R. Sikoryak

R. Sikoryak (born Robert Sikoryak, 1964) is an American cartoonist best known for his witty, meticulously crafted comic adaptations of classic literature. Born in 1964, he typically signs his work as R. Sikoryak. His signature series, *Masterpiece Comics*, reimagines literary touchstones in the visual language of iconic comic strips and genres—*Crime and Punishment* becomes a Bob Kane–style Batman story starring Raskol, while *Waiting for Godot* is recast as a *Beavis and Butt-Head* cartoon titled *Waiting to Go*. Sikoryak’s path into comics saw him working across multiple roles—artist, colorist, inker, letterer, and writer—on 18 credited issues from 1990 to 2020. His most frequent credits appear on *SpongeBob Comics*, *Masterpiece Comics*, *The Unquotable Trump*, *Drawn & Quarterly*, and the anthologies *The Graphic Canon* and *The Graphic Canon of Crime and Mystery*. His style is distinguished by deadpan mimicry of vintage comic art, blending highbrow source material with lowbrow visual idioms. Sikoryak’s work has earned him a place as a singular figure in literary cartooning, though specific major awards are not recorded in available sources. He continues to produce new adaptations, maintaining a career that bridges academic appreciation and popular humor.