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R Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics was one of my anticipated reads of the year, and it did not disappoint. Sikoryak is able to create a blend of classical literature mixed with the finest of styles of some of the greatest cartoonists. I have been a fan of his work for years, and am pleased ...
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Oct. 23, 2009: A stamp-sized comic
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal — ... This week on Inkstuds: conversations with Masterpiece Comics cartoonist R. Sikoryak (58.3MB), Beasts of Burden creators ...

The Cross Hatch Dispatch 10.25.09
The Daily Cross Hatch — ... Primer collection. Chris “Elio” Eliopoulos, Chicago-based comics artist, is having a comic art sale: only 10 bucks a drawing! Will Dinski recently won the 2009 Isotope Award for Excellence in Mini-Comics for his Covered in Confusion. Here’s a video of Dash Shaw at this year’s APE, doing custom paint jobs to covers of his new book, The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D. R. Sikoryak was on Inkstuds recently to talk about his new Masterpiece Comics book. Thomas ...

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avclub.com 9/6/2009 — R. Sikoryak’s Masterpiece Comics (D&Q;) essentially repeats one joke across its 64 pages, but at least it’s a good joke. Over the past 20 years, Sikoryak has popped up in comics anthologies like Raw and Drawn & Quarterly with superbly crafted, ...
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drawnandquarterly.com 9/24/2009 — Tonight At the Strand! R.O. Blechman and R. Sikoryak! NYC is abuzz with excitement over R.O. Blechman and R. Sikoryak joint presentation of their new D+Q books at the Strand this Thursday night at 7 PM. Both R. and R.O. will be presenting slide ...
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