Comments from Little Village publishers and editors, former and current, were compiled by editor-in-chief Emma McClatchey and edited for length and clarity.
2001
Icon publishes its last issue on Jan. 25. Five months later, former staffer Todd Kimm begins publishing Little Village along with Icon alumni Beth Oxler, Andria Green and Steve Horowitz.
How did Little Village get its name?
Todd Kimm: I remember carrying a box of layouts into a small-town printer in Marengo, Iowa, on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. There was a television at the front counter. On the screen, one of the Twin Towers had smoke trailing from it — a thin, dark ribbon against the Manhattan sky…