program date:
Thu, 05/13/2010
R. Sikoryak is a artistic chameleon who got his start in comics with the Art Spiegelman - Francoise Mouly compilation RAW , designed covers for the New Yorker , and created the G.W.Bush "Decider" character for The Daily Show . His new book Masterpiece Comics boasts a hilarious and eye-opening collection of "mashups" in which such classic literary figures as Franz Kafka 's Gregor Samsa find their iconic counterparts in the likes of Peanuts ' Charlie Brown.
This audio file is the membership drive version of R. Sikoryak's appearance on Words & Pictures. An expanded version of the interview will be added to the site soon .
30:14 minutes (12.11 MB)