CAKE Chicago

CAKE Chicago The Chicago Alternative Comics Expo [CAKE] is a weekend-long celebration of independent comics.

CAKE features comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions and more, CAKE is dedicated to fostering community and dialogue amongst independent artists, small presses, publishers and readers.

One week ago today we held our first ever Cupcake Award Minicomic Release Party 🧁🎉 Thank you to everyone who made the ni...
05/08/2026

One week ago today we held our first ever Cupcake Award Minicomic Release Party 🧁🎉 Thank you to everyone who made the night special! If you missed it, we’ll be announcing the 2026 award winners tomorrow. Stay tuned!

Our deepest gratitude to:
for sharing your debut minicomicddie and for reading
for the hybrid discussion
Betti Funfetti for MCing

And of course for hosting us + .chicago for the mini grant making the night more awesome!

CAKE programming was 🔥! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and expertise to create amazing experiences for...
05/07/2026

CAKE programming was 🔥! Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and expertise to create amazing experiences for our community ❤️
Follow these fine folks! (In order of appearance)



ddie
chicago






misselle




















Not pictured, but creator of an amazing pace:

THANK YOU to everyone who made CAKE amazing this year! We continue to be blown away by the community turning out to cele...
05/05/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who made CAKE amazing this year! We continue to be blown away by the community turning out to celebrate alternative comics. We can’t express our gratitude enough to everyone who exhibited, participated in programming, and attended. You made it another CAKE for the books! 🍰✨🎉

Additional thanks to the for being CAKE’s home. We hope everyone loves it as much as we do!

Let’s give it up to the wonderful exhibitors at CAKE! We’ll be out here slinging comics until 5PM!
05/03/2026

Let’s give it up to the wonderful exhibitors at CAKE! We’ll be out here slinging comics until 5PM!

Come on down to the to say hi to these great cartoonists and also a puppet!!
05/03/2026

Come on down to the to say hi to these great cartoonists and also a puppet!!

More AKA AKA
05/03/2026

More AKA AKA

Happy Sunday and Happy CAKE day 2! Come on out to the for all sorts of comic fun!
05/03/2026

Happy Sunday and Happy CAKE day 2! Come on out to the for all sorts of comic fun!

It’s a beautiful day for COMICS! CAKE day two opens to the public at 11am! Head over to the Irish American Heritage Cent...
05/03/2026

It’s a beautiful day for COMICS! CAKE day two opens to the public at 11am! Head over to the Irish American Heritage Center 4626 N Knox Ave! We’ll be here til 5 today!

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05/02/2026

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Some more CAKE superstars (and of course, Ponyo)
05/02/2026

Some more CAKE superstars (and of course, Ponyo)

Let’s give a hand to all our exhibitors, and Francis O’Connor!
05/02/2026

Let’s give a hand to all our exhibitors, and Francis O’Connor!

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Chicago, IL

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Saturday 11am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 6pm

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