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- ↑ "Cartoonists are the stars of this comic show". brooklynpaper.com. 10 November 2012.
- ↑ "Robert Sikoryak's Carousels". comicon.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-07-11.
- ↑ "Comic books and theater join forces!". villagevoice.com.
