Special Guests — Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) — Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE)

Announcing...CAKEPOPS!!

CAKE is proud to present…CAKEPOPS!! CAKEPOPS is a series of digital check-ins with CAKE creators about different topics of interest. Our first digital check-in is dropping JUNE 5th.

Programming, CAKE, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 24, 2021cakepops, events

Announcing the Special Guests and Poster Artist for CAKE 2018!

Workshop: Visual Recipes: The Art of Instructional Comics

CAKE, Comics Around Town, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 8, 2017art, CAKE2017, CAKEChicago2017, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, events, food, jessizabarsky, learning, recipes, summer, summertime, teaching, workshop

Workshop: Signs of the Times: Abstracting Adaptation

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 8, 2017#alternativecomics, art, CAKE2017, chicagoevents, comicbook, comics, comix, events, Fantagraphics, ronrege, ronregejr

Panel: Comics and Resistance

CAKE, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 7, 2017art, CAKE2017, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, isabellarotman, resistance

Special Guest: Ron Rege, Jr!

CAKE, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 5, 2017art, CAKE2017, CAKEChicago2017, cartoon, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, Fantagraphics, ronrege, ronregejr

What's a punch card?

CAKE, Comics Around Town, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 3, 2017

Panel: Fantagraphics 40th Anniversary

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeJune 1, 2017#alternativecomics, anyadavidson, art, CAKE2017, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, Fantagraphics, fantagraphics 40 years, indie, ivanbrunetti, noahvansciver, tomspurgeon

Panel: Place as Character

Workshop: My So-Called Cartoon Life

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 31, 2017#alternativecomics, alternative, art, CAKE2017, character, characterdesign, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, comix, design, indie, montreal, transitresidency

Special Guest: C. Spike Trotman!

CAKE, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 30, 2017alternative, art, C- Spike Trotman, CAKE2017, chicago, comics, comicsexpo, expo, indie, spike

Special Guest: Jesse Jacobs!

CAKE, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 30, 2017alternativec, art, CAKE2017, canada, comiccon, comics, comicsexpo, expo, indiea, ink, jessejacobs, koyama, koyamapress

Panel: Gabrielle Bell and Kevin Huizenga

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 25, 2017alternative, art, CAKE2017, chicago, comics, Fantagraphics, gabriellebell, ganges, independent, indie, kevinhuizenga, panels, Programming

Special Guest: Gary Panter!

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 23, 2017alternative, art, CAKE2017, chicago, chicagocomics, chicagoevents, comics, garypanter, indie, jimbo, peewee, sva

Special Guest: Ben Passmore!

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 21, 2017alternative, art, Ben Passmore, benpassmore, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, indie, punk, resistance, silversprocket, yourblackfriend

Local Exhibitor Spotlight: Special Guests

Exhibitors, Special GuestsadminMay 18, 2017art, CAKE2017, chicago, chicago events, Exhibitors, local, Special Guests

Workshop: Zinecraft/Spellcraft with Alyssa Berg

CAKE, Debuts, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 18, 2017alyssaberg, art, bookmaking, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, events, fun, sewing, spell, witch, witchery, zines

Panel: Panter²: Gary and Olive Panter in Conversation

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 18, 2017alternative, art, chicago, chicagoevents, comiccon, comics, convention, garypanter, indie, nyc, olivepanter, panel, panter, Programming, sva

Special Guest: Gabrielle Bell

CAKE, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 16, 2017art, chicago, chicagoevents, comics, events, gabriellebell, Uncivilized Books

Special Guest: Jessi Zabarsky!

CAKE, Comics Around Town, Exhibitors, Programming, Special GuestsCharles CakeMay 15, 2017art, CAKE2017, chicago, comics, czapbooks, events, jessizabarsky, witchlight