I'm a cartoonist and illustrator with storyboard experience. My new book, Reel Politik, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly this November. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and The New Yorker. I've done storyboards for DreamWorks and A24. My first book was the graphic novel A House in the Jungle with Koyama Press.

Nathan Gelgud

I'm a cartoonist and illustrator with storyboard experience. My new book, Reel Politik, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly this November. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and The New Yorker. I've done storyboards for DreamWorks and A24. My first book was the graphic novel A House in the Jungle with Koyama Press.

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I’m a cartoonist and illustrator with storyboard experience.

My new book, Reel Politik, will be published by Drawn and Quarterly this November. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Hyperallergic, and The New Yorker. I’ve done storyboards for DreamWorks and A24. My first book was the graphic novel A House in the Jungle with Koyama Press.

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Work Experience

Cartoonist
January 1, 2010 - Present
Full-time cartoonist creating comics and illustrations; forthcoming book Reel Politik with Drawn and Quarterly; full-page arts and culture comics for The New York Times; illustrated essays for Hyperallergic; cartoons for The New Yorker; graphic novel A House in the Jungle with Koyama Press.
Storyboard Artist
January 1, 2020 - Present
Storyboards for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You for Mary Bronstein and A24; storyboards for numerous sequences for Dreamworks animated film Orion and the Dark.
Merchandise and Promotion
January 1, 2014 - Present
Auteur tote bags for film institutions, cinemas, and video stores; partnerships with Videotheque, CineFile, New York Film Festival, and Cinémathèque Française.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Film Studies at North Carolina State University
January 11, 2030 - September 9, 2025

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment
    uniE621 Inscrutable Muse, a comic about Isabelle Huppert
    This comic about the actress Isabelle Huppert ran in the Arts and Culture section of the New York Times.
    uniE621 Auteur totes
    Tote bags featuring film directors and their movies, created for film institutions, cinemas, and video stores around the world.
    uniE621 Auteur tees
    T-shirts featuring international directors and their films, created for film institutions, cinemas, and video stores around the world.
    uniE621 Fassbinder's World, a comic for the New York Times
    This full-page comic about the life and work of Rainer Werner Fassbinder ran in the Arts and Culture section of The New York Times.
    uniE621 Reel Politik
    Reel Politik, the graphic novel from Drawn & Quarterly.
    paper Reel Politik

    New book from Drawn and Quarterly, to be published November 2025