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Our Guest & Exhibitor list was last updated on Tuesday June 2, 2015

While not marked on the map, the “A” side of each table is next to the preceeding table,

while the “B” side of each table is next to the proceeding table.

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My name is Eleanor Davis. I’m a cartoonist and illustrator. I have a collection of my

short comics for adults called How To Be Happy, from Fantagraphics Books. I’ve

done two comics for kids called The Secret Science Alliance and Stinky. I live in

Athens, Georgia with my husband Drew Weing.

http://doing-ne.com

TABLE 60

Eleanor Davis

Gilbert Hernandez, born in 1957, is an award-winning cartoonist of the

independent comic series, Love and Rockets (along with his brother, Jaime

Hernandez) which has been published by Fantagraphics for the last 32 years. From 1983 to 1996, Gilbert produced the now legendary Palomar saga, collected in

the graphic novels Heartbreak Soup and Human Diastrophism, and considered to be

one of the dening bodies of literature of its era. His latest collection is Luba and

Her Family and the stand alone, Julio’s Day.

Gilbert lives in Las Vegas, NV, with his wife Carol and daughter Natalia.

http://fantagraphics.com/gilberthernandez

TABLE 9 Gilbert Hernandez

Jaime Hernandez is an award-winning cartoonist of the independent comic series,

Love and Rockets (along with his brother, Gilbert Hernandez), which has been

published by Fantagraphics for the last 32 years. He lives in LA and likes it that way.

“Jaime’s Maggie [is one] of the great characters in contemporary American ction.”

– LA Weekly

“Not like it needs saying, but Jaime Hernandez is a goddamn genius.” – Resonance Jaime Hernandez http://fantagraphics.com/jaimehernandez

TABLE 9

Keiler Roberts teaches at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul

University. Her autobiographical comic, Powdered Milk has received three Ignatz

nominations and was included in The Best American Comics 2014 Notables List. Her

work has been published in The Chicago Reader, Mutha Magazine and Newcity. She

was special guest at Chicago Zine Fest 2013, a panelist at CAKE 2011, and

performed at Brainframe. Keiler Roberts http://keilerroberts.com

TABLE 19

Zak Sally is a writer, musician, educator, and the cartoonist responsible for the

Sammy The Mouse series (published by Fantagraphics, La Mano, and Uncivilized

Books), as well as the Eisner nominated Recidivist (of which the 4th volume was just

released). He is also the owner and founder of La Mano, a DIY micro press that hand prints and assembles its own stu, featuring artists such as John Porcellino,

Kim Deitch and numerous others. In 2014, he co-founded SCHOOLHAUS, an

experimental art education program in Minneapolis.

http://zaksally.com

http://lamano21.com

TABLE 85

Zak Sally

Dash Shaw is a cartoonist and animator whose graphic novel, New School, was

named one of the best books of 2013 by NPR. His other recent books include

BodyWorld and Bottomless Belly Button. His animated works include the Sigur Ros

video “Seraph”, “Wheel of Fortune”, and the ifc series “The Unclothed Man in the

35th Century AD.” His new graphic novel Doctors, about doctors who enter

deceased people’s afterlives to bring them back from the dead, came out last year

Dash Shaw from Fantagraphics Books. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

http://dashshaw.com

TABLES 7 & 8

Jillian Tamaki is a Canadian illustrator and cartoonist. Her illustrations have won

gold medals from the Society of Illustrators and the Society of Publication

Designers.

With her cousin Mariko Tamaki, Jillian is the co-creator of the graphic novels SKIM,

which was one of the New York Times‘ Best Illustrated Books of 2008; and THIS ONE

SUMMER, which won the 2014 Governor-General’s Award. Jillian’s three books of Jillian Tamaki personal work are GILDED LILIES (2006), INDOOR VOICE (2010), and SUPERMUTANT

MAGIC ACADEMY, which will debut at CAKE. The hilarious SUPERMUTANT MAGIC

ACADEMY draws from Jillian’s Ignatz Award-winning webcomic and concludes the

story of life at the academy.

http://jilliantamaki.com/illustration

TABLE 65 Lale Westvind is the creator of over a dozen self-published comics including Hot

Dog Beach, Hyperspeed to Nowhere and Express Less. She lives and works in her

native New York City.

http://lalewestvind.com

TABLE 95B

Lale Westvind

EXHIBITORS

Bred Press

Bred Press is an artist books, comics, and zine publishing house located in Chicago. Started by Brad Rohlo in 2014, it provides a platform by which to support contemporary artists working within the medium of printed and published matter. http://bredpress.com TABLE 90B

Kevin Budnik

Kevin Budnik is an cartoonist and illustrator from Chicago. He has been producing comics steadily since 2010. His comics are largely autobiographical, and explore Kevin’s coming to terms with anxiety and adulthood. Kevin’s books include Dust Motes (Yeti Press), Old Gum Wrappers and Grocery Lists, and Flower Grow (self-published). His newest series, Handbook, is written in part from journals he kept in therapy for disordered eating. http://kevin-budnik.tumblr.com TABLE 88B

Comic artist and illustrator with a focus on fantasy and history. Friend to all

animals.

https://behance.net/azakhm

TABLE 14B

Z Akhmetova

Sam Alden is a cartoonist from Portland, OR.

http://gingerlandcomics.com

TABLE 69B

Sam Alden

Whitney Allen is an artist and musician based out of Chicago since 2007. Her work

explores the grotesque, sensual, & absurd. She creates one-o art books, iers for

music shows, & self-publishes small comics. Last year, Allen tabled with CAKE

featured artist Carrie Vinarsky and artist Brett Manning. The three collaborated on

“Burn Your Money,” a print specically made for the fest.

http://loupgarouterrible.tumblr.com Whitney Allen TABLE 44A David Alvarado is an illustrator and cartoonist. He comes from the Chicago land

area. His interest are zines, comics, printmaking, and typography. He enjoys the

months of summer, playing records, ice cream, and petting dogs.

http://hello-david.com

TABLE 90A

David Alvardo

“Andrice co-edited and co-founded Hi-Horse Comics in 2001, and has had work in

anthologies such as Mome, Scheherazade, the Graphic Canon, Runner Runner, and

the Big Feminist But. She does things backwards, and is just now getting around to

making her rst minicomics and zines.

http://interlineargloss.tumblr.com

https://etsy.com/shop/hihorse Andrice Arp TABLE 34A

Fiona Avocado makes comics as a means to explore everyday life, current events, Fiona Avocado alternate universes, and glittery daydreams. She resides in Minneapolis,

Fiona Avocado Minnesota.

http://onavocado.com

TABLE 46B

Comix creator Derf Backderf is a longtime resident of bucolic Cleveland.

He is the author of three graphic novels Punk Rock & Trailer Parks (SLG Publishing,

2009) and My Friend Dahmer (Abrams Comicarts, 2012) and the upcoming Trashed

(Abrams Comicarts, Fall 2015). He has been awarded a Robert F. Kennedy Award

for political cartooning, an Angoulême Prize and been nominated for several

Eisner, Harvey, Reuben and Ignatz Awards. Derf Backderf His latest book is True Stories: Volume One (Alternative Comics), a collection of one-

page short stories. http://derfcity.com

TABLE 25B

Cara Bean is a Boston area cartoonist and teacher. She attends the 2014-15

program at the Sequential Artists Workshop. Her Gorilla Year series has received

critical praise for tackling autobiographical issues in an innovative form. Her more

lighthearted works playfully tackle heavier issues surrounding childhood.

URL

TABLE 50B Cara Bean

Nate Beaty draws comics 142 days a year in the li’l workin’ city of Chicago, Illinois.

Collect all of his elusive funny pamphlets.

http://natebeaty.com

TABLE 17A

Nate Beaty

Sarah Becan is a comics artist, author, illustrator and designer based in Chicago, Sarah Becan and the creator of “I Think You’re Sauceome”, a food-centric autobiographical

Sarah Becan webcomic. She was awarded a Xeric Award and a Stumptown Trophy for

Outstanding Debut for her rst graphic novel, The Complete Ouija Interviews, and

her work has twice been nominated for the Ignatz Award.

