Jef Czekaj
, b. 1974
Cartoonist, children's author and illustrator, Jef Czekaj lives in Somerville, Massachusetts. Under an assumed name, he is also a DJ with an award-winning hip hop group. He has written and/or illustrated thirteen books, including Cat Secrets and A Call for a New Alphabet. His comic about a girl and her dim-witted grandfather, Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters, ran in Nickelodeon Magazine for a decade and has been published as a graphic novel in 2004. Czekaj is also the co-founder of the Somerville Comics Collaborative, a group that brings local residents together to tell stories of their city in comic form.
Sources:
Official website (accessed August 25, 2019).
Profile at scholastic.com (accessed August 25, 2019).
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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