Friday, August 25 Rescheduled to Sunday, September 17 at 7:30 p.m. (show at 8)Admission: $10 in advance; $12 at door (Free for City Reliquary members)
Carousel returns with comics readings and projections (and some live music) from cartoonists, graphic novelists, and other artists. Hosted by R. Sikoryak. The show will be followed by a book signing.
Featuring
Jacob Halton
Yinfan Huang
Arielle Jovellanos and Julia Riew
Jeffrey Lewis
Jason Little
and more!
Artist Bios:
Jacob Halton is a background designer and comic artist who loves making trippy stories and cyberpunk art. Find more of his work at jacobhalton.com. Instagram @jacobhalton
Born and raised in China, Yinfan Huang is a NY-based illustrator and cartoonist who creates joyful, whimsical work for children’s books, magazines, brands, and institutions around the world. She is the first Asian cartoonist published in The New Yorker in print without growing up in the West. She is the illustrator of the children’s book The Couch Potato and is working on her first graphic memoir, Yellow Singing Sail. yinfanhuang.com, Instagram @yinfanhuang and @infuncomic
Arielle Jovellanos is a Filipina-American freelance illustrator, comic artist, and writer. Recent works include Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story (DC), Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel (Disney-Hyperion), and Black Star (Abrams Megascope). She would like a cat. Instagram @joviellety
Julia Riew is a composer-lyricist and writer from Missouri. She is best known for Dive (AKA: “The Korean Disney Princess Musical”) which is currently being developed into a stage musical with Tony-Award winning director Diane Paulus and GLAAD-Award winning playwright Diana Son for the American Repertory Theater after amassing over 130k followers and 3 million likes worldwide. Instagram @juliariew
Jeffrey Lewis is best known for albums of folk and rock music, but he also makes comic books, including a self-published series called Fuff, and has worked on projects with organizations such as the History Channel and The New York Times. Instagram: @jeffreylewisband
Jason Little is the author of the forthcoming Polly & Molly, a graphic novel about love, family, the space-time continuum, and genitalia. His previous books include Borb, a hilarious daily strip collection about atragically alcoholic homeless man, and Jack’s Luck Runs Out, a story set in Las Vegas and told with playing card characters. Instagram @beecomix
R. Sikoryak is a cartoonist (Constitution Illustrated, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump) and the host of Carousel. He illustrated the comic books that appear in the new novel by Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece. www.rsikoryak.com Instagram: @rsikoryak
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