ICE CREAM: Iowa City Expo for Comics and Real Eclectic Alternative Media
Friday, april 3 • 4-10pm
Saturday, April 4 • 11a-5p
PS1 Close house • 538 S. Gilbert St.
2026 marks 10 years of ICE CREAM, and to celebrate we have a whole weekend of FREE events celebrating comics, zines, and DIY media!
Join us Friday April 3 for a line-up of pre-party events including:
4-5pm: Reading by Sam Szabo, author of Enlightened Transsexual Comix, Momix, Girl Hell, and more
5:30-6:30pm: Comics Karaoke featuring Jackson Palmer and Rv. Xen, with live music by Antifahorn
7-10pm: Screening of John Porcellino’s documentary “Root Hog or Die” in the Media Arts Co-op
Then, Saturday April 4 is the fest! Open to the public 11am-5pm, with over 40 artists tabling and selling their work throughout the Close House and in the Cloud House garage!
Featured artists and collectives:
Iowa City Video Zine • John Porcellino • Spit and a half Distro • IC Press Co-op • Media Arts Co-op • United Action for Youth • Steve Lafler • Cedar Van Tassel • Sam Szabo • Dave Dugan • Brigid O'Shaugnessy • Claire Thoele • Kelsie Mahnke • Jackson Palmer • Clara Brubaker • SciencePainted • Jessie Kraemer • KZWprint • Jenni Rose • Ra'Shida Rockette • Dead Ends Press • Anna Reishus & Matt Griffin • The Pink Moth • Dr. Lollipop MD • Entropy Editions • The Art Roach • Megan Andress • Rampage Party Press • Mira Pappin • Prairie Rambler Press • Magpie Zines • Jacob Yeates • tree of liminality + farmhouse art collective • Kate “Pandor” Larson • Jared Jewell • ONEEYEDSUPERKID • Boredhouse Books • Alex Clark • Pretty Good Co. • Jonathan Sims (Skelenaut) • Eli Koltanowski • Bijou Film Board
This year’s ICE CREAM poster was designed by Cale Stelken. Pre-party poster by Dave Dugan.
Posters from past years (designers: Jenny Gringer and Mackie Garrett, Sam Locke-Ward, Dave Dugan, Desiree Dahl, Kalmia Strong, Violet Austerlitz, Victor Cayro):
