Artist Ben Mackey, a frequent Little Village contributor who’s illustrations most recently graced issue 203’s Weird Al interview, and writer Sean Lewis, who in June was named interim artistic director of Riverside Theatre, are staples of the arts scene in Iowa City. Recently, their work together has been garnering a lot of press outside of […]
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The year in comics: A look at 2015’s best words and pictures
By now, you’re probably making your naughty and nice list for whatever gift-giving activity might be part of your holiday traditions. Here’s a round-up of choice comics you should wrap up. Green Arrow Benjamin Percy, Patrick Zircher Benjamin Percy is best known as a novelist, and he brings his literary sensibility, which has always been […]
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Comics: ‘Saints’ Be Praised
Writer Sean Christopher Lewis and artist Benjamin Mackey — each of whom has contributed to the Iowa City arts scene in a variety of ways and settings — are now the co-creators of Saints, a new comic series that imagines the Catholic saints as reluctant superheroes in what may well be the Last Days. The […]
