CAKE Chicago is free — by far the best kind of expo. What artist has money to spend getting into an expo where they’ll buy more things inside?

Recently, my budget’s been tight . And because I can’t bear to throw away anything paper, I (try to) consider print purchases much more carefully than I have in the past. Why should I buy this? Why does this justify space in my crowded bookshelf??

The solution: buy items for strictly research purposes. They also happen to make me delighted on the side… So, for “research purposes” I’ve been trying to find the perfect balance of form, content, and pleasure that a comic can offer. I want to