Becan’s second graphic novel, Shuteye, was funded with a successful Kickstarter

campaign and released in early 2012. Sarah is a core contributor to Cartozia Tales,

and most recently, she nished producing Luna de Cuernos, a long form graphic

story for Fifth House Ensemble’s 2014 concert series.

http://sarahbecan.com

TABLE 71A Believed Behavior is a Chicago-based small press publisher founded in 2013. The

agship publication is the Believed Behavior anthology that features alternative/art

cartoonists interested in challenging the comics medium in print and web.

http://believedbehavior.com

TABLE 92B

Tyler Boss was born in America. He makes comics and paintings.

http://inklledsea.tumblr.com

TABLE 15A

Tyler Boss

Mandie Brasington is a recent graduate from the Minneapolis College of Art and

Design (MCAD) who has been self-publishing for four years. Her work focuses on a

female perspective and often deals with themes of trauma and abnormal

psychology. These themes are enhanced threw use of dierent physical

presentations of the comics from embroidered books, whose stitching emulates

fresh wounds, to paper doll comics that have to be ripped open layer by layer to Mandie brasington reveal their narrative. You can see more of her work on her tumblr:

Mmbrasington.tumblr.com.

http://cargocollective.com/Mmbrasington

TABLE 58B

Tony Breed is the man behind the new web comic Muddlers Beat

(http://muddlersbeat.com) and the Ignatz-nominated web comic Finn and Charlie

are Hitched (http://hitchedcomic.com). Both are newspaper style slice-of-life-comics

with the same cast. Muddlers Beat is about the creative oundering of a group of

young and middle-aged people; Hitched tells the story of married gay couple and Tony Breed their friends. Expect jokes about indie rock, romance, sperm banks, and

depression. In addition to making comics, Tony is a founding member of Chicago’s

CHIRP Radio (http://chirpradio.org), where he DJs every Friday morning.

http://muddlersbeat.com

TABLE 49B

Andy Burkholder is a Chicago cartoonist who has been very active over the past

several years, creating mini comics and posting a steady stream of work online.

Andy’s comics are abstract yet playful, often times dealing with very adult themes

twisted through an extremely dry sense of humor. His work has been featured in

anthologies such as Sonatina, Happiness, and Thickness. Oily has published his

Ground trilogy. Andy has also produced several self-published mini-comics and Andy Burkholder recently wrapped up his long-running story Qviet which will be collected and

published by 2D Cloud in 2015.

http://andyburkholder.com

TABLE 75

Downfall arts is a independent comic publisher run by Alan D. Caesar and a

colorblind French sheep dog ghost. Our main goal is to present historical accounts

of the future through comics using as many tools the medium of print has to oer.

Alan is in fact a dog in a man meat suit. This will explain you’re completely

irrational urged to pet his coat… creep

https://www.downfallarts.com

Alan D. Caesar/Downfall TABLE 91A

Arts

Tyrell is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a Bachelor of

Fine Art. As a comics artist, he’s created work in many genres and formats; true

crime (Gary, based on the Green River Killer), experimental mini comics (Simon),

and most recently, science ction (Victus & Speculative Relationships). Tyrell

continues to explore comics as his primary focus, with an emphasis on variety of theme, mode of presentation, and technique.

http://tyrellcannon.com

TABLE 79A

Tyrell Cannon

Lilli Carré lives in Chicago and works in a wide variety of forms. She has created

several books of comics, most recently the short story collection Heads or Tails

published by Fantagraphics, and her rst children’s book, Tippy and the Night

Parade, published by Toon Books. She is the co-founder of the Eyeworks Festival of

Experimental Animation, now in its 5th year.

http://lillicarre.com Lilli Carré TABLE 18A

Mike Centeno was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He grew up within a mixture of

political unrest, and a steady diet of Cartoon Network, underage drinking and

unsupervised movie watching (American History X is no movie for a 10 year old,

mom). He likes making comics that try to be funny, but always seem to end up

bumming everybody out. He currently enjoys a quiet life in Chicago, sharing a

lovely home with his wife. He’s still allowed to watch all the movies he wants Mike Centeno http://mikecenteno.com

TABLE 13B

Danielle Chenette makes comics, paintings, prints, and animations in Chicago IL.

http://daniellechenette.tumblr.com

TABLE 77A Danielle Chenette

Mimi Chrzanowski splish-splashes in Providence, Rhode Island.

http://bbytown.tumblr.com

TABLE 27

Mimi Chrzanowski

Chris Cilla is a cartoonist & screenprinter in a Sardine Can in Portland Oregon.

You’ve seen his comics in Kramers Ergot, Studygroup magazine, and The Heavy Hand,

his full length book published by Sparkplug Comic Books. His latest comic book is

Labyrinthectomy/Luncheonette from Revival House Press.

http://cccilla.com

TABLE 42B Chris Cilla

Max Clotfelter was born in Marietta, GA and graduated from the Savannah College

of Art & Design. He has self-published over 60 mini-comics and zines along with

being a contributor to Seattle’s comic newspaper, The Intruder, and running the

now 2-year old DUNE, mini-comic drawing night.

http://maxclotfelter.blogspot.com

TABLE 35A

Max Clotfelter

Tyler Cohen is a cartoonist who works with multiple voices: surrealism, true

vignettes, and journalistic bits about language in a series called Primahood. Her

work has been published in “Qu33r” (Northwest Press), “The Feminist Utopia

Project” (Feminist Press), and on Mutha magazine online. http://primazonia.com

TABLE 48B

Tyler Cohen

Peter and Maria Hoey are brother and sister artists. Since 2007 they have

published their work independently under their studio name: Coin-Op. Their

comics have received notice in The Best American Comics 2011, BAC 2013′s Notable

Comics list, Society of Illustrators, and many issues of American Illustration.

http://coinopbooks.com

TABLE 1A Coin-Op

Collective Stench is a bunch of night lurkers bound together by their inescapable

fondness for the comics medium.

http://collectivestench.com

TABLE 96

Collective Stench

The toxicity of small towns, characters living with mental illness, and escape

narratives are all covered with lyrical quality in Alexis’ work. A co-creator of

Obsessive Comic Dames (O.C.D.), Alexis is a Minnesota-based illustrator and comic

book artist. As a mixed person of Hispanic descent, Alexis frequently creates

characters from a similar background to make it accessible to readers and easy to

talk about. She also appreciates the way comics allow a level of intimacy between Alexis Cooke strangers and describes a goal of her wok as “providing a distant comfort.” While people struggling with anxiety or depression may avoid direct contact, Alexis hopes

her work will make a dierence; echoing back similar thoughts and feelings.

http://alexiscooke.tumblr.com

TABLE 58B

Gabriela Cracraft is an illustrator,cartoonist,and screenprinter based in Chicago.

She has an interest in everything spooky and weird and makes comics about

witches and monsters.

http://comicbookghoul.com

TABLE 20B

Gabriela Cracraft

Czap Books is a one-person publisher/distro operating out of Cleveland, OH. The

goal is to expand the scope of Kevin Czap’s self-publishing to serve as a vehicle for

comics work that teases the boundaries of the form. The work itself tends toward

the design and poetic side of comics. Described as “the Comics Mom,” Kevin sees

Czap Books as a growing family of artists to be supported and nurtured.

http://czapbooks.com Czap Books TABLE 26A

Evan Dahm lives in Brooklyn, NY, and creates and self-publishes online and in print

fantasy adventure comics including Rice Boy and Vattu. He’s one of the founders of

the publishing company Benign Kingdom, and he’s an Ignatz Award winner too.

http://rice-boy.com

TABLE 56B

Evan Dahm

Anya Davidson was born in Sarasota, Florida in 1983. She graduated with a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2004. She is a cartoonist,

musician, teaching artist and printmaker whose work appeared in many zines and

anthologies, including Kramers Ergot, before her debut graphic novel, School Spirits,

was published by Picturebox Inc. Her current project, the Ignatz-award nominated

comic Band for Life, will be available in print from Fantagraphics Books in the not-

Anya Davidson too-distant future. She lives and shreds in Chicago.

http://anyadavidson.com

TABLE 94A

M. Dean is a comic artist and illustrator currently working on the graphic novel, The

Girl Who Flew Away, among other comic projects.

http://meedean.com

TABLE 14B

M. Dean

Michael DeForge draws comics in Toronto, Ontario. He’s released the short story

collections Very Casual and A Body Beneath with Koyama Press, and the graphic

novels Ant Colony and First Year Healthy with Drawn and Quarterly.

http://kingtrash.com

TABLE 64B

Michael DeForge

Jo Dery is an artist who experiments with visual storytelling. She makes short lms,

little books, drawings, prints, and installation projects.

http://jodery.com

TABLE 44B Jo Dery

Krystal DiFronzo is a young blood Midwestern cartoonist with a cute streak. Her

work can be seen in publications such as Happiness, Believed Behavior, Lumpen and

The Lifted Brow, as well as self-published minis.

http://krystaldifronzo.com

TABLE 28B

Krystal DiFronzo

Will Dinski is a cartoonist and book artist. He lives and works in Minneapolis,

Minnesota.

http://willdinski.com

TABLE 73B

Will Dinski

Chicago self published artist, creator of comic Spiro’s Greek Myths.

https://facebook.com/SpirosGreekMyths

TABLE 32B

Spiro Dousias

Sara Drake is an artist currently based in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is the founder

and director of the experimental shadow collaborative, Pup House and performs

audio/visuals for the Glad Cloud Ambient Music Series.

