Now that CAKE 2017 is over, we are accepting applications for the fourth annual Cupcake Award, a juried prize that supports the publication of a new minicomic by an emerging artist whose work is primarily self-published. The winner of the award will receive $250 to print a new minicomic, a free half table at next year’s … Read More
Every year, we are honored to see comics artists use CAKE as a venue to debut new comics. Be the first person on the planet to get a copy of these new and innovative titles! You can view our debuts on our 2017 Debut page. Here are a few titles that will be debuting at … Read More
June 11th, 1:30–2:30 p.m. Visual Recipes: The Art of Instructional Comics Do you have a special skill, piece of secret knowledge, family recipe, or weird trick that just has to be shared with the world? Learn how to simply and clearly teach it through the medium of comics. Jessi Zabarsky, who accomplished this very feat … Read More
June 11th, 3:00–4:00 p.m. Signs of the Times: Abstracting Adaptation Ron Regé, Jr., is best known for his adaptations of mystical and esoteric texts (The Cartoon Utopia, What Parsifal Saw), but throughout his career he has maintained an interest in the here and now, reflecting on the contemporary political climate. His most recent work, the … Read More
June 11th, 11:30–12:30 p.m. Comics and Resistance This year, as right-wing extremism has produced a reality-television presidency, Brexit, and the specter of a neo-Nazi-led France, the question emerges: Can activism manifest as art? In this panel discussion, cartoonists Leila Abdelrazaq, Ben Passmore, Isabella Rotman, and Bianca Xunise will address how comics can galvanize populations to … Read More
Every year, we are honored to see comics artists use CAKE as a venue to debut new comics. Be the first person on the planet to get a copy of these new and innovative titles! You can view our debuts on our 2017 Debut page. 2dcloud has brought their unique comics voice every year to … Read More
CAKE 2017 is excited to welcome Ron Regé, Jr. as a special guest! Be sure to catch Ron in the Maximalism panel on Saturday, June 10th, and also leading his workshop on Sunday, June 11th!
CAKE is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, and if it wasn’t for the support of our generous sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. We wanted to take the time to spotlight our amazing sponsors, and we encourage you to support them! Center on Halsted Center on Halsted is the Midwest’s most comprehensive community … Read More
CAKE is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, and if it wasn’t for the support of our generous sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. We wanted to take the time to spotlight our amazing sponsors, and we encourage you to support them! The Empty Bottle In 1992 the Empty Bottle started out as a … Read More
CAKE is a non-profit, volunteer-run organization, and if it wasn’t for the support of our generous sponsors, we wouldn’t be able to do what we do. We wanted to take the time to spotlight our amazing sponsors, and we encourage you to support them! Blick Art Materials Since 1911, artists have turned to Dick Blick … Read More
