Sheika Lugtu is a Chicago-based cartoonist and researcher. Her work with the Ladydrawers centers on the impact of economics, race, sexuality, and gender on the comics industry, the media, and our culture at large. She wears many hats including freelance illustrator, teaching artist and organizer. Most recently her work has been exhibited in the Figge Art Museum, published on Truthout.org and PEN America; and she was recently awarded the Saari Residency through the KONE Foundation, Finland.