Randy DuBurke
| Randy DuBurke | |
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| Born | Randy DuBurke 1962 (age 54–55) Washington, Georgia |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Writer, Penciller, Inker |
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Notable works
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The Moon Ring (2003) Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography (2006) Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty (2010) |
| Awards | Steptoe Award 2003 |
| http://www.randyduburke.com/ | |
Randy DuBurke (born 1962) is an American artist best known as the author and illustrator of the Steptoe Award winning book The Moon Ring (2003) and as the illustrator of Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty (2010). He previously worked as a comic book artist in the 1980s and 1990s.
Randy DuBurke was born in Washington, Georgia in 1962. He graduated from New York Technical College with a graphic arts degree.
DuBurke made his debut in the comics industry with the story "A Life in the Day" as part of the DC Comics Bonus Book program in Doom Patrol vol. 2 #9 (June 1988). He contributed to the various volumes of Paradox Press' The Big Book Of series from 1994 to 2000. In the early 2000s, he began working in the field of children's books and his The Moon Ring received the Steptoe Award in 2003. DuBurke collaborated with writer Andy Helfer on Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography (2006) which has been recommended as part of a "Suggested Core List of Graphic Novel Titles for High School Students". Writer Greg Neri and DuBurke produced Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty in 2010 about the life of Robert “Yummy” Sandifer. The book was praised by Publishers Weekly,Booklist, and Kirkus Reviews. The School Library Journal noted that "Playing not just with expressions and characters but with light and shadow as well, it's DuBurke’s choices that lift this book up and make it far more compelling than it would be merely on its own." As of 2014, DuBurke was working on a graphic novel with jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter.
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