Sara is the recipient of the inaugural Cupcake Award, given to a self-publisher by CAKE.

Sara Drake http://saradrake.info

TABLE 28A Jon Drawdoer is an american cartoonist in Chicago, IL. He has written, drawn, and

printed the comics Infinite Jest Tijuana Bible, Be the Love 1-2, Guy Gardners, and Apple

Orchard. He’s been praised by critic Rob Clough twice. Jon studied cartooning at the

Old Town School of Folk Music and the Sequential Artists Workshop (SAW). In 2014,

Jon exhibited comics art at SAW and at Challengers Comics.

http://drawdoer5000.tumblr.com Jon Drawdoer TABLE 48A

Fantagraphics Books is the Publisher of the World’s Greatest Cartoonists. Whether

contemporary graphic novels, classic comic strips, European bande dessinee, or

groundbreaking underground comics, Fantagraphics specializes in the best work

from the best cartoonists in world history.

http://fantagraphics.com

TABLES 7 & 8 Fantagraphics Books

Femicomix is a feminist comics network from Finland. Femicomix has been

organizing workshops, meetings and support from autumn 2013. Our network is

not separatist (although some events might be), we are antiracist and aim for

accessibility. We respect everybody’s right for self-denition. Since January 2014 we

have been working together with Anne Elizabeth Moore and Ladydrawers in

researching gender and nances in Finnish comics scene. Femicomix Finland http://feministinensarjakuva.sarjakuvablogit.com

TABLE 54

Mike Freiheit is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Chicago with his genius wife

and two stupid adorable cats. He’s currently working on Monkey Chef, an account of

his trials and tribulations cooking for monkeys at a primate sanctuary in Pretoria,

South Africa. He’s balding and has come to accept this.

http://mikefreiheit.com

TABLE 37A Mike Freiheit

Kelly Froh has self-published over 40 mini-comics and zines including “Stew Brew”,

a series in collaboration with Max Clotfelter, which was nominated for an 2009

Ignatz Award for “Outstanding Mini-Comic” and mentioned as one of “The Best

Comics of 2008” in The Comics Journal. She has performed comic stories at Richard

Hugo House’s acclaimed Literary Series, Gridlords in Portland, OR, and at

“Fantagraphics Follies” at Bumbershoot. Kelly is also the co-founder and co- Kelly Froh organizer of Short Run comix & arts festival.

http://cargocollective.com/kefroh

TABLE 35A

Penina Gal is a cartoonist hailing from New York and currently living in

Bloomington, IN. Penina draws comics about magical kids, cats, queers, and other

weirdness.

http://penina.net

TABLE 80B

Penina Gal

Andy Glass is a Chicago based cartoonist, illustrator and graphic artist. He self

publishes the alternative comic LIMBUS as well as a host of mini comics. Some of

his comics and illustrations have appeared in the Chicago Reader, Denver Westword

and the newspaper anthology MadHappys from San Francisco. He recently

appeared in the Unsolved Mysteries collection from indy publisher Hic n’ Hoc, and

the Chicago Reader’s Comic Issue for 2014. Andy Glass http://limbusland.tumblr.com

TABLE 3A

Sophie Goldstein is a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. In 2014 she won

an Ignatz Award for her mini-comic House of Women, Part I. Her work has appeared various publications including Best American Comics 2013, The Pitchfork Review,

Maple Key Comics, Irene 3, Sleep of Reason and Suspect Device 3.

http://redinkradio.com

TABLE 82B

Sophie Goldstein

Zac Gorman is the creator of Magical Game Time and more recently, the rst

Costume Quest graphic novel. He has worked for Oni Press, BOOM! Comics, Double

Fine, Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon. In the Spring, he will be penning the new,

monthly Rick and Morty comic series for Oni Press.

http://zacgorman.com

TABLE 32A Zac Gorman

Rebecca Mir Grady is a Chicago based artist, by way of Alaska and Maine. When

she was too little to walk, she was pulled around on a sled by a german shepherd

called Namer. Her work is primarily concerned with the perplexing character of

interactions with nature. Grady received her MFA from the University of Illinois at

Chicago and a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has

exhibited widely around the US and Internationally, at the University of Chicago,

Rebecca Mir Grady Columbia College, Carthage College, Illinois State University, Pittsburgh Center for

the Arts and Prosjecktrom Normanns, among others.

http://sheisrestless.com

TABLE 5B

Gridlords is a narrative arts and performance-based monthly live experience. Its

roots are in Portland’s underground and art comics community, starting in April

2012. With a strong love of interdisciplinary performance and storytelling, and a

desire to marry sound and vision in new ways, Gridlords inventor Sean Christensen felt a void of a live experience in the world he knew was possible. He felt its echoes

from fragments in memories and saw its potential in his future. With Gridlords

Christensen wanted his feeling for comics and the universe of performance arts to

coexist. Gridlords wants you, the audience, to feel a part of something. Gridlords

has published minni comics by Graham Kahler, Julianna Green, Marsuplala, art

books by Sean Christensen, and 2 anthologies with contributors such as Kevin

Gridlords Sean Hooyman, Julia Gfrorer, Theo Ellsworth, Rebecca Artemisa, Andrice Arp and many

Christensen A.B.T. more.

http://gridlords.com

TABLE 34A

Grafted from The Collective Tarot, Gay Genius, and years of zine and indy book

publishing and appreciating experience, Grimoire Comics and Curiosities is

currently a tree planted in Portland Oregon tended by Annie Murphy and Nikki

Levine. We are an outlet for outsider art, an apothecary of stories picked from the

personal, political, and magical. We do very short runs of bizarre and interesting

graphic narratives. Expect oracular decks of playing cards from some of your Grimoire Comics favorite underground cartoonists coming out of Grimoire soon.

http://grimoirecomics.weebly.com

TABLE 12

Jack Gross is a queer cartoonist who recently graduated from the Minneapolis

College of Art and Design. Her work explores everything from childhood and

anxiety to being a horrible wizard.

http://cargocollective.com/jackgross

TABLE 67B

Jack Gross

Henry Guerra is a cartoonist, animator, and illustrator who lives in Chicago, he

focuses on children’s comics and story telling that utilize elements of experimental and Inde-comics, and can be appreciated by all ages. Currently going to the school

of the art institute of Chicago, he is a cartoonist for life.

http://primeslime.com

TABLE 20B

Henry Guerra

Robin Ha was born in Seoul, Korea and moved to United States when she was 15.

Since graduating from RISD, she moved to NYC and joined a cartoonist studio,

DRAWBRIDGE in Brooklyn. Her work has been published in independent comics

anthologies as well as Marvel Comics and Heavy Metal Magazine. She is currently

working on WHY OH WHY ALABAMA, a graphic memoir about her immigrant

experience, and also a Korean recipe comic on tumblr: BANCHAN IN 2 PAGES. Robin Ha http://robin.megaten.net

TABLE 38B

I am an artist and comic book maker living and working in Chicago IL since 2006. I

received my BFA in Film/Video from Massachusetts College of Art in 2003 and my

MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in

2008. I have been making Hate Baby Comics since 2009 and have had several solo

shows exhibited here in Chicago at Peanut Gallery and the Sub-Mission space at

Mission Gallery. Corinne Halbert http://corinnehalbert.com/home.html

TABLE 40B

Rumi was born in Kyoto, Japan and received her MFA degree in illustration from

Savannah College of Art and Design in 2014. She moved to many dierent cities

with her family before she was ten, so traveling became a part of her life. Her

illustrations and comics are often inspired by landscapes in memory, creatures

that inhabit those landscapes, and dierent places that become one in dreams.

