Chicago Alternative Comics Expo
@cakechicago.bsky.social
The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is a celebration of independent comics! 🍰
www.cakechicago.com/
www.cakechicago.com/
Attention CAKE 2025 exhibitors!
We sent out our post-show feedback form but it may have gone to your spam folders!
If you have a chance please double check and fill out the survey so we can keep improving our show!
We sent out our post-show feedback form but it may have gone to your spam folders!
If you have a chance please double check and fill out the survey so we can keep improving our show!
August 13, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Attention CAKE 2025 exhibitors!
We sent out our post-show feedback form but it may have gone to your spam folders!
If you have a chance please double check and fill out the survey so we can keep improving our show!
We sent out our post-show feedback form but it may have gone to your spam folders!
If you have a chance please double check and fill out the survey so we can keep improving our show!
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Thanks to everyone who came to the @cakechicago.bsky.social after party last night!! Every reader did such an incredible job and Bianca Xunise truly curated a fantastic show!!
If you liked the bit I read, consider getting Wine Ghost goes to Hell! On sale on @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social's website!
If you liked the bit I read, consider getting Wine Ghost goes to Hell! On sale on @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social's website!
June 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Thanks to everyone who came to the @cakechicago.bsky.social after party last night!! Every reader did such an incredible job and Bianca Xunise truly curated a fantastic show!!
If you liked the bit I read, consider getting Wine Ghost goes to Hell! On sale on @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social's website!
If you liked the bit I read, consider getting Wine Ghost goes to Hell! On sale on @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social's website!
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Day two, but this time I actually slept! AAAAAAAAA!!
June 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Day two, but this time I actually slept! AAAAAAAAA!!
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CAKE!! I sold just about every comic I brought yesterday 😵 swing by and grab the last few and maybe a print ok!!
June 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
CAKE!! I sold just about every comic I brought yesterday 😵 swing by and grab the last few and maybe a print ok!!
CAKE is open!! Day two!! Join us at the Irish American Heritage Center from 11am - 5pm
4626 N Knox Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood 🍰🍰🍰
4626 N Knox Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood 🍰🍰🍰
June 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
CAKE is open!! Day two!! Join us at the Irish American Heritage Center from 11am - 5pm
4626 N Knox Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood 🍰🍰🍰
4626 N Knox Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood 🍰🍰🍰
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@cakechicago.bsky.social day 2! Also last copy of GAME OVER MAN (maybe ever?)
June 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
@cakechicago.bsky.social day 2! Also last copy of GAME OVER MAN (maybe ever?)
YOU HEARD THE MAN
if you are in Chicago go buy Cathy's stuff!! buy it all up!!
All set up and ready to go! I'm in the farthest corner, come find me 😏 @cakechicago.bsky.social
June 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
YOU HEARD THE MAN
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It's Day 2 of @cakechicago.bsky.social listen to JD and come on down 🌞
June 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
It's Day 2 of @cakechicago.bsky.social listen to JD and come on down 🌞
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June 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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all set up for @cakechicago.bsky.social ! Come on by! 🍰
June 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
all set up for @cakechicago.bsky.social ! Come on by! 🍰
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Find me at @cakechicago.bsky.social all weekend!
June 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Find me at @cakechicago.bsky.social all weekend!
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I'm at @cakechicago.bsky.social selling books for @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social, I'm melting but doing good! Buried in books!
June 28, 2025 at 6:10 PM
I'm at @cakechicago.bsky.social selling books for @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social, I'm melting but doing good! Buried in books!
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Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
June 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
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See you soon, @cakechicago.bsky.social ! This is my only show of the year, so please come say hello, table 307B!
June 28, 2025 at 1:45 PM
See you soon, @cakechicago.bsky.social ! This is my only show of the year, so please come say hello, table 307B!
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I may be at the ALA conference in Pittsburgh, but remember, @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social is at @cakechicago.bsky.social this weekend! Drop by!
June 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I may be at the ALA conference in Pittsburgh, but remember, @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social is at @cakechicago.bsky.social this weekend! Drop by!
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Setting up!! The new @cakechicago.bsky.social venue at the Irish American Heritage Center is really beautiful- and nicely air conditioned ^_^
June 28, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Setting up!! The new @cakechicago.bsky.social venue at the Irish American Heritage Center is really beautiful- and nicely air conditioned ^_^
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All set up and ready to go! I'm in the farthest corner, come find me 😏 @cakechicago.bsky.social
June 28, 2025 at 4:07 PM
All set up and ready to go! I'm in the farthest corner, come find me 😏 @cakechicago.bsky.social
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We're not at CAKE this year but you should absolutely go if you're in town!
BEHOLD! The CAKE 2025 Poster by Mike Centeno!
Mike is a Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Find more of his work including issues of his comic series Futile, at mikecenteno.com
Stay tuned as we introduce our special guests, and we'll see you in June!
Mike is a Chicago-based cartoonist and illustrator born and raised in Caracas, Venezuela. Find more of his work including issues of his comic series Futile, at mikecenteno.com
Stay tuned as we introduce our special guests, and we'll see you in June!
June 28, 2025 at 4:08 PM
We're not at CAKE this year but you should absolutely go if you're in town!
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Hey hey. We’re all set up at @cakechicago.bsky.social Come grab a FREE Howling Page or a consignment form. Or pick up one of the last copies of Matthew Allison’s Hopped Up or a t-shirt or a new print from yours truly or just browse the sampling from the shop. Anyway, hit it!!
June 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Hey hey. We’re all set up at @cakechicago.bsky.social Come grab a FREE Howling Page or a consignment form. Or pick up one of the last copies of Matthew Allison’s Hopped Up or a t-shirt or a new print from yours truly or just browse the sampling from the shop. Anyway, hit it!!
Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
June 28, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!
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Some bags never go out of style
June 28, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Some bags never go out of style
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You, too, can look this good! Come on down to the Irish American Heritage Center today or tomorrow to pick up a shirt featuring this year’s CAKE poster artist, Mike Centeno! #CAKE2025
June 28, 2025 at 11:26 AM
You, too, can look this good! Come on down to the Irish American Heritage Center today or tomorrow to pick up a shirt featuring this year’s CAKE poster artist, Mike Centeno! #CAKE2025
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Who said comics aren’t literature?? (Come see me this weekend at @cakechicago.bsky.social please)
June 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Who said comics aren’t literature?? (Come see me this weekend at @cakechicago.bsky.social please)
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time once again to celebrate the beloved and eternal 🕊️ (see you soon Chicago @cakechicago.bsky.social)
June 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
time once again to celebrate the beloved and eternal 🕊️ (see you soon Chicago @cakechicago.bsky.social)