R. Sikoryak

Tuesday, March 10th The 117th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at 7pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public. The Presentation will be by Kent Worcester on Ten Great […]

Tuesday, December 2nd The 110th meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, December 2, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). The event is free and open to the public. Please note 7 pm starting time. […]

Tuesday, September 2nd The ninety-seventh meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Tuesday, September 2, 2014 at 7 pm at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). The event is free and open to the public. Presentations will be "A Conversation with […]

This is probably going to be overly-honest discussion about extraordinary photographer and comics writer Seth Kushner's "Save Our Schmuck Benefit" that took place at Union Hall in Brooklyn, New York on Tuesday night, but the New York comics community are an irreverent bunch and I'll follow that lead. There's a common saying right now, a […]

Monday, August 18th The ninety-fifth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, August 18, 2014 at 7 pm at Columbia University's Butler Library, room 523. The event is free and open to the public. The Presentation will be by Tom Motley on "Composition Lessons from Comics Masters". He says: […]

The Grand Comics Fest in Brooklyn is a thing to behold for many reasons: it's not an event that draws thousands of fans or has hundreds of comics creators (and God forbid any media movie or video game types), and yet it says a lot about comics and how to ensure the medium's longevity in […]

Wednesday, June 11th Escape Pod Comics at 302 Main Street in Huntington, Long Island, will host an in-store signing for Fabrice Sapolsky from 6 to 9PM. They say: "The creator of Spider-Man Noir will be in the store, signing copies of his new Image book, One Hit Wonder! He will also have special edition ash-cans […]

Monday, June 2nd Neil Gaiman will be signing the soon-to-be released paperback version of The Ocean at the End of the Lane at R.J. Julia Booksellers in Madison, Connecticut at 4PM. Purchasing your copy of the book at R.J. Julia is your "ticket" the signing line. You can reserve a "signing line" copy or a […]

The live "Carousel Slide Show" performance of comics at Asbury Park Comic Con arranged by R. Sikoryak (Masterpiece Comics) and Kriota Willberg (and expert in cartoon anatomy) in their series of Carousel performances that are often staged in New York but frequently appear at comic shows, was all about pushing the boundaries of comics. Some […]

Monday, April 14th The Society of Illustrators at 128 E. 63rd Street in New York City is hosting a series of educational classes with R. Sikoryak and Kriota Willberg on Anatomy for Cartoonists that starts Monday night from 6:30-9:00PM. The instructors are R. Sikoryak and Kriota Willberg and the class operates with live models in […]

Monday, March 3rd A Will Eisner Week event, "Will Eisner, Champion of the Graphic Novel" will be held in conjunction with the New York Comics & Picture-story Symposium at Parsons, The New School, 2 West 13th Street, New York, NY, in the Bark Room (off the lobby) from 7PM to 9PM. Writer Paul Levitz (former […]

Tuesday, February 11th The NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be meeting at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, Kellen auditorium, 66 Fifth Avenue. This is free and open to the public. Presentations will be by Conor Stechschulte and Christopher Adams. Conor Stechschulte will give "a comprehensive look at the ideas and influences that lead […]

Wednesday, January 8th CAROUSEL: A Cartoon Slide Shows and Other Projected Pictures will be hosted by R. Sikoryak, featuring gag cartoons, graphic memoirs, live drawing, and more from: Jon Keith Brunelle, Sam Gross, John Kovaleski, Liza Donnelly, Roxanne Palmer, and Ariel Schrag with Valerie Schrag. It will be held at  7:30 pm at Dixon Place, 161A Chrystie Street (between […]

Monday, December 9th in New York The seventieth meeting of the NY Comics & Picture-story Symposium will be held on Monday, December 9, 2013 at 7:00 PM at Parsons The New School, 2 West 13th Street, in the Bark Room (off the lobby). Free and open to the public. The presentation will be R. Sikoryak […]

There are a rather large number of comics related events starting tonight in New York City and leading up to the opening of the Comic Arts Brooklyn Festival (previously the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival) and these events are of such an eclectic nature they will pretty much suit any taste in celebrating comics. Tonight, […]

A live "comics carousel" event was hosted by R. Sikoryak at SPX, featuring a massive cast of performers from a wide range of comics genres, including Lisa Hanawalt, Sam Henderson, Michael Kupperman, Anders Nilsen, Leslie Stein, and Kriota Willberg. Sikoryak's Carousels are a legend in their own time, particularly in the New York area, drawing […]