Carousel

Carousel returns with an outdoor, in-person show with the Brooklyn Book Festival:

Presentations of graphic novels and comics as performed by the artists: Emily Flake, R. Kikuo Johnson, Arielle Jovellanos & Emily Borromeo, Matt Madden, Robyn Smith, and Jeremy Sorese. Hosted by R. Sikoryak. The event will be followed by a book signing.

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL 2021 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT.

At The City Reliquary: 370 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Monday, Sept 27, 2021

Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/12496949/carousel_comics_performances_and_picture_shows

TICKETS
$10 pre-sale
$12 at-the-door

TIMES
7:00pm doors
8:00pm show
10:00pm end

SAFETY
This is an ALL-VACCINATED EVENT! A vaccination card or Excelsior pass with matching photo ID is REQUIRED for entry to this event. Masks are required for all inside the building of The City Reliquary, but may be taken off outside in the backyard, where you will have ample room to social distance if you choose.

Please remember to BRING CASH for a bar stocked with drinks, sweets, and snacks.

BIOS:

Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her work appears regularly in the New Yorker, the Nib, McSweeney’s, and many other publications. She is the author of “That Was Awkward: the Art and Etiquette of the Awkward Hug.” She is also the founder of St. Nell’s Humor Writing Residency, a residency for women and NB people working in humor-related fields. You can find her at www.emilyflake.com and www.stnells.com. Twitter: @EmilyFlake

R. Kikuo Johnson was born on Maui in 1981. His books include the graphic novels No One Else, Night Fisher, and the all-ages tale, The Shark King. Since 2006, his comics and illustrations have regularly appeared on the cover and in the pages of The New Yorker. He divides his time living and working in Brooklyn, NY, teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design, and playing the ukulele with his family on Maui. Instagram: @r_kikuo_johnson

Arielle Jovellanos is a NY based freelance illustrator, writer, and comic artist. Her work has been featured in the Eisner & Harvey nominated anthology FRESH ROMANCE and in magazines, comics, books, and branded social media campaigns. Recently, she illustrated BLACK STAR, an original graphic novel written by Eric Anthony Glover (Abrams Megascope). Her next graphic novel EVIL THING, adapted from Serena Valentino’s bestselling Cruella De Vil novel, will be out this fall from Disney-Hyperion. Arielle will be joined this evening by Broadway and TV actress Emily Borromeo for a live musical performance. Instagram: @ joviellety

Matt Madden is a cartoonist. His best-known book is 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style (Penguin). In 2013 he was named Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Government. He wrote two comics textbooks in collaboration with his wife, Jessica Abel, and the couple were series editors for The Best American Comics from Houghton-Mifflin Harcourt for six years. His newest book, Ex Libris, is coming out in October 2021 from Uncivilized Books. Instagram @mmaddencomics

Robyn Smith is a Jamaican cartoonist known for her mini-comic The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town, illustrating DC Comics’ Nubia: Real One (written by L.L. McKinney) and Black Josei Press’ Wash Day (written by Jamila Rowser). She has an MFA from the Center for Cartoon Studies and has also worked on comics for College Humor, Nike, and The Nib. Instagram: @robrosmo

After graduating from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2010, Jeremy Sorese was accepted to La Maison des Auteurs, a residency program in Angoulême, France. His first book Curveball, published with Nobrow in 2015, was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award. A sequel, The Short While, will be published with Archaia in November 2021. He’s been teaching art for eleven years. Instagram: @jeremy_sorese

R. Sikoryak is a cartoonist and the author of Constitution Illustrated, Masterpiece Comics, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump (Drawn & Quarterly). Instagram: @rsikoryak

More info: https://brooklynbookfestival.org 

Dixon Place presents
Carousel: Quarantined

The comics performance series is online for the first time! 

With cartoonists and graphic novelists reading their work alongside their drawings. 
Hosted by R. Sikoryak.

Featuring:
Joel Christian Gill
Carolita Johnson
Sanika Phawde
Brian Michael Weaver
Bianca Xunise

A DP TV Program
Saturday, June 27, 2020 At 8:00 PM (EDT) On Zoom & Facebook Live
Links:
http://dixonplace.org/performances/carousel-quarantined-06-27-20/

BIOS:
Joel Christian Gill is a cartoonist and Associate Professor of Illustration at Massachusetts College of Art and Design who speaks nationally on the importance of sharing stories. He wrote the words and drew the pictures in the award winning series Strange Fruit and Tales of The Talented Tenth (Fulcrum books). His latest work is a memoir chronicling how children deal with abuse and trauma: Fights: One Boy’s Triumph Over Violence (Oni Press January 2020.) He is currently adapting the 2016 National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning a Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Prof. Ibram X Kendi into a graphic novel from Ten Speed Press.  instagram.com/joelchristiangill/

Carolita Johnson has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2003, writing illustrated essays for Longreads.com, and recently was a writer-in-residence at SUNY-New Paltz.    instagram.com/carolitajohnson/

Sanika Phawde is an illustrator, cartoonist and reportage artist working between New York City and Mumbai, currently pursuing a Masters degree in Illustration as Visual Essay at School of Visual Arts, New York. Sanika’s work explores everyday life, interpersonal relationships, instances of emotional connection between strangers, and the conversations people have over food. Sanika is also very interested in the diversity of food in New York, and how food experiences in the city are influenced by seasons, pop culture, immigration and gentrification.  instagram.com/thejackfruitslayer/

Brian Michael Weaver is the totally tubular illustrator of such groovy graphic novels as the Joey Fly, Private Eye series, and writer of the mondo bodacious picture book Do NOT Build a Frankenstein! His most recent picture books, Flip & Fin: We Rule the School, and Flip & Fin: Super Sharks to the Rescue, are, like, in stores now. He’s also known for illustrating Highlight’s Magazines radically awesome-licious Hidden Pictures and magazine covers! You should totally scope out his work over at brianmichaelweaver.com. FAR OUT!

