On the occasion of The Met Opera’s production of “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay”, based on the novel of Michael Chabon,
SULLALUNA NYC presents
“AMAZING ADVENTURES in CLASSIC COMIC BOOKS – Exploring American Comics 1938–1954,”
a talk by R. SIKORYAK
— THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2 6pm —
Cartoonist R. SIKORYAK is the author of Constitution Illustrated, Masterpiece Comics, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump (Drawn & Quarterly). He’s adapted the classics for various comics anthologies, including RAW, Drawn & Quarterly, The Graphic Canon, and more.
His comics and illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation, The Onion, MAD, and SpongeBob Comics, as well as on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He illustrated the three comic book stories in Tom Hanks’ novel, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. He’s done storyboards and character designs for Augenblick Studios on various animated projects.
Sikoryak teaches in the illustration department at Parsons The New School for Design and previously at The Center for Cartoon Studies. Since 1997, he’s presented his live cartoon slide show series, Carousel, around the United States and Canada.
He lives in New York City with his spouse, Kriota Willberg.