''Carousel'' is a long-running multimedia comics slide show hosted by cartoonist

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('' 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

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, MoCCA Fest,

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, and other venues.

History

The first Carousel slide shows were projected using a slide projector. The show was named after the Kodak Carousel slide projector. In 2011, ''

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'' called ''Carousel'' a highlight of

's Comic Book Theater Festival. Many cartoonists, artists and voice actors have participated, including: *

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* Kate Beaton * Gabrielle Bell * Gregory Benton * Nick Bertozzi * Rupert Bottenberg * Megan Montague Cash * Victor Cayro * Howard Chackowicz *

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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 ...

Aaron Diaz According to Abrahamic religions, Aaron ''′aharon'', ar, هارون, Hārūn, Greek (Septuagint): Ἀαρών; often called Aaron the priest ()., group="note" ( or ; ''’Ahărōn'') was a prophet, a high priest, and the elder brother of ...

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* Chris Duffy *

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* Emily Flake *

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* Pascal Girard * James Godwin *

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* Dale Goodson * Patrick Hambrecht *

Lisa Hanawalt Lisa Hanawalt (born June 19, 1983) is an American illustrator, writer, and cartoonist. She has published comic series, as well as three books of illustrations. She worked as the production designer and a producer of the Netflix animated series ' ...

* Tom Hart * Dean Haspiel * Glenn Head *

Danny Hellman Danny Hellman (born August 2, 1964)
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* Sam Henderson * Lizz Hickey * Bill Kartalopoulos *

Ben Katchor Ben Katchor (born November 19, 1951) is an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for the comic strip ''Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer''. He has contributed comics and drawings to ''The Forward'', ''The New Yorker,'' ''Metropoli ...

* Kaz * Susan Kim * Julie Klausner * John Kovaleski * Hawk Krall * Tim Kreider * Michael Kupperman *

Miss Lasko-Gross Melissa Lasko-Gross (known professionally as Miss Lasko-Gross) is an American comics creator, known for her semi-autobiographical graphic novels ''Escape from "Special"'' and ''A Mess of Everything''. Early life Melissa Lasko was born in Boston ...

* M. Sweeney Lawless * Leah Yael Levy *

Jeffrey Lewis Jeffrey Lewis (born November 20, 1975) is an American singer-songwriter and comic book artist. Early life Lewis was born in New York City and grew up on the Lower East Side. He attended State University of New York at Purchase, graduating in ...

* Jason Little * Kevin Maher *

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* Dyna Moe * Neil Numberman * Tao Nyeu * George O'Connor * Joe Ollmann * Roxanne Palmer * K. A. Polzin * Jackson Publick *

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* Jason Roeder *

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* Laurie Rosenwald * Laurie Sandell *

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Doug Skinner Doug Skinner (born January 7, 1955) is an American composer, writer, and performer. Music Skinner has written music for many dance companies, including ODC/Dance in San Francisco and Margaret Jenkins. He has often written for the theater: in part ...

* Karen Sneider * Ted Stearn *

Leslie Stein Leslie E. Stein (born 1956) is a former judge on New York State's Court of Appeals. Stein was appointed to the court by Governor Andrew Cuomo in late 2014, and was confirmed by the New York State Senate on February 9, 2015. Early life The daught ...

Raina Telgemeier Raina Diane Telgemeier (/'ɹeɪna 'tɛlgə'maɪəɹ/, born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiography, autobiographical webcomic ''Smile (comic book), Smile'', which was published as a full-color graphic novel i ...

* Matthew Thurber * Jim Torok * Ted Travelstead * James Urbaniak *

Colleen AF Venable Colleen is an Irish language name and is of Irish origin and a generic term for women or girls, from the Irish ''cailín'' 'girl/woman', the diminutive of '' caile'' 'woman, countrywoman'. Although it originates in the Irish language, Colleen ...

* Lauren R. Weinstein *

Julia Wertz Julia Wertz (born December 29, 1982) is an American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer. Cartooning career Wertz was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She made her name with a comic strip titled ''The Fart Party'', which Atomic Books antho ...

Shannon Wheeler Shannon Wheeler is an American cartoonist, best known as a cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' and for creating the satirical superhero Too Much Coffee Man. Early life Shannon Wheeler grew up in Berkeley, California, brought up by his mother. His ...

* Kriota Willberg * Daniel Wright

References

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