Her work has been selected into many awards including American Illustration, Rumi Hara Society of Illustrators Annual, and 3×3 Magazine. She now lives and works in

Brooklyn, NY.

http://rumihara.com

TABLE 58A

Miranda Harmon is from Gainesville, Florida. She makes comics about monsters

and tries to be a good person.

http://mirandaharmon.com

TABLE 52A

Miranda Harmon

Michael Hawkins was born in 1979, grew up in Tasmania, Australia and has been

self-publishing comics for a long time. He also practices illustration various other

forms of visual arts and sometimes stand-up comedy. He is currently based in

Melbourne, Australia.

http://comics-by-hawkins.tumblr.com

TABLE 2 Michael Hawkins

Betty Heredia is a Chicago artist and sometimes philosopher. She exhibits her

drawings and paintings at venues around Chicago.

http://bettyheredia.com

TABLE 40A

Betty Heredia

Hi I am Keith Herzik and I make screenprinted zines called Alamo Igloo.

http://alamoigloo.blogspot.com TABLE 43A

Keith Herzik

Beth Hetland is a graduate of The Center for Cartoon Studies (’11) and alumna and

faculty member teaching comics at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her

solo work, FUGUE, is an autobiographical three-part story about her family using

music as a metaphor for their relationships. Her most recent collaborative work,

Half Asleep, is the story of a young girl whose mother enrolls her in a college

program in a reality where you can manipulate your dreams and they aect the Beth Hetland real world.

http://beth-hetland.com

TABLE 80A

Jamie Hibdon is a cartoonist and wandering brush for hire. He is a member of the

comics journalism collective, the Illustrated Press, and his work can be found in the

ongoing anthology, Lingua Franca Comics. He lives in Chicago.

https://behance.net/jamdon

TABLE 36B

Jamie Hibdon

Since 2010, the Hidden Fortress Press has been making comics along the rocky

shores of the Woonasquatucket river in Providence, RI

http://hiddenfortresspress.com

TABLE 63 Hidden Fortress Press

Andrew Holmquist is an artist and cartoonist based in Chicago. He received his BFA

(2008) and MFA (2014) degrees from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago,

each from the department of painting and drawing. His work ranges from

paintings to sculpture to video performances and comics, and he is interested in

blurring the lines between all of these distinctions.

http://andrewholmquist.com/home.html Andrew Holmquist TABLE 20A

O Horvath is a grumpy library creature by day, attic-dwelling comic-hoarder by

night. They like high fantasy, messy makeup, and the sunday night r&b radio show.

http://queenofswordsinverted.net

TABLE 27

O Horvath

Luke Howard was born on an Air Force base somewhere and now he makes

comics in White River Junction, VT after receiving his MFA from the Center for

Cartoon Studies. He was nominated for an Ignatz in 2014 under the ‘Promising

New Talent’ category.

http://andsothen.com

TABLE 82A Luke Howard

Kevin Huizenga is a cartoonist who has drawn several comic books and graphic

novels, including Ganges and The Wild Kingdom.

http://usscatastrophe.com/kh

TABLE 68B Kevin Huizenga

Emily Hutchings is a Pittsburgh born artist living and working in Chicago, IL. If she

had a tagline it would be “sad or funny?” I can’t tell. Emily works during the day

casting metal and at night she writes poetry and watches music in basements.

Emily’s therapist described her as ‘like one of those sharks that can go to the deep

dark parts of the ocean and also come back up to the surface without the change

in pressure killing them.’ Emily. The end. Emily Hutchings http://emilyhutchings.com

TABLE 33A

Delia Jean is an artist and cartoonist from Chicago, and frequent collaborator with

the Ladydrawers Comics Collective. She’s invested in imagination, community, and

the accessibility of art-making. Her work is colorful, energetic and can be seen at

http://deliajean.com

TABLE 55A

Cathy G. Johnson is a cartoonist and printmaker from Providence, Rhode Island.

She won the 2014 Ignatz award for Promising New Talent.

http://cathyboy.com

TABLE 26B

Cathy G. Johnson Robyn Jordan makes mini-comics, watercolor paintings, and prints. She teaches art

to kids in a public school in Seattle, and often writes about teaching. From 2002-

2012, she lived in NYC, and still misses the bagels. She serves on the Short Run

Comix and Arts Festival board. She is a regular contributor to The Stranger, and her

work has appeared in various publications and comics anthologies.

http://robynjordan.com Robyn Jordan TABLE 15B

Greg Kletsel was raised on a steady diet of Ren & Stimpy, X-Men and TGIF in Coral

Springs, FL. He can quote Clue or Raising Arizona at any time. He can draw

Wolverine from memory in under 20 seconds. He is an illustrator living and

working in Brooklyn.

http://gregkletsel.com

TABLE 30B Greg Kletsel

Lucy Knisley (pronounced “nigh-slee.”) is a critically acclaimed and award-winning

comic creator. She specializes in personal, confessional comics and travelogues.

Her graphic novels include, French Milk, (From Simon and Schuster Publishing)

Radiator Days, (From Epigraph Publishing) and Relish, (From First Second

Publishing) which won the American Library Association Alex Award, made the list

of best Goodreads Books of 2013, was a New York Times best-seller and has been Lucy Knisley translated into ve languages. Her newest books, out this year, are An Age of

License and Displacement (from Fantagraphics publishing). She lives and works here

in Chicago.

http://lucyknisley.com

TABLE 71B

Alex is an illustrator and design student in Chicago. In addition to making weird- looking comics, she spends a lot of time looking for the fantastic in the everyday

and thinking about synesthesia, the aesthetics of folklore, and food.

http://alexkostiw.com

TABLE 61B

Alex Kostiw

Founded in 2007, Koyama Press is a Toronto-based small press. Our mandate is to

promote and support a wide range of emerging and established artists. Projects

include comics, graphic novels, art books, and zines. We are known for our

alternative edge and diverse range of titles that include a myriad of genres from

autobiography to photography, from horror to humour, and more.

http://koyamapress.com Koyama Press TABLE 66

Scott Kroll was born in Chicago, lives in Chicago, and will most likely die in Chicago.

His work as a comic artist deals with ordinary people in extraordinary

circumstances. His work can be intentionally or unintentionally humorous. He is

married and has three children.

http://scottkroll.tumblr.com

TABLE 79B Scott Kroll

James Kuo is a cartoonist & illustrator living in Providence, RI.

http://jameskuodraws.com

TABLE 61A

James Kuo The Ladydrawers Comics Collective (AKA “The Ladydrawers”) is an unocially

aliated group that researches, performs, and publishes comics and texts about

how economics, race, sexuality, and gender impact the comics industry, other

media, and our culture at large.

http://ladydrawers.wordpress.com

TABLE 55A

The Ladydrawers Comics

Collective

Lee Lai is a Melbourne based, BFA graduate from the Victorian College of the Arts.

Her stories and drawings depict trans, mixed, queer experiences that straddle a

line between personal experience and ction.

http://lee-lai.tumblr.com

TABLE 2

Lee Lai

Math-you draws comix and prints the comix in tiny, dirty little boox and distributes

the comix boox amongst the populace of Chicago, etc. And watches society fall

apart, ying safely overhead in a supersonic space missile on a kamikaze mission

from the center of the sun to the center of yr brain.

http://mathyouland.tumblr.com

TABLE 10A Math-you Land-vote

Will Laren is a artist and zine maker from Philadelphia. in addition to publishing his

zine Slurricane, he is also a member of Space 1026 and contributes comics to Vice

Magazine’s UK website. https://facebook.com/WillLarenDrawings

TABLE 4B

Will Laren

Blaise Larmee (b. 1985) is the author of “Young Lions” (2010), which garnered

Larmee a Xeric grant and an Ignatz nomination, and “3 Books” (2015), an omnibus

published by 2d Cloud that comprises the following: “Nudes” (2012-3), a series of

drawings most recently published as a zine by Studio Collective, “Amateurs” (2013),

a photobook originally published by ⽩⽯デザイン・オフィス, and “Ice Cream

Kisses” (2014), a catalogue of paintings. Larmee is a former fellow of the Center for Blaise Larmee Cartoon Studies. His work has appeared in The Lifted Brow, Torrent, and Sonatina.

Gaze Books is his publishing operation.

http://blaiselarmee.com

TABLE 75

Born and raised in Poughkeepsie, New York, J.D. Lee is a Chicago cartoonist,

sculptural illustrator, and storyteller. She has been published in anthologies

including At Arms Length (2013), Awkward Sex Comics (2014), and Xerox Candy Bar, an

alternative comics newspaper where she serves as a co-editor. Her work is

available at various shops around the Chicago area, and she is also available for

workshops and illustration work. J.D. Lee http://jamiedavidalee.wordpress.com

TABLE 78A

Josh Lees is an artist from the American Southwest. He graduated from Eastern

New Mexico University with his BFA in 2012 and the Center for Cartoon Studies

with his MFA in 2014. http://josh-lees.com

TABLE 84B

Josh Lees

Jesse Lucas lives in Louisville, Kentucky. With the help of his wife and trusty dog

‘Fox’ he’s able to avoid sleep and make comics instead.

http://jesselucas.com

TABLE 16A

Jesse Lucas

My Name is Leigh Christine Luna. I hale from the great sand covered/meth ridden

hills of New Mexico. I travelled across many states to have a life in arctic wasteland

some call “Minneapolis”. Im like drawing comics, the puppy tag on tumblr, drinking

lots of coee and yoga. I also enjoy long luxurious walks to the fridge. In reality I

make a lot of comics. I do a children’s comic called Clementine Fox which is

currently published on GoComics. I also do work for BOOM studios. I also do a lot

of lettering/sign painting and enjoy it a lot.

http://leighlunacomics.com

Leigh Luna TABLE 67A

Deirdre Mahon is an amateur architect, turned graphic designer and illustrator.

