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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 https://linktr.ee/slicexpo

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 5d

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!"

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

3:30–4:40 p.m.
Science and Comics with Karenza Sparks @toumeya.bsky.social, J. Marshall Smith @jmarshallsmith.bsky.social, and Blue Delliquanti, moderated by Steenz @oheysteenz.bsky.social

Text graphic with headshots/avatars of Karenza, J. Marshall Smith, and Blue. Text reads:
Panel: Science and Comics with Karenza Sparks
3:30–4:30 p.m. • The Ballroom, 5th floor
with panelists J. Marshall Smith and
Blue Delliquanti, moderated by Steenz
Science and curiosity: two defining instincts for our species and humanity’s collective intergenerational endeavors. Join featured guest Karenza Sparks, co-panelists J. Marshall Smith and Blue Delliquanti, and moderator Steenz as they discuss what intrigues about science and natural phenomena, what sparks their curiosity, and how it presents in their own work.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

2–3 p.m.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Flip with Ngozi Ukazu @ngoziu.com
Ballroom, 5th floor

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Special Guest Lecture: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Flip with Ngozi Ukazu
2–3 p.m. • The Ballroom, 5th floor
Get a peek inside Ngozi’s newest graphic novel, Flip! Learn about the different parts of her writing and drawing practice as she showcases the full comics creation process from inspiration to colors and everything in between.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

12:30–1:30 p.m.
Daily Comics Changed My Life with Rori @roricomics.bsky.social
Workshop Room, 1st floor

Text graphic with cartoon of Rori using a marker on a large city drawing with a cat on her head. Text reads:
Special Guest Lecture: Daily Comics Changed My Life with Rori
12:30–1:30 p.m. • Workshop Room, 1st floor
Local artist Rori invites you to a conversation about how daily comics changed her life for the better. Learn about her journey and how the practice helped improve her craft and ushered her into making comics on an even more regular basis.

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

12:30–1:30 p.m.
A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Magic Fish with Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com
Ballroom, 5th floor

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Special Guest Lecture: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at The Magic Fish with Trung Le Nguyen
12:30–1:30 p.m. • The Ballroom, 5th floor
Trung provides a deep-dive into his origins, process, and all of the behind-the-scenes work that went into his semi-autobiographical debut graphic novel, The Magic Fish. Learn about his creative influences and the work it takes to make a comic.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

11 a.m.–12 p.m.
Ink & Drink 15-Year Anniversary Panel, moderated by Steenz @oheysteenz.bsky.social
Ballroom, 5th floor

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 15h

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.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 1d

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

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 2d

Happy book birthday!!! We’re so pumped to be on your book tour!

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Trung Le Nguyen @trungles.com · 3d

You can also be like my mom and order Angelica and the Bear Prince, in fact!!! It’s out now! 🐻‍❄️

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 2d

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.

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 3d

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.

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 3d

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.

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 4d

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.

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 5d

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."

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 5d

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.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 5d

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/

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 6d

Introducing our second Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Apotheosis, the Lindbergh High School Arts Magazine!

The SLICE Local Best in Show Award is awarded to three local emerging creators at our Opening Night celebration on Oct. 17. www.slicexpo.org/local-best-i...

Cover of Apotheosis magazine titled "Cyberpunk." The cover illustration is of a cyborg girl with a glowing eye.

Spread from Apotheosis magazine featuring a graffiti style illustration of a guy in a necktie with a TV for a head in oranges, yellows, and greens.

Spread from Apotheosis magazine featuring two poems typeset in white on a dark blue background.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 6d

Introducing our first Local Best in Show nominee and SLICE 2025 exhibitor, Acorviart @acorviart.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...

Two owls and other small woodland creatures on a botanical background in an Art Deco style frame.

Print of a human skeleton with a noose around its neck. The end of the rope is tangled around a seagull in the panel below.

Print of a stylized rat king with their tails entwined in a bloody wreath.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you to our many, many local partners who worked with us this year to bring you free, fun programming at our 2025 expo and all season long! Namely:

SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, The Done Dept. Print + Design Shop!

Learn more: www.thedonedept.com

Spread of printed materials - save the dates, spiral-bound booklets, greeting cards, invitations, envelopes, postcards, business cards, etc.

The Done Dept. business card held up over a spread of multi-colored business cards.

Text graphic: The Done Dept. Print + Design Shop is a family-owned print shop located in the South City area of St. Louis. Our friendly staff of designers, artists, and creatives provide excellent one-on-one customer service for your print projects. We view your project as less of a retail transaction and more of a creative collaboration among friends! Some of our favorite things to print are business cards, greeting cards, invitations, posters, booklets, envelopes, postcards, brochures, and art prints. We offer affordable high-quality digital printing, letterpress printing, and design services. Visit our website for more information, or give us a call! Happy Printing!

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 8d

HEY! Not sure if you've heard, but October is SLICE month!!!
🍕🍕🍕
Oct. 17 - SLICE Opening Night @ The Sheldon Ballroom, 6–10 p.m.
Oct. 18 - EXPO DAY @ The Sheldon, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Both events are free and open to the public!
🍕🍕🍕
Check the schedule: slicexpo.org/slice-2025

Orange tear-off calendar graphic for the month of October. Only two items this month: Opening Night on Oct. 17 and Expo Day on Oct. 18! Details in post text.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you to our Half Pie sponsor, The Wizard's Wagon!

Learn more: thewizardswagon.com

Wizard's Wagon storefront facade on the Delmar Loop.

Interior of Wizard's Wagon filled with folks looking at comics and gaming supplies.

Text graphic: The Wizard's Wagon is a comics/gaming hobby store that has been serving the St. Louis area for 34 years. Our focus is to provide a great variety of comic options as well as continuing to foster a welcoming community for gamers and readers alike. Located in The Delmar Loop, we strive to do our best for the area. Come on down and check us out!

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 18d

Find us at Tower Grove Pride next weekend! Make your own FREE Pride buttons and zines at the SLICE booth (B-South 37). Support SLICE by picking up some Mr. Slice merch. Learn about our upcoming expo. Hours and location: towergrovepride.com

🎨 by @all-the-phoelings.bsky.social

Illustration of Tower Grove Pride filled with Mr. Slices: we have drag queen Mr. Slice on stage, cool key-ring wearing trans Mr. Slice saying hi to leather Mr. Slice, tutu and rollerskates Mr. Slice with the Pride flag, and two Mr. Slices kissing.

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SLICE - St. Louis Independent Comics Expo @slicexpo.bsky.social · 13d

Thank you to our Full Pie sponsor, Left Bank Books @leftbankbooks.bsky.social! Left Bank is kindly assisting our exhibitors who need to ship in items for the expo.

Learn more: www.left-bank.com

Left Bank Books facade, a red brick building on the corner of a neighborhood street.

Interior of Left Bank books with columns, arches, a fun metalwork light sconce, and many many shelves of books.

Text graphic: Left Bank Books opened in 1969 by a group of graduate students at Washington University who wanted to create a place where one could find all kinds of literature. We are the oldest and largest independently-owned full-line bookstore in St. Louis. We are queer woman owned with a mission to spark public conversation by curating an intelligent, relevant, culturally diverse selection of books.

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