CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) 2023

CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) 2023
June 3-4, 2023
Broadway Armory
5917 N. Broadway
Chicago, IL, 60660

After a 3 year hiatus due to the Covid Pandemic, CAKE was back in a healthy fashion. CAKE is focused on highlighting Chicago’s rich legacy of independent comics. Artist from around North America descend on the city for this weekend long event. The event offered a range of items for sale, talks on the alternative comics industry, and after-hours music shows. Here’s a few images from CAKE 2023:

CAKE 2023 @ The Broadway Armory in Edgewater.
CAKE 2023 floor at the Broadway Armory’s Gymnasium.
Matt Davis from Perfectly Acceptable Press (Chicago) & Steenz from St. Louis.
Wenting Li from Toronto, Canada.
Allie Trigoso’s Poutine comics zine and Chicago’s Max Morris.
Some books picked up by Eddie Campbell, Max Morris, Nick Jackson, Tyner White, and Robert Henry Stevenson.

For additional information on CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo), local providers of like minded literature, and some of the artist, please visit:

CAKE – https://www.cakechicago.com/
Quimby’s – https://www.quimbys.com/
Poutine Zine – https://www.etsy.com/listing/867869655/poutine-zine
Eddie Campbell – https://www.eddiecampbelldammit.com/
Audrey Niffenegger – https://www.audreyniffenegger.com/
Anya Davidson – https://www.anyadavidson.com/
Chicago Comics – http://www.chicagocomics.com/
Wenting Li – https://www.wentingli.com/
Perfectly Acceptable Press – https://www.perfectly-acceptable.com/
Steenz – https://www.oheysteenz.com/

Photography by Chester Alamo-Costello

June 4, 2023
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