Randy DuBurke

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Randy DuBurke
BornRandy DuBurke
1962 (age 61–62)
Washington, Georgia
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Penciller, Inker
Notable works
The Moon Ring (2003)
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography (2006)
Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty (2010)
Awards Steptoe Award 2003
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Randy DuBurke (born 1962) [1] 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.

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Early life

Randy DuBurke was born in Washington, Georgia in 1962. He graduated from New York Technical College [1] with a graphic arts degree. [2]

Career

DuBurke made his debut in the comics industry with the story "A Life in the Day" as part of the DC Comics Bonus Book [3] program in Doom Patrol vol. 2 #9 (June 1988). [4] He drew the "Black Canary" feature in Action Comics Weekly in 1988 [5] and contributed to the various volumes of Paradox Press' The Big Book Of series from 1994 to 2000. [4] 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. [6] DuBurke collaborated with writer Andy Helfer on Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography (2006) [7] which has been recommended as part of a "Suggested Core List of Graphic Novel Titles for High School Students". [8] 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 , [9] Booklist , [10] and Kirkus Reviews . [11] 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." [12] As of 2014, DuBurke was working on a graphic novel with jazz saxophonist Wayne Shorter. [13] The graphic novel was included with Shorter's Emanon album released in August 2018. [14]

Personal life

DuBurke resides in Switzerland with his wife and children. [15]

Bibliography

Books

Comic books

DC Comics

Eureka Productions

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Marvel Comics

  • Tales of the Marvels: Inner Demons #1 (1996)

Paradox Press

  • The Big Book Of Bad (1998)
  • The Big Book Of Conspiracies (1995)
  • The Big Book Of Death (1995)
  • The Big Book Of Freaks (1996)
  • The Big Book Of Grimm (1999)
  • The Big Book Of Hoaxes (1996)
  • The Big Book Of Little Criminals (1996)
  • The Big Book Of Losers (1997)
  • The Big Book Of Martyrs (1997)
  • The Big Book Of Scandal (1997)
  • The Big Book Of The 70s (2000)
  • The Big Book Of the Unexplained (1997)
  • The Big Book Of the Weird Wild West (1998)
  • The Big Book Of Thugs (1996)
  • The Big Book Of Urban Legends (1994)
  • The Big Book Of Vice (1999)
  • The Big Book Of Weirdos (1995)
  • Gangland #2 (1998)
  • Hunter's Heart #1–3 (1995)

Awards and recognitions

He earned the following awards for Yummy: the Last Days of a Southside Shorty :

He earned the following awards for Best Shot in the West :

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  13. ↑ Scheinin, Richard (March 31, 2014). "Wayne Shorter Q&A: life lessons through music". San Jose Mercury News . San Jose, California. Archived from the original on May 17, 2015. There's work I have to do with mixing an album we did with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. It's coming out with a graphic science fiction novel by a guy named Randy DuBurke, who lives in Switzerland.
  14. ↑ Holley Jr., Eugene (July 24, 2018). "In His New Album, Jazz Master Wayne Shorter Goes Graphic". Publishers Weekly. Wayne Shorter has teamed with comics artist Randy DuBurke on a 84 page science-fiction-themed graphic novel, which will be included in Emanon, a three-CD collection of live and studio recorded music to be released by Blue Note Records August 24.
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