Kate Nuernberg
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| Name: | Kate Nuernberg |
| Alias(es): | Amanda Herman |
| Type: | fan artist, fan writer, fanzine publisher |
| Fandoms: | Professionals, Buffy, Smallville, Quantum Leap, due South, The Equalizer, Sentinel, Star Trek, Star Wars, Blake's 7, Kung Fu: The Legend Continues, Houston Knights |
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Kate Nuernberg is a prolific fan artist who has been illustrating fanzines for over two decades. She has also written gen fan fiction and published fanzines, including British Takeaway (Professionals) (1984-1992), Cold Fish and Stale Chips (a Professionals letterzine) (1980s), and Give Blood (Buffy) (1998). She has won numerous awards for her fan art, including FanQ Awards (1988, 1989, 2009) and the Sizzler Award in 2003.
One of Nuernberg's illos was featured in the book, Textual Poachers.
From a 1994 interview published in the Quantum Quarterly:
Art evolved from a childhood pasttime into a career... She began drawing when she was six, producing landscapes and portraits of dogs, cats, and people. Despite the raves her ... work draws, she contends that "I don't have the soul of an artist. I don't sit around and sketch odd bits on paper napkins in restaurants. I hated art class; being told what to draw all the time. That's why fandom was perfect for me, I got to draw what I wanted. And I had a lot of people who encouraged me to illustrate fan stories. Her involvement with fan activities began 13 years ago with Star Wars and a fateful meeting with Mary Schmidt. "I'd written bits and pieces of stories since high school, but they all got shoved in drawers," Kate recalls. "Then, while I was waiting on line to see Star Wars, I started talking to another woman. When I confessed that I wrote stories, she answered "Doesn't everyone?" She lent me a pile of fanzines that weekend, and I started reading. She helped me get up the nerve to write a Star Wars story and submit it. [1]
Notable Fanworks
- Play It Again (Quantum Leap)
- British Takeaway (Professionals) (1984-1992) (FanQ winner
- Cold Fish and Stale Chips (a Professionals letterzine) (1980s)
- Give Blood (Buffy) (1998)
- Silk and Flannel #3 (Smallville) (2003) (cover art won the 2003 Sizzler)
- Art Show Award at MediaWest 2009: Best Portrait (tie): Aboriginal Magick by Jesse McClain/Dear Abby by Kate Nuernberg
Art Gallery
original art, unknown date, and unknown if it was in a zine, it portrays James Bond, the original photo reference included Bond's gun
back cover of Shooting Star #2 from Star Wars (1985)
from The Professionals, 1991 or earlier
front cover British Takeaway #1
back cover British Takeaway #1
front cover British Takeaway #2
front cover British Takeaway #3
front cover British Takeaway #6
interior art Leaping to Conclusions
cover Our Favorite Things #16
cover The Hols of CI5
cover Chalk and Cheese #5
cover Chalk and Cheese #12
cover Chalk and Cheese #14
"I call it "Rum-Turn Raymond", all done up in a costume from the Broadway show, Cats." -- from Cold Fish and Stale Chips #1
cover Play It Again #1
cover Play It Again #2
cover Play It Again #3
cover Play It Again #4
cover Give Blood
cover Green Eggs and Ham #1
cover Green Eggs and Ham #2
cover Leaping In With a Net #2
cover Compass Points #1
cover Compass Points #2
cover Relativity #4
cover Silk and Flannel #1
cover Silk and Flannel #2
interior art A Shot in the Dark
cover Lone Star Knights #1
cover Bedtime Stories #1
interior Professional B and D
interior Professional B and D
interior art for Backtrack #1
interior art for Backtrack #4
Bodie portrait by Kate, offered for sale on eBay in 2012
portrait of Gregory House, offered for sale on eBay in 2012
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