''Carousel'' is a long-running multimedia comics slide show hosted by cartoonist

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('' Masterpiece Comics'') that has been presented in various venues in the United States and Canada since 1997. Sikoryak has described ''Carousel'' as "a cartoon variety show." Carousel has been presented at

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, MoCCA Fest,

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, and other venues.

History

The first Carousel slide shows were projected using a slide projector. The show was named after the Kodak Carousel slide projector. In 2011, ''

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'' called ''Carousel'' a highlight of

's Comic Book Theater Festival. Many cartoonists, artists and voice actors have participated, including: *

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* Gabrielle Bell * Gregory Benton *

Nick Bertozzi Nick Bertozzi (born May 26, 1970) is an American comic book writer and artist, as well as a commercial illustrator and teacher of cartooning. His series ''Rubber Necker'' from Alternative Comics won the 2003 Harvey Awards for best new talent an ...

* Rupert Bottenberg * Megan Montague Cash * Victor Cayro * Howard Chackowicz * Sean Chiki *

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* Ann Decker * Julie Delporte *

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* Aaron Diaz * Eric Drysdale * Chris Duffy * Jess Fink * Emily Flake * Nick Gazin * Pascal Girard * James Godwin *

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* Dale Goodson * Patrick Hambrecht *

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* Tom Hart *

Dean Haspiel Dean Edmund Haspiel (born May 31, 1967, in New York City) is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his '' American Splendo ...

* Glenn Head * Danny Hellman * Sam Henderson * Lizz Hickey * Bill Kartalopoulos *

Ben Katchor Ben Katchor (born November 19, 1951) is an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for the comic strip '' Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer''. He has contributed comics and drawings to ''The Forward'', ''The New Yorker,'' ''Metropol ...

* Kaz * Susan Kim *

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* John Kovaleski * Hawk Krall * Tim Kreider *

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* Miss Lasko-Gross * M. Sweeney Lawless * Leah Yael Levy * Jeffrey Lewis * Jason Little * Kevin Maher * Billy Mavreas *

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* Tao Nyeu * George O'Connor * Joe Ollmann * Roxanne Palmer * K. A. Polzin * Jackson Publick * Hans Rickheit *

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* Laurie Sandell * David Sandlin *

Allison Silverman Allison Silverman (born February 17, 1972) is an American comedy writer and producer, known for her television work on '' Russian Doll'', '' Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien''. She was the head writer and executive ...

* Doug Skinner * Karen Sneider * Ted Stearn * Leslie Stein *

Raina Telgemeier Raina Telgemeier (; born May 26, 1977) is an American cartoonist. Her works include the autobiographical webcomic ''Smile (comic book), Smile'', which was published as a full-color middle grade graphic novel in February 2010, and the follow-up S ...

* Matthew Thurber * Jim Torok * Ted Travelstead *

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* Colleen AF Venable * Lauren R. Weinstein *

Julia Wertz Julia Wertz (born December 29, 1982) is an American cartoonist, writer and urban explorer. Cartooning career Wertz was born in the San Francisco Bay Area. She made her name with a comic strip titled ''The Fart Party'', which Atomic Books antholo ...

Shannon Wheeler Shannon Wheeler is an American cartoonist, best known as a cartoonist for ''The New Yorker'' and for creating the satire, satirical superhero Too Much Coffee Man. Early life Shannon Wheeler grew up in Berkeley, California, brought up by his moth ...

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* Daniel Wright

References

External links

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