Bianca Xunise is an illustrator and cartoonist based out of Chicago, Illinois. Her work primarily focuses on the plight and daily struggles of being a young black weirdo in America. When she’s not doodling away Bianca is usually somewhere dreaming of the mothman, while listening to only the spookiest goth music you could ever imagine.  instagram.com/biancaxunise/

R. Sikoryak’s new book is Constitution Illustrated, published by Drawn & Quarterly.  His other books include The Unquotable Trump, Terms and Conditions, and Masterpiece Comics.  rsikoryak.com

More info on Carousel: carouselslideshow.com

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Dixon Place presents

CAROUSEL
Comics Performances and Picture Shows,
hosted by R. Sikoryak. 
Live readings and projections of graphic novels, cartoons, and other visual art, plus live improvised drawings.
Free admission!
 
Featuring
Maëlle Doliveux and Hunter Nelson 
David Heatley 
Jeff Lewonczyk
Lydia Mamalis 
Plus voices by Pete Boisvert, Hope Cartelli, and Rebecca Comtois
 
Saturday, Dec. 14, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dixon Place 
161A Chrystie Street (btwn Rivington & Delancey), NYC
In the Lounge  
Free admission
Info: http://dixonplace.org/performances/carousel-12-14-2019/

BIOS:
Maëlle Doliveux is a French and Swiss illustrator, cartoonist, graphic designer, fabricator and occasional puppeteer. Her clients include The New York Times, Newsweek, and SpongeBob Squarepants Comics. Along with editor Josh O’Neill, she is co-founder of Beehive Books – a Philadelphia-based publishing company focused on comics and illustration. Her first full length comic book, “I WILL LIVE FOREVER” is in the works, and set to publish Fall 2020. In her increasingly limited spare time she enjoys studying black holes, performing brain surgery, and making up fake hobbies for herself in her biographies.
David Heatley is cartoonist and musician living in Queens. Over the last 20 years, he has written and drawn three graphic memoirs—Qualification, AMY, My Brain is Hanging Upside Down—and recorded 6 albums and 6 EPs. His new strip “Pamela and Louie” is currently being serialized on Instagram.
Jeff Lewonczyk is a recovering playwright and aspiring cartoonist who lives in Brooklyn. His children’s holiday comedy Bethlehem or Bust has been performed in schools across the country, and his illustrated travelogue “I Went To India, and All I Brought You Were These Lousy Cartoons” has been featured in publications ranging from Buzzfeed to the Hindustan Times. Visit his website at jeffisaweso.me.
Lydia Mamalis is a Brooklyn based artist originally from Kansas. She likes looking at dolls, drawing in pencil, making puppets and making comics when she can think of stories. 
Hunter Nelson is a the creator of the comic Tasky John (taskyjohn.com), and the writer of The Truth’s “The Body Genius,” named one of the AV Club’s “Best Podcasts of 2019 So Far.” His work has appeared in The Onion, Clickhole and Funny Or Die. You can see him perform every Saturday night at SubCulture with his improv team Women & Men.

Dixon Place presents

CAROUSEL
Comics Performances and Picture Shows, hosted by R. Sikoryak. 
Live readings and projections of graphic novels, cartoons, 
and other visual art, plus live music and drawing.
Featuring
Emily Flake 
Jeff Lewonczyk
Jason Little
Lale Westvind
Music by Jascha Hoffman 
Live drawing by R. Sikoryak
Plus voices by Pete Boisvert, Hope Cartelli, and Rebecca Comtois
Saturday, Oct 19, 2019 at 7:30 pm
Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (btwn Rivington & Delancey), NYC
In the Lounge  Free admission!
Info: http://dixonplace.org

BIOS:
Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator, and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. Her work appears regularly in the New Yorker, as well as the Nib, MAD, and other fine (or fine-ish) publications. She is the author and illustrator of Mama Tried: Dispatches From the Seamy Underbelly of Modern Parenting, a book of cartoons and essays about parenthood. She co-hosts a quarterly parenting-themed comedy show with NPR host Ophira Eisenberg; the title of the show is not printable in a family publication, but rhymes with Mittshow. 
Jascha Hoffman is a singer and songwriter in Brooklyn. With a lyrical voice that has been compared to Paul Simon and Leonard Cohen, Jascha writes intimate songs packed with “language that lets us see humans at their most human.” His 2015 album The Afterneath was inspired by the obituaries section of the New York Times, for which he once wrote, and praised in American Songwriter as “a remarkable album and great achievement.” At Carousel he will be presenting an “open song”, a wholly improvised composition that will be accompanied by a live sketch by R. Sikoryak. 
Jeff Lewonczyk is a recovering playwright and aspiring cartoonist who lives in Brooklyn. His children’s holiday comedy Bethlehem or Bust has been performed in schools across the country, and his illustrated travelogue “I Went To India, and All I Brought You Were These Lousy Cartoons” has been featured in publications ranging from Buzzfeed to the Hindustan Times. Visit his website at jeffisaweso.me.
Jason Little is the author of The Vagina and Borb. He teaches cartooning at the School of Visual Arts.
Lale Westvind is the author of Grip, Hot Dog Beach and over a dozen other comic books. Her energetic depictions of movement and sci-fi possibilities have been featured in Best American Comics, Kramers Ergot and Lagon Revue.