Carousel at William Paterson University: Tuesday, February 25, 6:00-7:00 p.m., at Ben Shahn 20.
A live reading of graphic novels, gag cartoons, and comics. Featuring Charles Fetherolf, Gideon Kendall, and R. Sikoryak, plus a slide show by Maëlle Doliveux (not appearing in person). All are featured in the University Galleries spring exhibition Sunday Comics: The Creative Page.
For more info: https://www.wpunj.edu/coac/gallery/Exhibitions/exhibition-detail.html?id=af328d4838ee38c170eaf5fa0ccfa17f
Charles Fetherolf is a comic artist and illustrator based in New Paltz, NY. His work has appeared in Heavy Metal magazine, the Ignatz award-winning Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream, and Dark Horse’s Once Upon a Time Machine, among many others, and was featured most recently at a 2024 solo exhibition at Valentina Gallery in New Paltz. Follow him on Instagram @giantearthpress.
Gideon Kendall is the Eisner-winning, Ringo! Award-nominated, and Reuben Award-nominated artist of Harvey Kurtzman’s Marley’s Ghost (Ablaze/ComiXology), Eric Powell’s Lester of the Lesser Gods (Dark Horse/Albatross Funnybooks), and MegaGhost (Dark Horse/Albatross Funnybooks). He is also the creator of the sci-fi comic WHATZIT (Heavy Metal). He is the co-creator of the comic strip DOOMmates (with Josh O’Neill) and the autobiographical anthology WAIT…It Get’s Worse (with Doug Latino). His work has been featured in Heavy Metal, Full Bleed (IDW/PDX), LAAB (Beehive Books) and MAD magazine. Other clients include First Second Books (TBA), Z2 Comics (The Weird Al Yankovic and Cheech & Chong graphic novels), Disney, Cartoon Network, and The New York Times. Gideon teaches inking and drawing at The School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Cartoonist R. Sikoryak is the author of the graphic novels Constitution Illustrated, Masterpiece Comics, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump (all published by Drawn & Quarterly). He illustrated the comic books that appear in the new novel The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks. His comics and illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, The Nation, The Onion, MAD, and more. He teaches illustration at Parsons School of Design, and he presents his live comics performance series Carousel around the United States and Canada.
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