She graduated with a degree in architecture from the University of Illinois –

Chicago. She’s interested in imagining stories about architecture by juxtaposing

architectural conventions with comic representation and narrative techniques. http://deirdremahon.us

TABLE 29A

Deirdre Mahon

Brett Manning loves to draw. Her work is dreamy, obsessive, feminine, and quite

creepy. Her comics balance on that mystical line of dreams and reality, art and

illustration, and are always lled with babes and darling animal friends.

http://brettisagirl.com

TABLE 45A

Brett Manning

Jon Marchione is a comic artist, illustrator, and printmaker currently based in

Baltimore. He comes from upstate NY and stopped by Chicago for a couple of

years. He loves the feel of saddle-stitched zines and will probably trade his soul for

a good mini-comic.

http://jonmarchione.com

TABLE 98A Jon Marchione

Ben Marcus is a drawer, cartoonist, and eclectic club Dj. His work intuitively seeks

to recreate heightened, dramatic experiences. Relying on a wide range of collective

cultural ephemera, Ben synthesizes what’s borrowed into a new yet familiar reality.

His work has been shown locally through Lumpen magazine, Brain Frame, and

Trubble Club. He also hosts Total Therapy, a monthly futuristic dance party at Berli

Night Club. Ben Marcus http://benjaminmarcusi.tumblr.com

TABLE 11A

Kira is an artist and illustrator from the Pacic Northwest who self-publishes

comics and travels selling her print media and original art inspired by plant

medicine, myth and environment. She paints murals in collaboration with Colectiva

Ballena and is editor of the plant comics and art magazine CLOROFILIA.

http://kiramardikes.com

TABLE 76B Kira Mardikes

Joyana McDiarmid is the editor and designer of Maple Key Comics, a bimonthly

anthology that serializes the work of emerging cartoonists. She spends her time

writing, drawing and designing. In 2013 she received her M.F.A in cartooning.

http://maplekeycomics.com

TABLE 84B

Joyana McDiarmid

The tires screech. A miniature T-Shirt aps in the wind. Much like a snail’s trail, a

wayward eyeball makes its way across the windshield. Ian McDue lives in

Chicago, and works all the time, mostly on the comic FEELS, which you would

probably like.

http://violetmice.com

TABLE 33B

Ian McDue

Dakota McFadzean is Canadian cartoonist who draws comics every day. His work

has appeared in The Best American Comics, Mad Magazine, and Broken Pencil. His

rst book, Other Stories and the Horse You Rode in On was published by Conundrum Press in 2013. Dakota also co-founded a comics anthology called Irene, which he

edits with American cartoonists Andy Warner and d.w.

http://dakotamcfadzean.com

TABLE 81A

Dakota McFadzean

Sophie McMahan is an illustrator/comic book artist based in Urbana, IL. Her work

is inspired by American culture from the 1950’s and 1960’s, big hair, horror movies,

vintage romance comics, dark humor, and badass babes.

http://sophiemcmahan.com

TABLE 4A

Sophie McMahan

Midwestrn Cuban Comics is a small press comics series created by Odin Cabal. The

issues are compilations of vignettes revolving around a small cast of characters

who come in and out of each others’ lives. Leading the cast and anchoring them

together is Maria Garcia, a Cuban American trying to gure out identity and life

fulllment in the Midwestern city of Milwaukee, WI.

https://facebook.com/pages/Midwestern-Cuban-Comics/142788702486660 Midwestrn Cuban Comics TABLE 22A

Lane Milburn graduated with a BFA in Painting from the Maryland Institute College

of Art in 2008. He self-published with the Closed Caption Comics collective from

2005-2010 and was featured in their group show at Cinders Gallery, Brooklyn in

2009. His graphic novella Death Trap was published with a Xeric Grant in 2010, and

Fantagraphics Books published his graphic novel Twelve Gems in summer 2014.

Lane Milburn http://fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/lane-milburn.html?vmcchk=1

TABLE 94B

Nicky Minus is a cartoonist from Sydney, Australia. She has self published and

released three comics, “Jerks” and “Pleasure” in 2014 and “Woman On The Verge”

in 2015. Her work focuses on the body and female sexuality.

http://nickyminus.com

TABLE 2

Nicky Minus

Talya Modlin is a Chicago-based self publishing cartoonist and illustrator, and

brain-slave to a webcomic called Blimpakind.

http://blimpakind.com

TABLE 77B

Talya Modlin

Annie Mok (b. 1986) studied comics at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

and lives in West Philly. She was a 2013 recipient of the Leeway Foundation’s Art

and Change Grant. American Illustration has selected her work for its Archive. Her

clients include Seven Stories Press, The Harlem Times, DC/Vertigo, and the Red

Umbrella Project. She sings in the pop band See-Through Girls. Annie has spoken

at the University of Winnipeg, and toured transnationally doing comics readings. Annie Mok http://heyanniemok.com

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I am a comic artist and illustrator based out Minneapolis.

http://maxmose.wordpress.com TABLE 3B

Max Mose

Corinne Mucha is a Chicago based cartoonist, illustrator, and teaching artist. She is

the author of three graphic novels, including the graphic memoir, Get Over It!,

published by Secret Acres.

http://maidenhousey.com

TABLE 70B

Corinne Mucha

Roman Muradov is an illustrator and cartoonist from Moscow, Russia, currently

living in San Francisco. His clients include the New Yorker, New York Times, Penguin,

Random House, Vogue, Lucky Peach and many others. His work has been featured in

the Society of Illustrators (Gold Medal), ADC Young Guns, American Illustration and

numerous other shows. Over the last decade he’s been self-publishing his

romanthology called the Yellow Zine, with issue #6 debuting at CAKE. His rst Roman Muradov graphic novella In A Sense (Lost & Found) was published in September 2014 by

Nobrow Press. He likes books, tea and long aimless walks.

http://bluebed.net

TABLE 28A

Alex Nall is a cartoonist and teaching artist. His works include Clear Water, his

sketchbook series, Aloof, and Teaching Comics, an ongoing project that explores his

experiences as a teaching artist in Chicago Public Schools. http://alexnall.tumblr.com

TABLE 92A

Alex Nall

Pranas T. Naujokaitis makes handmade self-published minicomics and webcomics

under the Ghost Car Press banner. He’s also recently done work for Boom! Studios,

such as Bravest Warriors and Uncle Grandpa, and currently has multiple children’s

books published so far from Blue Apple Books. He went to the Savannah College of

Art and Design and has a fancy pants degree in Sequential Art. He’s been doing

this for a very long time now. He currently lives in Chicago with his girlfriend and Pranas T. Naujokaitis two cats. He is living the dream.

http://ghostcarpress.com

TABLE 81B

Chicago based artist & illustrator who runs Sun Eater Studio.

http://suneaterstudio.com

TABLE 10B

Samuel Nigrosh

Alicia makes drawings using wordplay and humorous abstraction. She has self-

published seven issues throughout 2014 in a minicomic series called Smells Fingers.

Her work is featured weekly in Humanize Magazine, as well as several comic anthologies including Dip and Gam Gam’s Plastic.

http://aliciaobermeyer.tumblr.com

TABLE 44A

alicia obermeyer

One Percent Press was started by Stephen Floyd and JP Coovert in the fall of 2004

with the idea of self-releasing their own music and comics, along with anything

they could help their friends with. There have been many amazing people involved

with the label, and many more who serve as an inspiration. One Percent Press is

very much informed by the larger DIY community and spirit.

http://onepercentpress.com One Percent Press TABLE 31

SInce 1981 ONLI STUDIOS is a leader of indie publication in graphic novels and

comics along with an force for bringing graphic novels to the classroom.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtel_Onli

TABLE 34B

ONLI STUDIOS

BIO

Onsmith & Nudd are a Chicago-based collaborative duo comprised of painter and

draftsman Paul Nudd and cartoonist Onsmith. They have made several suites of

prints and other various editions and publications since 2009.

TABLE 43B Onsmith & Nudd

Virginia is a cartoonist and illustrator from Portland, OR. She has been writing and

drawing comics under the name Milkyboots for six years. Her comics and art have

appeared in Bejeezus, Sadie Magazine, Indie Ladies Anthology, Brad Trip Anthology,

Little Heart Anthology, Big Feminist But Anthology and Bitch Magazine.

http://virginiapaine.tumblr.com/ Virginia Paine TABLE 59

Keith makes comics, illustrations, and mini-books and hails from Cleveland, Ohio.

http://keithpakiz.com/tagged/comics

TABLE 1B

Keith Pakiz

Laura Park is a cartoonist and illustrator who understands her life best when it has

been milked onto the page.

http://singingbones.com

TABLE 18B

Laura Park

Katie Parrish makes comics that resemble shameless feelings explosions, and

works as a freelance illustrator and cartoon advice columnist. She also works as

the art director at an art and literature magazine called The Lifted Brow where she

can indulge completely in her undying love for print and comics.

http://katieparrishtime.tumblr.com

TABLE 2 Katie Parrish

Creator of DAYGLOAYHOLE and A Pantomime Horse. Ben is the Michael Bay of 30-

something year old, bald, attic dwelling brown Anarchist cartoonists.

http://daygloayhole.tumblr.com

TABLE 76A

Ben Passmore

Marc Pearson is a cartoonist, comedian and illustrator from Melbourne, Australia.

