On Friday, October 9, author Patrick Montanaro and artist Justyn Iannucci will release the collaborative book “Dreams We Can’t Come Back From” with an intimate reading at Dichotomy Rochester (14 Franklin Street). This collection of Montanaro’s short horror and poetry with illustrations by Iannucci is the perfect usher for this, the spookiest of seasons. Montanaro’s […]
Justyn Iannucci
Ink plots
For such a young artist, Rochesterian Justyn Iannucci is hella methodical. And it’s paid off with some impressive clients, including Playboy Magazine and Complex Media. The way the 26-year-old describes his process is like a bit of a memory theater, or what BBC’s “Sherlock” referred to as a “mind palace”: “When I think of drawing, […]
ART REVIEW: Binary stars
It’s not easy to combine two distinct styles and aesthetics to create cohesive pieces of artwork. Besides the normal concerns of technical and symbolic prowess, collaboration demands practice in not getting too attached to your own ideas and solutions. In preparation for their current show, “Core Collapse,” painter St. Monci and illustrator Justyn Iannucci passed […]






