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Indie-print expo host organization. Bringing together writers, artists, poets, and printmakers from St. Louis and beyond. | October 18, 2025 at The Sheldon

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Friends, I seriously couldn't choose between all the cute SLICE 2025 photos, so here's a few more 🤩

Full set at www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025-p...

📸 by Rebecca K. Clark
An attendee with a Webster DADAH tote bag shakes hands with a vendor. Attendee uses a heat dryer on a tote bag and grins at the camera. Display of buttons that say "Support *REAL* Artists" and have an X though the word "AI." Attendee takes a selfie with Ngozi Ukazu.
November 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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Wow, y'all - despite the crazy weather, 2025 marks our best-attended SLICE to date! Thank you, STL, for coming out to support our beautiful community of independent creators and self publishers. We hope you had as much fun at the show as we did!

www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025-p...
SLICE 2025 Photos, SLICE
SLICE 2025 Photos SLICE 2025 was fantastic! Thank you to everyone who came out for third year at the Sheldon as SLICE! It was an amazing day full of...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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What a weekend! We’re just now catching our breath from SLICE 2025. Thank you to all our tablers for making the journey and attendees who braved the rain to join us! We’re loving all your SLICE haul pics 🤩

More expo photos to come soon!
October 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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TODAY TODAY TODAY! Make your way to The Sheldon for a full day of independent art, writing, poetry, printmaking, and more! We can't wait to 👀 you!

www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025/
Mr. Slice's head is huge in frame. They're looking right at you. Behind them reads "Today today today! October 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free entry!"
October 18, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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Congrats to our 2025 Local Best in Show winners!

First prize ($500): @cleonique.bsky.social
First runner up ($300): @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social
Second runner up ($200): @crayfishcoffee.bsky.social

📸 L to R: Cleonique, Phoebe, sister hag, Saba, Sophia (Melon Press), and @oheysteenz.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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👀 SLICE IS TOMORROW! Are you coming?
Mr. Slice's face looms into view. Text above reads "SLICE 2025, October 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free entry!" Mr. Slice comments, "That's tomorrow!"
October 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Reminder to RSVP if you’re coming to Opening Night tomorrow! We want to make sure we have enough nosh for you all 🧀🥯🍪🍇

If you’re not from STL we’re excited to introduce you to the concept of bread-sliced bagels 😋
slicexpo.bsky.social SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · Oct 8
What's happening at SLICE's Opening Night?
🍻 Happy hour
✍️ Poster signing with artist Alain McAlister
🎙️ Panel discussion with special guests @ngoziu.com, @trungles.com, and St. Louis's own @roricomics.bsky.social
🏆 Local Best in Show Award presentation
🎉 Raffle!
www.eventbrite.com/e/slice-2025...
Purple text graphic reading "SLICE Opening Night Schedule" SLICE 2025 poster image, text reads "Happy Hour & Poster Signing with Alain McAlister" Text graphic reads "Panel Discussion with Ngozi Ukazu, Trung Le Nguyen, and Rori" with their headshots Text graphic for Local Best in Show Award Presentation and Raffle
October 16, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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🩷💛🩵 A quick reminder of our COVID-19 policies at SLICE: www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025/#...

Thank you, gang!

🎨 by @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social
Mr. Slice wears a surgical mask and gives you a thumbs up. Above their head is text reading "Mr. Slice says: Thank You for Wearing a Mask!" Pink text graphic with COVID-19 policy: Masks are strongly encouraged for all attendees, exhibitors, and staff at SLICE. In order to protect immunocompromised folks in our community, we ask that you wear your masks in the expo hall. SLICE recommends testing for COVID-19 within 48 hours prior to the event. If you test positive the day of the event, please do not attend. Yellow text graphic with COVID-19 Mitigation info: SLICE staffers will provide free KN95 masks to those who need them. The Sheldon is equipped with HVAC filtration that meets CDC ventilation guidelines for COVID-19. We will also be supplying two portable HEPA air scrubbers to improve filtration in the expo hall. We are providing outdoor seating options and encourage guests to eat outside.
October 16, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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SLICE 2025 exhibit hall map drop!