He edits the online cartoon advice column Advicecomics and is the drawer of the

advice-columnist and poet, Raymond Ray. He is survived by his still living body.

http://advicecomics.tumblr.com

TABLE 2 Marc Pearson

Amy Peltz is an artist, editor, and writer living in Chicago. When not working at the Amy Peltz Art Institute of Chicago, she makes, reads, and thinks about comics.

Amy Peltz http://amypeltz.tumblr.com

TABLE 83B

Perfectly Acceptable is a small Risograph print studio in Chicago, IL run by Matt

Davis. We oer aordable commission printing for cartoonists, zinesters, etc. We

publish prints and zines by cartoonists, illustrators, designers in our free time.

http://perfectly-acceptable.com/

TABLE 91B

Perfectly Acceptable Leslie Perrine is a writer and illustrator living in Chicago, IL. She enjoys writing for

all ages, people and creatures. She is a co-founder of the Chicago Zine Fest and

loves self-publishers. Ask her about her cat named Bum.

http://leslieperrine.blogspot.com

TABLE 29B

Leslie Perrine

Caroline Picard is a Chicago-based artist, writer and curator. Recent comics can be

found in Tender Journal, Projecttile, Diner Journal, Everyday Genius and Bicycle Review.

She has contributed multiple graphic adaptations to the The Graphic Canon project

(Seven Stories Press, 2012/13/15) and continues to work on an on-going series, The

Chronicles of Fortune.

http://cocopicard.com Caroline Picard TABLE 52B

Laurie Piña is a nervous whisper in the dark.

http://crushedpeanut.com

TABLE 41B

Laurie Piña

Aaron Poliwoda is from your girlfriend’s bedroom. He stands six foot seven, three

inches from heaven. He weighs three-oh-ve and can whip any man alive! He has

self published over 75 issues of Low Blow comics mostly about autism and

wrestling.

http://johnanderikaspeak.com/aaron/ Aaron Poliwoda Low Blow TABLE 36A Comics John Porcellino was born in Chicago, in 1968, and has been writing, drawing, and

publishing minicomics, comics, and graphic novels for over thirty years. His

celebrated self-published series King-Cat Comics, begun in 1989, has inspired a

generation of cartoonists. According to cartoonist Chris Ware, “John Porcellino’s

comics distill, in just a few lines and words, the feeling of simply being alive.”

http://king-cat.net

John Porcellino TABLE 86

George Porteus (Pour-TEE-us) came to Chicago in 2008 by way of Baltimore by way

of southeastern Massachusetts. An avid life-time doodler, he only began making

comics a couple years ago. He has since self-published two books and had work

included in issues of Lumpen Magazine, the 2014 CAKE anthology, and Trubble Club 8.

He is very happy to be here.

http://georgeporteus.com George Porteus TABLE 11B

A. T. Pratt is a 24-year-old cartoonist and illustrator from New York City. He

graduated from Rhode Island School of Design in 2013 with a BFA in Illustration.

He has been self-publishing his drawings and comic book stories for the past six

years. Each publication is a new experiment with form and structure, and many of

his printed products feature special tricks and innovations like foldouts, pop-ups,

multiple bindings and peek-a-boos. His hit romantic comedy Stupid Cupid (2014) A. T. Pratt was accepted into the Society of Illustrators’ rst ever Comic and Cartoon Art

Annual in the Short Form category. He has previously exhibited at the Museum of

Comic and Cartoon Art (MoCCA) Festival, the Locust Moon Comics Festival, Paper

Jam Small Press Festival, Rhode Island Independent Press Expo (RIPE), and Comic

Arts Brooklyn (CAB).

http://atpratt.net

TABLE 35B Liz Prince is the Ignatz Award-winng creator of the book Will You Still Love Me If I Wet

the Bed?, a collection of comics about being in a relationship. She has also written a

book called Alone Forever: The Singles Collection, about being single and dating. She

released her rst graphic novel, Tomboy, a memoir about childhood and gender

stereotypes, last year to critical acclaim. She also draws comics for Razorcake

magazine, has done comics and covers for the Adventure Time series, and Liz Prince contributes to many anthologies. Her cats Wolfman & Dracula say Hi.

http://lizprincepower.com

TABLE 21A

The Providence Comics Consortium (PCC) is a loose collective of kid artists from

Rhode Island and Adult Cartoonists from all over the world. We produce a kid-

driven bi-monthly anthology magazine, PCC Showcase (currently on issue 20), as

well as lots of other projects like the 250 page Rhode Island Anthology and

Tarantulina, a full color comic scripted entirely by a 12 year old girl.

http://providencecomicsconsortium.tumblr.com Providence Comics TABLE 64A Consortium

Radiator Comics is a new minicomics distro, specializing in weird, funny, and

aecting self-published comic books!

http://radiatorcomics.com

TABLE 52B

Radiator Comics

Chicago artist and illustrator, Woodbury nds humor in everything, mostly herself.

She has worked for and in Brain Frame, has been in several anthologies including

“Before, After, and In Between” and “Awkward Sex” as well as printing her own work. Currently she works for the International School of Comics as the Student

Services Director, and in her spare time wishes she had a dog.

http://raaaaand.wordpress.com

TABLE 53A

Woodbury Rand

Tess is an Estonian-Canadian comic artist, illustrator, and printmaker based in

Toronto with a BFA in visual arts. Her work focuses primarily on folkloric images,

diasporic stories, biographies, and nding ways to join these themes in comics and

new book forms. Tess’ previously self-published works include The Birth of Linda,

Silver for Bread, The Death of Linda, and Sanctuary.

http://tessenelireid.com Tess Eneli Reid TABLE 57B

Isabel Reidy is a cartoonist and musician living in Trumansburg NY. She writes

music about her comics with her band The Realbads.

http://realbadguy.tumblr.com

TABLE 72A

Isabel Reidy

Matt Reints lives in Minneapolis, MN. He creates mini-comics mostly about slices of

small town life but also some high strangeness phenomena.

http://falconarrowband.blogspot.com

TABLE 62A

Matt Reints Retrot Comics was founded in 2011 by Box Brown to publish oppy alt-comics!

Now Jared Smith helps out too. Retrot Comics publishes short alternative-comics,

roughly one every month or two. We are revitalizing the oppy comic format as a

publisher with a diverse set of artists who have a strong dedication to quality of

work and to comics as a medium. In 2015, we will publish work by Matt Madden,

Yumi Sakugawa, Sophie Franz, Laura Lannes, Kate Leth, Andrew Lorenzi, Laura Retrot Comics Knetzger, Maré Odomo, Box Brown, Steven Weissman, and an issue of the Future

Shock anthology edited by Josh Burggraf.

http://retrotcomics.com

TABLE 24

Eddy Eric Rivera (b. 1984) is a Puerto Rican-Italian-Armenian American artist and

proud. His comix often feature nightmare people from a second world U.S.

territory called Indiana, where he was kept as a prisoner until age 18. Since then he

has lived and worked in Brooklyn, Northampton UK, and Chicago.

http://eddyrivera.com

TABLE 42A

Eddy Eric Rivera

Scott Roberts makes experimental art Risograph comics. His animations,

sculptures, and video installations have been shown in galleries and museums. He

is also the chair of the Animation program at DePaul University in Chicago.

http://ubutopia.com

TABLE 19

Scott Roberts

Brad Rohlo is a printmaker and artists living in Chicago. http://brohlo.me

TABLE 90B

Brad Rohlo

Founded in 2010, ROTLAND PRESS is a small publishing house located in Detroit,

Michigan, USA. It is a publisher of printed projects that promote subversive humor

— be it black, dark, gallows, satirical or absurd. ROTLAND PRESS aims to occupy a

place between the mainstream and the avant-garde, the philistine and the genteel,

industriously manufacturing the nest in despairing entertainment. Ryan Standfest

is the Publisher and Editor Rotland Press http://rotlandpress.com

TABLE 23

Isabella Rotman is a cartoonist and illustrator from Maine living and drawing in

Chicago. Her art is usually about the ocean, mermaids, crushing loneliness, people

in the woods, or sex. She is author of the sexual health comic You’re so Sexy When

You Aren’t Transmitting STDs and Artist in Residence at Scarleteen.com.

http://isabellarotman.com

TABLE 78B Isabella Rotman

Kenan makes comics for adults of all ages. His MoCCA-award winning YA

adventure Last Train to Old Town follows four teenagers as they explore their

sleepy suburban town’s unusual history. He is the founding editor of the alt-comics

journal Festival Season.

