Little Village enters its 25th year in print with a flurry of comics by local artists, all imagining what’s ahead in 2026 — fear, stupidity, normalcy, resistance and more. Plus: A guide to the 50 confirmed candidates vying for Iowans’ votes this June and November, and the winner of a short story contest hosted by […]
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Little Village’s 2024 Comics Issue
What’s in store for 2024? Little Village’s January Comics Issue includes strips from 20 local comic artists inspired by their fears and hopes for the year ahead. Sarah Allen Reed RV. Xen Lauren Haldeman Kassie Morlan Anna Reishus Aly High Dave Dugan Samuel Benson Benjamin Skeers Derek Muse Lambert Ramona Muse Lambert Scott Hansen John […]
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Shane O’Shaughnessy
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Shane O’Shaughnessy, also known as Rv. Xen, is a cartoonist and the frontman of TECHNO-LINCOLN and the Technicolor Union
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Ben Skeers
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Ben Skeers is a cartoonist and school social worker best known for his comic ‘Robin Robber.’
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Josh “Meatbag” Mead
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Josh “Meatbag” Mead is a Minneapolis-based cartoonist. His work has appeared on hundreds of Iowa City gig posters, album covers and comic books
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Jo Davis-McElligatt
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Jo Davis-McElligatt lived in Iowa City from 1989-1995, and again from 2002-2010. She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Iowa
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Aly High
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Aly High is an artist who lives in Cedar Rapids with her three cats and one husband while working in the arts in Iowa City.
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Lauren Haldeman
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Lauren Haldeman is the author of ‘Instead of Dying’ (winner of the 2017 Colorado Prize for Poetry) and ‘Calenday’ (2014).
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Dave Dugan
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Dave Dugan is a cartoonist, painter, paper maker and printer at Iowa City Press Co-op. He helps Public Space One organize an annual comics and zine fest
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Samuel Benson
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Samuel Benson is from Des Moines and is now living in Iowa City. He’s currently working on the third issue of his series, Long Gone Comix
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Carla Baudrons
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Carla Baudrons is a self-taught artist exploring life and creativity in Iowa City with her beloved counterpart, Adam. She works mainly in pen and ink, linoleum and watercolor.
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Comics Issue: 2019 predictions by Violet Louisa Austerlitz
Little Village’s annual Comics Issue found local artists musing over the year ahead. Violet Louisa Austerlitz draws comics about personal identity and the soil in which it grows. She explores her own experiences with queerness, change and belonging