Visit slicexpo.org/slice-2025 for the full-size map and more info about the artists, writers, poets, printmakers, and small presses tabling this Saturday, October 18 at The Sheldon.
Table map of the SLICE 2025 exhibitor hall.
October 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Your complete guide to SLICE! Swipe through for:
🎨 Full schedule of events for Saturday
🚗 Parking info
🍕 Food & drink
😷 COVID safety policies

Looking for an answer you can't find here? Head to our webpage or DM us for more info. See you on Saturday at The Sheldon ;)
Blue text graphic with a photo of a masked exhibitor chatting with a customer. Text reads: The Main Event • 10 a.m.–5 p.m. St. Louis Independent Comics Expo Konneker Room, 3rd floor Activity • 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Tote Bag Screenprinting with Candice Corgan Foyer, 1st floor Book Signing • 10:30–11:30 a.m. Rori Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor Panel • 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Ink & Drink 15-Year Anniversary Panel Ballroom, 5th floor Blue text graphic with the day schedule. Text reads: Workshop • 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Create Your Own Reading Journal with Central Print Workshop Room, 1st floor Book Signing • 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Karenza Sparks Betty’s Books table, 2nd floor Activity • 12–5 p.m. Clickety Clack Typewriters Demo Foyer, 1st floor Special Guest Lecture • 12:30–1:30 p.m. A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Magic Fish with Trung Le Nguyen Ballroom, 5th floor Special Guest Lecture • 12:30–1:30 p.m. Daily Comics Changed My Life with Rori Workshop Room, 1st floor Book Signing • 1:30–2:30 p.m. Trung Le Nguyen Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor Special Guest Lecture • 2–3 p.m. A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Flip with Ngozi Ukazu Ballroom, 5th floor Workshop • 2–3 p.m. Bilingual Zines with David Velasco Workshop Room, 1st floor Book Signing • 3–4 p.m. Ngozi Ukazu Betty’s Books table, 2nd floor Panel Discussion • 3:30–4:30 p.m. Science and Curiosity with Karenza Sparks, J. Marshall Smith, and Blue Delliquanti Ballroom, 5th floor Workshop • 3:30–4:30 p.m. Top 10 Accounting Tips for Artists with the VLAA Workshop Room, 1st floor Blue text graphic. Text reads: Parking Parking is available at the Fox Theatre lot and the Fox Theatre parking garage on Washington Boulevard, and at meters along Washington, Olive Street and North Spring Ave. See our website for a map of additional parking options. Food & Drink 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. • The Sheldon Bar, 2nd floor 12–3 p.m. • Blues Fired Pizza Truck, sidewalk COVID safety at SLICE Masks are strongly encouraged at SLICE! Free N95 or KN95 masks and hand sanitizer are available at the entrance, the info booth, and the SLICE table inside the expo hall. The expo hall is equipped with HVAC filtration that meets CDC ventilation guidelines and two HEPA air scrubbers purifying the air.
October 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🍕 Slices at SLICE 🍕! No one goes hungry at this expo. Blues Fired Pizza will be serving up wood-fired personal pizzas outside The Sheldon from 12–3 p.m. during SLICE on October 18. Or swing by The Sheldon's bar on the 2nd floor atrium for drinks and snacks all day, 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
Orange text graphic reading "Food and Drink. The Sheldon Bar, 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m., 2nd floor. Blues Fired Pizza Truck, 12–3 p.m., sidewalk." Below is a delicious looking photo of an everything personal pizza and a BBQ chicken personal pizza.
October 13, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Get your books signed ✍️ at SLICE! Special and Featured Guests’ books will be available for purchase at the expo from our local bookshop partners, @bettysbooksstl.bsky.social and @leftbankbooks.bsky.social—or BYO!

Feat. @roricomics.bsky.social @toumeya.bsky.social @trungles.com @ngoziu.com
Blue text graphic reading "Book Signings" with SLICE, Betty's Books, and Left Bank Books logos. Light blue text graphic reading "Special and Featured Guests' books will be available for purchase at the expo from our local bookshop partners—or bring your own! Rori 10:30–11:30 a.m. Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor Karenza Sparks 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Betty's Books table, 2nd floor Trung Le Nguyen 1:30–2:30 p.m. Left Bank Books table, 2nd floor Ngozi Ukazu 3–4 p.m. Betty's Books table, 2nd floor"
October 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Just imagine, this time next week you'll be feasting your eyes on all the indie print goodness SLICE has to offer! Check out our list of 100+ amazing exhibitors and our workshop and lecture schedule on our website. See you next Satuday, October 18 at The Sheldon!

