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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Aug 13

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!

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Sage Coffey🌿☕ @sagecoffey.bsky.social · Jun 30

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!

In a crowded outdoor area with trees and hanging lights, Sage Coffey in a full-body big bird esque Wine Ghost Costume performs next to a projector with the first page of their graphic novel Wine Ghost Goes to Hell on it.

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The Enigma of Amandagara Fault @amandalafrenais.com · Jun 29

Day two, but this time I actually slept! AAAAAAAAA!!

A selfie of me holding up a peace sign with iron circus comics books behind me on a table

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Malachi Ward @malachiward.bsky.social · Jun 29

CAKE!! I sold just about every comic I brought yesterday 😵 swing by and grab the last few and maybe a print ok!!

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Jun 29

Accessible entrances can be found on the north and south side of the building, through the parking lot!

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Jun 29

CAKE is open!! Day two!! Join us at the Irish American Heritage Center from 11am - 5pm
4626 N Knox Avenue in the Mayfair neighborhood 🍰🍰🍰

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Tyrell Cannon @tcannoncomics.bsky.social · Jun 29

@cakechicago.bsky.social day 2! Also last copy of GAME OVER MAN (maybe ever?)

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Jun 29

YOU HEARD THE MAN

the Mountain Goats @themountaingoats.bsky.social · Jun 28

if you are in Chicago go buy Cathy's stuff!! buy it all up!!

Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · Jun 28

All set up and ready to go! I'm in the farthest corner, come find me 😏 @cakechicago.bsky.social

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Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · Jun 29

It's Day 2 of @cakechicago.bsky.social listen to JD and come on down 🌞

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Andrea Pearson (she/her) @saturn2169.bsky.social · Jun 28

Find me at the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo! Table 601A.

@cakechicago.bsky.social

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€❡❡ ⊙♫ †♄€ ♭€ꍏ☾♄ @vreni.bsky.social · Jun 28

all set up for @cakechicago.bsky.social ! Come on by! 🍰

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Tyrell Cannon @tcannoncomics.bsky.social · Jun 28

Find me at @cakechicago.bsky.social all weekend!

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The Enigma of Amandagara Fault @amandalafrenais.com · Jun 28

I'm at @cakechicago.bsky.social selling books for @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social, I'm melting but doing good! Buried in books!

A photograph of me sitting at a table covered in iron circus comics books

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Jun 28

Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!

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Marnie Galloway @marniegalloway.bsky.social · Jun 28

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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Iron Spike @ironspike.bsky.social · Jun 28

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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Sarah Becan @sarahbecan.bsky.social · Jun 28

Setting up!! The new @cakechicago.bsky.social venue at the Irish American Heritage Center is really beautiful- and nicely air conditioned ^_^

My table display of books and comics at cake

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Cathy G. Johnson🏴 @cathygjohn.bsky.social · Jun 28

All set up and ready to go! I'm in the farthest corner, come find me 😏 @cakechicago.bsky.social

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Bulgilhan Press @bulgilhanpress.com · Jun 28

We're not at CAKE this year but you should absolutely go if you're in town!

Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · May 14

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!

A colorful and calm Chicago lakefront scene, featuring cool, freaky monsters enjoying reading comics.
CAKE 2025 takes place June 28th - 29th at the Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave, 60630. CAKE is a weekend long celebration of independent comics. Masks Strongly Encouraged!
Special Guests: Malachai Ward, KOREANGRY, Angie Hewitt, Caroline Hu, Geneva Bower, & Max Huffman

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Howling Pages @howlingpages.bsky.social · Jun 28

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!!

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Chicago Alternative Comics Expo @cakechicago.bsky.social · Jun 28

Biking to CAKE??
The IAHC has bike racks located BEHIND the building, on Kilpatrick Avenue!

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The Story of Ó @osoart.com · Jun 28

Some bags never go out of style

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The Story of Ó @osoart.com · Jun 28

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

T shirt with two aliens relaxing in a woodsy environment. They are sitting on blankets and reading comics. They are nestled in a cozy embrace

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The Story of Ó @osoart.com · Jun 27

Ooh lord, she’s comin’! #CAKE2025

Three banners for CAKE 2025 before setting them up

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Julia Gfrörer @thorazos.bsky.social · Jun 27

Who said comics aren’t literature?? (Come see me this weekend at @cakechicago.bsky.social please)

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