Jackie Urbanovic Explained

Jackie Urbanovic
Nationality:American
Education:Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA)

Jackie Urbanovic is an American New York Times best-selling[1] author and illustrator. The majority of her work consists of children's picture books, including her self-authored Max the Duck series.[2] She regularly speaks at libraries and at other educational events for children. She is a member of the Children's Book Guild. She lives in Silver Spring, Maryland, where she has a studio for her work.[3]

Career

Urbanovic received a BFA from the Maryland Institute of Art.[4] Her career started in graphic design and illustration, but realized she would prefer to illustrate children's literature. She studied writing under the mentorship of author Jane Resh Thomas in 1997 and after submitting her work to "Highlights" magazine, received her first trade illustration job on Spaghetti Eddie.[5] Before she started her children's literature career, she contributed to several anthologies and comics series regarding LGBT themes and issues in the 1980s and 1990s.[6] She is also credited as the Artist-In-Residence at the Molesworth Institute,[7] a source of library humor and information.

Bibliography

Books

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Self-authored and illustrated

Illustrated

Contributions

References

  1. Web site: CHILDREN'S BEST SELLERS: PICTURE BOOKS: Sunday, March 9th 2008. query.nytimes.com. en. 2019-11-21.
  2. Web site: Jackie Urbanovic - best-selling Max the Duck Series... Duck and Cover, Duck Soup, Duck at the Door and more!. jackieurbanovic.com. 2019-10-10.
  3. Web site: Jackie Urbanovic R. MICHELSON GALLERIES. www.rmichelson.com. 2019-11-21.
  4. Web site: JACKIE URBANOVIC. Urbanovic. Jackie. Children's Book Guild.
  5. Web site: An interview with Jackie Urbanovic. 2016-10-14. WriteAngles Conference. en. 2019-11-21.
  6. Web site: Grand Comics Database. www.comics.org. 2019-11-05.
  7. Stevens. Norman D.. 2006-01-01. The Fully Electronic Academic Library®. College & Research Libraries. 67. 1. 5–14. 10.5860/crl.67.1.5. 2150-6701. free.
  8. Web site: Books by Jackie Urbanovic. jackieurbanovic.com. 2019-11-19.
  9. Urbanovic. Jackie. 1983. A Word From Our Sponsor.... Gay Comix. 4. 17–18.
  10. Urbanovic. Jackie. 1987. Losers in Love. Wimmen's Comix. 14.
  11. Book: Strip AIDS USA : a collection of cartoon art to benefit people with AIDS. Robbins . Trina . Sienkiewicz . Bill . Triptow . Robert . 1988 . Last Gasp . 0867193735 . 50386336 . registration.
  12. Book: Robbins, Trina.. Choices : a pro-choice benefit comic anthology for the National Organization for Women. 1990. Angry Isis Press. 608139189.
  13. Book: Warren, Roz. Dyke Strippers: Lesbian Cartoonists A to Z. Cleis Press. 1995. 978-1573440080.
  14. Book: Warren, Rosalind, 1954-. Men are from Detroit, women are from Paris. 1999. Hysteria Publications. 1887166513. 41630898. registration.

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