C.A.K.E.: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo 2019

C.A.K.E.: Chicago Alternative Comics Expo 2019Center on Halsted3656 N. Hasted StreetChicago, Illinois, 60613June 1-2, 2019C.A.K.E. - http://www.cakechicago.com C.A.K.E. is that comics experience where there's a bit more experimentation and weirdness. There's an approach to comic creation that tosses the focus on the $$$ to the bin. The works are often ...
June 3, 2019
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C2E2 @ 10 – A Comic Con Transforming Identity

There's a bit of insanity that ensues when considering the evolution of comic cons over the past 40 years. The early days of comic fans sifting through milk crates and random 2nd-hand boxes (long boxes in the 1970s?) for that prized issue of Steve Gerber's Howard the Duck #1 ...
March 26, 2019
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10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2018

Us comics fans have been most fortunate in 2018. New voices have surfaced, while longstanding iconic creators have been revitalized. The books ran the gamut. We have been offered historical meditations that allude to the present, experimentation in creating narrative, and allegorical commentary on our state of "self" and ...
December 20, 2018
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10 Comics Read at Least Twice in 2016

2016 was an incredibly diverse year in comics. Personal memoirs, revamping superheroes, meditations on philosophy and politics, bogus utopias, and the creation of exciting new universes could be found. With so much great work being produced, it is felt to create a list that identifies one book as better ...
December 30, 2016
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Plastic Crimewave – Galactic Vision

Upon entering the lair of Plastic Crimewave (aka Steven H. Kraków), one is immediately teleported to another place, time, and being. The space is covered from floor to ceiling with vintage posters of 1970s icons like Burt Reynolds to first printings of Marvel Comic's Daredevil dating back to 1964. ...
April 21, 2015
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Onsmith – Poking the Fringes

Chicago embraces and delves deeply into the fringes of comic art, music and ‘anti-high-art’ culture. This city is rife with non-conformist talent. Onsmith, a cartoonist who basks in the Midwest capital’s dialogue produces provocative, insightful, and frequently uncomfortable meditations that reflect the city’s fascination with the edges of artistic ...
January 29, 2015
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