology. Gertler founded the About Comics
About Comics
About Comics is a publisher of comics and comics-related material founded in 1998 by Nat Gertler. It identifies itself as neither "a mainstream comics publisher, nor an alternative comics publisher"....
publishing company, which is neither "a mainstream comics publisher, nor an alternative comics publisher". About Comics founded the 24 Hour Comics Day event, and has published works by such comics writers as Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek
Kurt Busiek is an American comic book writer notable for his work on the Marvels limited series, his own title Astro City, and his four-year run on Avengers.-Early life:...
and Charles M. Schulz
Charles M. Schulz
Charles Monroe "Sparky" Schulz was an American cartoonist, whose comic strip Peanuts proved one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, and is still widely reprinted on a daily basis.-Early life and education:Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Schulz grew up in Saint Paul...
, as well as producing books such as Panel One and Panel Two, featuring comic scripts written by a number of top comics writers.
He is also the self-published creator of the comics mini-series The Factor, about a superhero who is never actually seen in the comic. He was nominated for the 1999 Eisner Award
Eisner Award
The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, and sometimes referred to as the Oscar Awards of the Comics Industry, are prizes given for creative achievement in American comic books. The Eisner Awards were first conferred in 1988, created in response to the...
for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition for his work on The Factor. His publishing imprint, About Comics, has released works by several New York Times best-selling authors.
Personal life
He has a two brothers and a sister. In the past, he has been a computer programmer, quality engineer, in-house support guru, janitor, and performer on TV and on stage.Selected comics works
- 24 Hour Comics All-Stars (editor), About Comics, 2005 (ISBN 0-9753958-4-X).
- 24 Hour Comics Day Highlights, 2004 (editor), About Comics, 2004 (ISBN 0-9753958-0-7).
- Comics prose : short stories (editor and contributor), About Comics, 2004 (ISBN 0-9716338-6-X).
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel (with Steve LieberSteve LieberSteve Lieber is a comic-book illustrator. His best known work includes runs on Detective Comics and Hawkman, the graphic novel Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel, Whiteout: Melt. He is also the co-author of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.-Early life:Lieber was...
), Alpha Books, 2004 (ISBN 1592572332). - 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.
- Panel One: Comic Book Scripts by Top Writers (editor), About Comics, 2002 (ISBN 0-9716338-0-0).
- Speed RacerSpeed RacerSpeed Racer is an English adaptation name of the Japanese manga and anime, which centered on automobile racing. Mach GoGoGo was originally serialized in print form in Shueisha's 1958 Shōnen Book, and was released in tankōbon book form by Sun Wide Comics, re-released in Japan by Fusosha...
classics (writer for English script; original Japanese manga Mach go go go by Tatsuo YoshidaTatsuo Yoshidawas a Japanese cartoonist, writer and anime pioneer who founded the anime studio Tatsunoko Productions.Born in 1932, Yoshida grew up in the hardship of war-torn Japan. A self-taught artist, his first job was as working for local newspapers in Kyoto...
), Now Comics, 1988.
External links
- About Comics publisher website
- Nat Gertler's personal web page
- Nat Gertler's bibliography - from his web page
- Interview about 24 Hour Comics Day at Sequential Tart
- Interview About The Factor at Sequential Tart
- Interview with Nat Gertler at Sigmate Studio