http://lasttraintooldtown.com

TABLE 50A Kenan Rubenstein

From Biloxi, Mississippi, Jess Rulison is a nonction cartoonist working in

Brooklyn, NY. She’s currently making a comic based on interviews with veterans of

the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. As a member of the Joe Bonham Project, she has

traveled to Walter Reed to document experiences of returning veterans wounded

in combat. See more of her work at: jessrulison.com and

callingthedog.blogspot.com. Jess Rulison http://jessrulison.com

TABLE 38A

RUN Comics is a collective based out of Chicago and DeKalb IL, where the authors RUN Comics escape reality in the form of comics labor. Overcome the alienation and drudgery

RUN Comics of labor!

http://run-comics.tumblr.com

TABLE 46A

Marian Runk is a Texas-born, Chicago-based, Ignatz-nominated cartoonist who

loves birds, cats, and country music. Her pastimes include singing the blues,

writing country songs, drawing beer glasses, amps, and guitars while drinking

alone at bars, and watching birds along the shore of Lake Michigan.

http://marianrunk.com

TABLE 5A Marian Runk

Rude Comics CEO, cartoonist, publisher, illustrator and garbage pig.

http://voidpie.tumblr.com

TABLE 97B Karissa sakumoto

Dave Scheidt is a radical dude from Chicago, Illinois. When he is not writing comics

he enjoys eating pizza. He is the writer of Spooky Sleepover, Aw Yeah Comics and

Adventure Time for Boom! Studios.

http://davescheidt.com

TABLE 47A

Dave Scheidt

A Chicago artist best known for drawing demons and drag queens. Currently

working on a caregiving comic memoir called VREELAND.

http://chadsellcomics.com

TABLE 49A

Chad Sell

The Sequential Artists Workshop is a school for comics in Gainesville, Florida. Run

by Tom Hart, this school features a full-year program of writing, drawing, reading,

gure studies, storytelling, history and much more. We also feature single-week

workshops by artists such as Dash Shaw, Gabrielle Bell, Ed PIskor, Adian Koch and

more.

Sequential Artists http://sequentialartistsworkshop.org

Workshop TABLE 51

SEVER was co-founded in 2013 by printmaker e howey and artist sab meynert.

Bridging the gap between ne art & comics, keeping the margins as wide as

possible. http://sever-press.com

TABLE 93

Sever Press

Sam Sharpe is one of the creators of of the comic series Viewotron which has been

nominated for both an Eisner and an Ignatz award. Sometimes his comics are

autobiographical, and sometimes they aren’t.

http://viewotron.tumblr.com

TABLE 70A

Sam Sharpe

Anuj Shrestha was born in Kathmandu, Nepal and grew up in Alaska and Colorado.

He is inuenced by Los Bros. Hernandez, Julie Doucet and Manuel Ocampo. His

comics have appeared in various anthologies, including Rabid Rabbit, C’est Bon and

Digestate. His comics have also been listed in the 2010, 2011 and 2013 editions of

The Best American Comics anthology. He lives a quiet, semi-politicized life in

Philadelphia, PA. Anuj Shrestha http://anujink.com

TABLE 47B

Nalleli Sierra, also known as Naji, likes to read comics, draw comics, and write

poetry. She is currently planning on trying to put together a comic book poetry

anthology created by teens to show to the world!

http://swayinggates.tumblr.com

TABLE 16A

Nalleli Sierra Caitlin Skaalrud is a self-publishing cartoonist based in Minneapolis who publishes

books of weird contemporary folklore under the name Talk Weird Press. Her book,

Sea Change: A Choose-Your-Own-Way Story, was awarded one of the last Xeric

Awards in 2012, which she printed on her own oset litho printing press.

http://talkweirdpress.com

TABLE 72B Caitlin Skaalrud

So What? Press was founded in 2012 by Dave Kelly & Lara Antal. Their books have

been nominated for awards, featured in the news, and are available at over 50

stores around the globe.

http://sowhatpress.com

TABLE 37B

So What? Press

Sonatina is a contemporary comics publisher from San Francisco. New comics.

http://sonatinacomics.us

TABLE 74

Sonatina

Comics publishing micropress and distro from Portland, Oregon.

http://sparkplugcomicbooks.com

TABLE 59 Sparkplug Books

Founded on the premise that art should be a democratic and empowering

medium, Spudnik Press Cooperative is committed to being an approachable and

aordable print shop; a space where professional printmakers merge with aspiring

students; a space that encourages collaboration and the sharing of ideas.

http://spudnikpress.org

TABLE 99A Spudnik Press

Conor Stechschulte is an artist and cartoonist currently based in Baltimore. He is

the author of The Amateurs published by Fantagraphics, Generous Bosom published

by Breakdown Press and numerous handmade editions.

http://crepusculararchives.tumblr.com

TABLE 95A

Conor Stechschulte

Sasha Steinberg is a comics artist, editor, and drag queen raised in Urbana, IL. He

studied Literature at Vassar College and Cartooning at The Center for Cartoon

Studies. Sasha is particularly interested in developing queer literary comics and is

best-known for the ongoing series STONEWALL. His work has been published in The

Comics Workbook Magazine, Suspect Device, Maple Key Comics, and QU33R. Sasha is

also the Artistic Director of VYM Magazine, an art / idea magazine about drag, and Sasha Steinberg the head of production for TOON Books in NYC.

http://ahsasha.com

TABLE 83A

A local Chicago writer, author, and professor at the University of Chicago, Wesley is

also the co-founder of Sun Bros Studios! Together with his brother Brad, they’ve been writing, illustrating, and self-publishing comics since 2012, including

Chinatown, Apocalypse Man, and Monkey Fist. Raising over $40,000 through

tremendously successful Kickstarter campaigns, they now speak about

crowdfunding comics at conventions, universities, bookstores, and comic shops

throughout the Midwest. In addition, their rst graphic novel, Chinatown, has been

Wesley Sun taught at DePaul University as part of the “Graphic Novels and Social Justice”

course, which the Sun Bros joined last year as guest lecturers.

http://sunbrosstudios.com

TABLE 53B

Joe Tallarico is an artist/editor/curator mutant hybrid living in Chicago, Illinois. He

enjoys studying the histories of both art and comics and how the two are

incorporated. His work is shown in Chicago by Jean Albano gallery. Other

avocations include gardening, junk collecting, and table tennis.

http://jtallarico.tumblr.com

TABLE 17B

Joe Tallarico

Ruby Thorkelson is an interdisciplinary artist and activist living in Chicago. Her

practice ranges from organizing collaborative public art projects to producing

comics about spit, parasitic invasion, and death. She is currently pursuing an MFA

at SAIC, where she is engaged with mechanical and bodily processes as a means of

exploring intimacy and boundaries. Right now she is particularly interested in

producing leaks, overows, and stains. Ruby also plays in the band Leslie, formerly Ruby Thorkelson known as Lezurrection.

http://rubyt.net

TABLE 22B

Matthew Thurber makes narrative work in many disciplines: comic books, musical

theater, performance. He is the author of the graphic novels 1-800-MICE (2011) and INFOMANIACS (2013), a co-founder of Tomato House Gallery and of the Potlatch, I

Gather books-on-tape label. Ambergris, his ongoing multi-media performance

project, often employs pre-cinematic animation devices such as paper scrolls, and

has played at venues such as the Hammer Museum and the Fumetto Festival in

Switzerland. His full-length play “Mining the Moon” was produced at the Brick

Theater in July 2014. He has shown his artwork at galleries such as Southrst, Matthew Thurber Knowmoregames, and Weird Things. He lives in Brooklyn.

http://matthewthurber.com

TABLE 97A

Jen Tong is a cartoonist and printmaker living in Brooklyn, NY. Sometimes she can

be found playing tiny instruments in her band Creature Mines or petting cats.

http://jentong.com

TABLE 99B

Jen Tong

Also known as Inkmaggot, M. R. Trower is a comic artist, illustrator, and human

impersonator from Durham NC. They make queer stories in boxes on pieces of

paper.

http://inkmaggot.tumblr.com

TABLE 56A

M. R. Trower

Trubble Club has published 8 volumes of jam comics in the six years it’s been

active, but its various members are additionally all active contributors to Chicago’s

comics scene. We’ve tabled at all the CAKEs, as well as participated in a variety of

other events, including a mural at the MCA and a jam sculpture at DePaul’s Art Museum.

http://trubbleclub.com

TABLES 39 & 40A

Trubble Club

Kat Tuesday makes largely mirthless funnybooks, assembles things out of

cardboard, and turns one kind of symbols into another kind. She will gladly talk

with/at you at length about comics translation and how she convinced the

government to pay her to read old manga.

http://onetrickponycomics.com

TABLE 55B Kat Tuesday

2DCLOUD is a comics publisher and visual purveyor based in Minneapolis, MN.