www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025/
Mr. Slice pops into frame holding a giant pencil to tell you "Only one week away!" Text above reads "SLICE 2025, October 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free entry!"
October 11, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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SLICE features a great selection of 💸 free, 🧒 family-friendly, 🙌 hands-on activities and workshops throughout the day. Read descriptions for each session on our event page at slicexpo.org/slice-2025. Here's the schedule (thread):
October 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Get lectured at SLICE! In addition to browsing work from the 100+ supremely talented exhibitors in our expo hall all day, you can attend a lecture or panel with our Special & Featured Guests! Read descriptions for each session on our event page slicexpo.org/slice-2025. Here's the schedule (thread):
Yellow text graphic on blue background. Text reads "Panels and Lectures, Oct. 18, 2025, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free to attend. Ink & Drink, Trung Le Nguyen, Rori, Ngozi Ukazu, Karenza Sparks..." and big arrows pointing to the next slide.
October 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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What's happening at SLICE's Opening Night?
🍻 Happy hour
✍️ Poster signing with artist Alain McAlister
🎙️ Panel discussion with special guests @ngoziu.com, @trungles.com, and St. Louis's own @roricomics.bsky.social
🏆 Local Best in Show Award presentation
🎉 Raffle!
www.eventbrite.com/e/slice-2025...
Purple text graphic reading "SLICE Opening Night Schedule" SLICE 2025 poster image, text reads "Happy Hour & Poster Signing with Alain McAlister" Text graphic reads "Panel Discussion with Ngozi Ukazu, Trung Le Nguyen, and Rori" with their headshots Text graphic for Local Best in Show Award Presentation and Raffle
October 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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You can also be like my mom and order Angelica and the Bear Prince, in fact!!! It’s out now! 🐻‍❄️
October 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Introducing our ninth and final Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, sister hag!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Cover of zine titled "This Might Be Communism." The title is made from collaged type like a ransom note and the background is textures in reds and blues and newsprint. Page from zine with ransom note article title, "A Conversation on Surviving the Urban Heat Island." An interview transcript follows. Spread from zine with a handdrawn gameboard with text in different colors on each square titled "A Month of Climate Affirmations!" A little cartoon person cheers you on.
October 7, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Introducing our eighth Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Saba Saif Ur Rehman!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Illustration of a woman raising her arms into a light beam. Page text is in a script with English translations small underneath. Mirrored print of spiky stylized orchid-like botanicals in vivid colors on a pink background. Spread from a travelogue about Lahore in pale greys and blues with a few illustrated panels from a church.
October 6, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Introducing our seventh Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Phoebe Santalla @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Comic page of two women doing a donut in a manual transmission car, then joining a group of other women with vintage cars outside a garage. Comics spread of a person driving like crazy through the desert while their evil-looking passenger goads them on. Cover of zine titled "Welcome to the Masquerade." A nervous-looking person holds a mask with a beard slightly away from their face.
October 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Introducing our sixth Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Melon Press!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Cover of a riso-printed booklet entitled "Melon Press 2025 Riso Guide" with a fluorescent pink gradient burst in the center. Array of brightly colored collaged and riso-printed notebook covers. Zine titled "Numerology" with a sword stabbing through it, printed on white and fluorescent yellow paper.
October 5, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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Introducing our fifth Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Manimanjari Sengupta!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Dense black and white comic page with overlapping panels depicting a man on a crowded subway who gropes a woman and is shamed and yelled at by the other passengers. Stacked books with fabric bindings and a painted cover of a woman's scowling face in pink, entitled "Feral." Comic page entitled "Step Outside." Black and white square panels depict a woman putting on makeup and headphones and going for a pleasant walk, until some teenagers point and laugh at her and she realizes her skirt is hiked up.
October 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Introducing our fourth Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Dee Cea @crayfishcoffee.bsky.social!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Cover illustration with the head of a smiling woman with her brains exposed. Bloopy text in her brain wrinkles reads "Rotten C*nt Girl." She grins and has stars in her eyes. Spread from a picture book. A person walks down an endless orange carpet runner and through a mysterious door. Illustration of young artists carrying laptops, paintings, sketchbooks, and portfolios gathering in a clearing with giant artmaking supplies strewn around. Text on the ground formed by squeezed paint and spilled ink from the art supplies reads "National Portfolio Day."
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Introducing our third Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Cleonique Hilsaca @cleonique.bsky.social!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging artists at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...
Cover of picture book entitled "Home is a Dream." A small girl with big hair looks out from the woods across a grassy hillside. Spread from a comic where a small girl asks her mother, represented by a cartoon flame wearing a string of pearls, about her skin color. Spread from a picture book with a boat on a stormy sea. A giant eye inside a starburst stretches out from the face of the sailor in a rain slicker.
October 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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Time sure flies when you're counting down the days to SLICE 2025! October 18, The Sheldon, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Be there or be square (like a St. Louis-style pizza slice).

www.slicexpo.org/slice-2025/
Mr. Slice runs at you brandishing a giant Xacto blade yelling "Only two weeks away!" Text below reads "SLICE 2025, October 18, 10 a.m.–5 p.m., The Sheldon, free entry!"
October 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM