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Carousel (comics)
''Carousel'' is a long-running multimedia comics slide show hosted by cartoonist Robert Sikoryak (''Masterpiece Comics'') that has been presented in various venues in the United States and Canada since 1997. Sikoryak has described ''Carousel'' as "a cartoon variety show." Carousel has been presented at Dixon Place, MoCCA Festival, MoCCA Fest, Parsons School of Design, The Brick Theater, and other venues. History The first Carousel slide shows were projected using a slide projector. The show was named after the Carousel slide projector, Kodak Carousel slide projector. In 2011, ''The Village Voice'' called ''Carousel'' a highlight of The Brick Theater's Comic Book Theater Festival. Many cartoonists, artists and voice actors have participated, including: * Scott Adsit * Todd Alcott * Jonathan Ames * Kate Beaton * Gabrielle Bell * Gregory Benton * Nick Bertozzi * Rupert Bottenberg * Megan Montague Cash * Victor Cayro * Howard Chackowicz * Sean Chiki * Domitille Collardey * Adam Conov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Sikoryak
Robert Sikoryak (born 1964) is an American artist whose work is usually signed R. Sikoryak. He specializes in making comic adaptations of literature classics. Under the series title ''Masterpiece Comics'', these include ''Crime and Punishment'' rendered in Bob Kane–era Batman style, becoming ''Dostoyevsky Comics'', starring Raskol; and '' Waiting for Godot'' mixed with ''Beavis and Butt-Head'', becoming ''Waiting to Go''. Early life Sikoryak was born in 1964. He is originally from New Jersey"Rob Sikoryak" . Retrieved January 22, 2017. and graduated from |
Victor Cayro
The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French short film * ''Victor'' (2008 film), a 2008 TV film about Canadian swimmer Victor Davis * ''Victor'' (2009 film), a French comedy * ''Victor'', a 2017 film about Victor Torres by Brandon Dickerson * ''Viktor'' (film), a 2014 Franco/Russian film Music * ''Victor'' (album), a 1996 album by Alex Lifeson * "Victor", a song from the 1979 album ''Eat to the Beat'' by Blondie Businesses * Victor Talking Machine Company, early 20th century American recording company, forerunner of RCA Records * Victor Company of Japan, usually known as JVC, a Japanese electronics corporation originally a subsidiary of the Victor Talking Machine Company ** Victor Entertainment, or JVCKenwood Victor Entertainment, a Japanese record label ** Victor Interactive So ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Gazin
Nick may refer to: * Nick (given name) * A cricket term for a slight deviation of the ball off the edge of the bat * British slang for being arrested * British slang for a police station * British slang for stealing * Short for nickname Places * Nick, Hungary * Nick, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland Other uses * Nick, the Allied codename for Japanese World War II fighter Kawasaki Ki-45 * Nick (DNA), an element of DNA structure * Nick (German TV channel) * ''Nick'' (novel), a 2021 novel by Michael Farris Smith * Nick's, a jazz tavern in New York City * Désirée Nick, a German actress and writer * Nickelodeon, a children's cable channel See also * Nicks, surname * * * NIC (other) * Nik (other) * 'Nique (other) * Nix (other) * Old Nick (other) * Knick (other) * Nick Nack (other) Knick Knack is an English equivalent of bric-à-brac. Knick Knack, Knickknack or Nick Nack may also refer to: * ''Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Flake
Emily Suzanne Flake (born June 16, 1977) is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Her work has appeared in ''The New Yorker'', ''The New York Times'', ''Time'' and many other publications. Her weekly comic strip '' Lulu Eightball'' has appeared in numerous alternative newsweeklies since 2002. Personal life Flake was born in Manchester, Connecticut. She now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Her influences include Winsor McCay, Harold Gray, Shel Silverstein, and Bruce Eric Kaplan Education She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in illustration from Maryland Institute College of Art The Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) is a Private university, private art school, art and design college in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1826 as the Maryland Institute for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts, making it one of t ... in 1999. Awards In 2007, Flake won a Prism Award for her book ''These Things Ain't Gonna Smoke Themselves.'' Bibliography * * * ''Lulu Eightball Volume 2' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jess Fink
Jess Fink is an American comic book creator known for her webcomic turned graphic novel ''Chester 5000 XYV'' and graphic novel ''We Can Fix It'', both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in North American Review among other publications. Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book. Her work is known for being autobiographical in nature or featuring erotic scenes. For example, she described her work, ''We Can Fix It'' as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine" and has described her work ''Chester 5000 XYV'' as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance." ''Chester 5000 XYV'' is part of the Library of Congress's Webcomics Web Archive. Biography In high school, Jess Fink began reading comics and then manga. She cites Molly Kiely and Art Spiegelman as influences. In 2003, Fink received her degree in Illustrating & Cartooning from the School of Visual Arts in New York City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Duffy (comics)
Chris Duffy may refer to: * Chris Duffy (baseball) (born 1980), American baseball player * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1918) (1918–1978), Scottish footballer * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1884) (1884–1971), English footballer outside left * Chris Duffy (footballer, born 1973), English footballer defender * Christian Duffy (born 1961), American bodybuilder and actor * Christopher Duffy (born 1936), British military historian * Christopher Duffy (baseball) (born 1987), American baseball player * Chris Duffy, member of Waterfront (band) * Chris Duffy, member of Bazooka Joe (band) Bazooka Joe or Bazooka Joe and the Lillets were a British pub rock band formed by John Ellis and Danny Kleinman in 1970. They featured bass player Stuart Goddard, who would later change his name to Adam Ant. Both Ellis and Goddard would go ... * Chris Duffy (wrestler) (1964–2000), American professional wrestler See also * Chris Duffey (born 1974), creative director of Adobe {{hndis, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Drysdale
Eric Drysdale (born March 20, 1969) is a writer for ''The Colbert Report,'' ''The Daily Show, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Full Frontal with Samantha Bee''. He has been nominated for twenty-one Emmys and won ten. In addition to TV writing, Drysdale has written and produced live shows at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, and also performs stand-up. Career ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' Drysdale worked as a writer and occasional on-screen actor for ''The Daily Show'' for six years, during which time he contributed to their coverage of the 2000 and 2004 elections. While there, he won five Emmy awards, two Peabody Awards, two Television Critics Association Awards, and an ASIFA animation award. He did collaborative work on ''America (The Book)'', in which he drew a facsimile of the "bill" from the '' Schoolhouse Rock!'' series. The caption added that he was never compensated for the drawing. ''The Colbert Report'' From 2005 to 2008, Drysdale worked as a write ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aaron Diaz (cartoonist)
''Dresden Codak'' is a webcomic written and illustrated by A. Senna Diaz (formerly Arryn Diaz). Described by Diaz as a "celebration of science, death and human folly", the comic presents stories that deal with elements of philosophy, science and technology, and/or psychology. The comic was recognized in 2008 at the Web Cartoonist's Choice Awards for Outstanding Use of Color and Outstanding Use of The Medium. On October 22, 2008, ''Dresden Codak'' concluded a long-running sequence called "Hob", which focused on the character Kimiko's discovery of a post- Singularity robot and its attempted recovery by people from a future in which Earth was destroyed in a war with the artificial intelligence that once tended the planet. On February 25, 2013, Senna Diaz launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds for a hard cover book edition of the webcomic. Dubbed ''The Tomorrow Girl: Dresden Codak Volume 1'', it collected the first 5 years of the webcomic plus additional art and reformatted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Dewan
Brian Dewan (born 14 June 1963) is an American multi-media artist, who produces music, audio-visual performances, decorative painting, furniture, poetry, filmstrips, illustrations, and musical instruments. He has released three albums of songs and performed extensively in clubs and concert halls as a solo artist and as a member of various ensembles. He lives in Catskill, New York. Brian is the brother of artist Ted Dewan and the cousin of musical instrument builder/musician Leon Dewan. Music Dewan has a cross-genre approach to music, although he is predominantly known for his folk-tinged vocal stylings and instrumental electronic music, which on a performance level are generally mutually exclusive. His vocal repertoire references folk music, hymns, popular songs from bygone eras (especially topical songs from the 19th and early 20th centuries), and rock music. He also composes original songs reflecting these influences. These genres permeate his first two full-length albums, ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Delporte
Julie Delporte (born in 1983) is a Canadian cartoonist and illustrator. She lives in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Biography Delporte immigrated to Montreal from Saint-Malo, France, in 2005. She had studied journalism in France because of her love of writing, but did not enjoy being a journalist. Delporte had not attended art school or had family role-models for living and working as an artist, and it was not until she moved to Montreal that she found what she describes as "the social and economic possibility to become an artist." In 2011, Delporte was a fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies. Delporte is one of the organizers of Montreal's annual "48 Heures" comics festival. Beginning in 2007 she co-hosted a radio show on comics, ''Dans ta bulle!,'' which ran for a decade. In 2017 she founded Tristesse magazine with Rosalie Lavoie, Catherine Ocelot, Marie Saur, and David Turgeon. Influences and themes Delporte has cited Belgian cartoonist Dominique Goblet as an influence on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ann Decker
Anne, alternatively spelled Ann, is a form of the Latin female given name Anna. This in turn is a representation of the Hebrew Hannah, which means 'favour' or 'grace'. Related names include Annie. Anne is sometimes used as a male name in the Netherlands, particularly in the Frisian speaking part (for example, author Anne de Vries). In this incarnation, it is related to Germanic arn-names and means 'eagle'.See entry on "Anne" in th''Behind the Name'' databaseand th"Anne"an"Ane"entries (in Dutch) in the Nederlandse Voornamenbank (Dutch First Names Database) of the Meertens Instituut (23 October 2018). It has also been used for males in France ( Anne de Montmorency) and Scotland (Lord Anne Hamilton). Anne is a common name and the following lists represent a small selection. For a comprehensive list, see instead: . As a feminine name Anne * Saint Anne, Mother of the Virgin Mary * Anne, Queen of Great Britain (1665–1714), Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1702–07) an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Conover
Adam Conover (born March 2) is an American comedian, writer, voice actor, and television host. He created and hosted the half-hour truTV show ''Adam Ruins Everything'', based on the CollegeHumor series of the same name. He was also the host of the American version of ''The Crystal Maze'' on Nickelodeon. In 2022, Conover's limited series '' The G Word with Adam Conover'' debuted on Netflix. Early life Adam Conover was born in Smithtown, New York, and grew up in Wading River. His parents are David O. Conover, a marine biologist, and Margaret Conover (née Howard), a botanist. His younger sister is Emily Conover, a science reporter who holds a PhD in particle physics. His parents' and sibling's degrees have led Adam to describe himself as "the only member of the family without a Ph.D." In 2000, he graduated from Shoreham-Wading River High School, where he became interested in the performing arts. As a teenager, he was part of a band called Bocoach. He then attended Bard C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