Founded in 2007 as a loose collective of local artists focused on the advocacy of

experiments in visual narrative, the label has since expanded its scope to publish

challenging, expressive work by both new and established creatives across North

America and beyond. We seek out and champion artists with a distinct vision, one

that questions norms both within comics and culture at large. 2DCLOUD http://2dcloud.com

TABLE 75

Two Tone Comix is a Chicago-based illustrated story collaboration between writer

Scott Bus and illustrator Matthew Salazar. Their comic book series, Esoteric

Dialogue, will be debuting at CAKE 2015.

http://twotonecomix.com

TABLE 62B

Two Tone Comix Uncivilized Books has been publishing graphic novels and mini-comics for several

years now. We’ve published work by David B., Gabrielle Bell, James Romberger, Jon

Lewis, Zak Sally, Laura Park, Dash Shaw, Sam Alden, Sophie Yanow, Derek Van

Gieson, Jason Little, Vincent Stall, Tom Kaczynski and many others.

http://uncivilizedbooks.com

Uncivilized Books TABLES 87 & 88A

Benjamin Urkowitz creates comics and art in New York City. He looks like this: ~

http://b-m-f-u.tumblr.com

TABLE 45B

Benjamin Urkowitz

Rosemary Valero-O’Connell was raised across the ocean in Zaragoza, Spain, but

currently lives in a little apartment in Minneapolis, MN, where she’s getting her BFA

from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She makes and self-publishes

comics and zines, a lot of which are about loss, trauma, and the importance of

other people. She likes gold inlays and stories about witches.

http://cargocollective.com/rosemaryvoconnell Rosemary Valero- TABLE 84A O’Connell

Estrella Vega is an artist based in New York City who creates work through

printmaking techniques like silkscreen and etching. With a focus on nature and

science, her books aim to be educational but also decorative.

http://estrellavega.com

TABLE 30A Estrella Vega

John Vestevich works as a designer in Chicago and makes comics after work

(sometimes during).

http://johnvestevich.com

TABLE 57A

John Vestevich

A freelance artist originally from the Philippines and currently based in NJ/ NYC.

Once an animation student but somehow found himself in the clutches of

printmaking. After years of soul searching, he has shifted more into re-discovering

old school inking and CMYK coloring that is focused on his silkscreen prints and

zines. He spends his days daydreaming of heroes and villains, while the occasional

cutesy that squeaks through. Alden Viguilla http://aldenviguilla.blogspot.com

TABLE 98B

Dawson is originally from Juneau, Alaska, and now lives in Minneapolis.

http://dawsonpiselwalker.com

TABLE 68A

Dawson Walker

Nathan Ward is a 22-year old cartoonist from Cleveland, Ohio. He has had comics

published in Maximum Rock N’ Roll, Scene Magazine, Happiness Comix, and many

other things. His rst full length comic, Fun-O-Planet was self-published and released in the fall of 2014.

http://nwardcomics.tumblr.com

TABLE 25A

Nathan Ward

The Weakly crew is a handful of New York art students that make some serious, no

nonsense comics and art. They dedicate themselves to producing an every-7-days,

print only publication that features the comics of young guys and gals with

vivacious visions and supersonic sights.

http://jackreese.tumblr.com

TABLE 14A Weakly Comics

Leah Wishnia is an artist/cartoonist currently living and working in NYC. She is the

editor and publisher of the comic & art magazine Happiness, and recently released

her self-published book Gut Feelings, a collection of her short comic work.

http://leahwishnia.net

TABLE 97B

Leah Wishnia

Kelsey Wroten is from Kansas City and is 23 years old. She self-publishes a

charmingly oensive comic book series called JUKEBOX COMIX consisting of several

short stories. She is working on a graphic novel called GRAVE that she is also self-

publishing. She is very nice and would love to meet you!

http://jukeboxcomix.com

TABLE 13A Kelsey Wroten Ed Luce is the creator of the comic series Wuvable Oaf. Fantagraphics Books

released the rst hardcover collection of Oaf stories in 2015.

http://wuvableoaf.com

TABLE 6

Wuvable Oaf

Gina Alyse Wynbrandt (b. 1990) writes comics about personal humiliations and

insecurities, as well as topics like fashion, pop culture, and celebrities. She is a

Chicago native and a graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her

favorite food is ice cream, and her favorite color is pink.

http://ginawynbrandt.com

TABLE 75 Gina Wynbrandt

Sophie Yanow is the author and artist of the Ignatz-nominated graphic memoir

War of Streets and Houses, as well as the autobiographical series In Situ. She is the

2014-15 Fellow at the Center for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, Vermont.

http://sophieyanow.com

TABLE 69A

Sophie Yanow

Yeti Press is a small publishing behemoth out of Seattle and Chicago. We’ve

published the likes of Kat Leyh, Sam Sharpe, Kevin Budnik, and many more. Most

importantly, we like to make comics and have fun.

http://yetipress.com

TABLE 89 Yeti Press CANCELLATIONS

Wilfred Santiago is a cartoonist and illustrator from the Chicago area and the

author of MICHAEL JORDAN Bull On Parade, released by Fantagraphics Books. He

publishes Goodwilfred Sunday Magazine every rst Sunday of the month.

Wilfred Santiago was originally scheduled to be a Special Guest at CAKE 2015, but is

unable to attend.

http://goodwilfred.com Wilfred Santiago

Anna Bongiovannis is a queer and genderqueer cartoonists and zine-kid. They

currently draw comics for Autostraddle.com, a queer culture website. They are

most well-known for their zine A Cheap And Easy Introduction To They/Them

Pronouns and their rst graphic novel, Out Of Hollow Water, published by 2D Cloud.

You can nd their comics online, in anthologies, and self-published mini-comics

and zines. Anna Bongiovanni http://annabongiovanni.com

Maya Edelman lives in Brooklyn, New York with her boo, and two cats. She likes

comics, animation, painting, drawing, biking and traveling, all of which she tries to

do frequently, if not simultaneously.

http://mayaedelman.com

Maya Edelman

Meags Fitzgerald is an interdisciplinary artist known for her illustrations,

animations, non-ction writing and live performances. Fitzgerald’s debut graphic

novel, Photobooth: A Biography, chronicles the photobooth’s history and the events

which gave rise to the desperate need to save them. Released to a positive reception, Fitzgerald was named by CBC Books a 2014 Writer to Watch. Her follow-

up graphic novel, Long Red Hair explores a teen’s budding bisexuality and

witchcraft in history and in popular culture. She currently resides in Montreal

where she regularly performs improv theater and at live storytelling events.

http://meagstzgerald.com

Meags Fitzgerald

Neil Fitzpatrick has been pumping out his Neil Jam brand of comics for quite a

number of years now. He’s done it in the form of minicomics, webcomics, and so

much more. No format is safe from his ever expanding comics universe. Recent

comic book releases have been Everythingness, from Hic & Hoc Publications, as well

as his Jerry’s Journal minicomic trilogy.

http://neiljam.com Neil Fitzpatrick

Nick Iluzada, Mitchell Goodrich and friends make zines about death, hot dogs, and

shapes.

http://getlostpress.tumblr.com

Get Lost Press

Julia Gfrörer was born in 1982 in Concord, New Hampshire. Her work has

appeared in Thickness, Arthur Magazine, Study Group Magazine, and Best American

Comics, and her graphic novel, Black is the Color, was published by Fantagraphics

Books in 2013. Her name rhymes with despair, and her heart is black as jet.

http://thorazos.net

Julia Gfrörer human man, artist, illustrator, cartoonist, nobody. Jonny Negron, born 1985, planet

earth.

http://jonnynegron.tumblr.com

Jonny Negron

Press Gang is a publishing collective comprised of two Portland, OR based

imprints, Floating World Comics and Study Group Books. Zack Soto runs the award

winning webcomics site studygroupcomics.com. They also publish beautiful print

editions as well as Francois Vigneault’s sci- series Titan. Floating World Comics

was established in 2007 by Jason Leivian and since then the store has been

recognized as one of the best comic shops in the world. Press Gang http://press-gang.tumblr.com

Georgia Webber is a comics artist from Toronto who wants you to consider your

voice. Her most prominent work, Dumb, chronicles her severe vocal injury and

(mostly silent) recovery. She is the Guest Services Coordinator for the Toronto

Comic Arts Festival, and Comics Editor at www.carte-blanche.org.

http://georgiasdumbproject.com

Georgia Webber

Eric Kostiuk Williams is a Toronto-based illustrator and comic book artist,

specializing in crisp, detailed line work and imaginative sequential compositions.

Eric’s debut autobiographical work Hungry Bottom Comics was nominated for the

2013 Doug Wright Spotlight Award and chosen for the Best American Comics‘ Eric Kostiuk Williams Notable Comics of 2013.

http://ericdraws.com

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