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Chicago has always been a hotspot for indie comics so you know that the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo (CAKE) is going to be good! It debuts this weekend at Columbia College and there are comics for sale, workshops, exhibitions, panel discussions, and more. Meet lots of comics luminaries in-person including LO artists Jo Dery, Lilli Carré, Jeremy Tinder, and John Porcellino. The event is free so no reason not to go!

CAKE
June 16 & 17, 2012, 11am-6pm
Columbia College's Ludington Building
1104 S Wabash, 8th floor, Chicago
free and open to the public

CAKE poster by Laura Park

Simon Evans, husband and collaborator of our old friend Lart C. Berliner, is having a solo show this summer at Mudam Luxembourg called, "How To Be Alone When You Live With Someone". Simon and Lart will be there for the opening and the show looks fantastic so if you're in the area, you should stop by and check it out!

From the museum's website:
"The graphic compositions by the British artist Simon Evans combine drawings with fragments of words and relate to diaries, automatic writing, collage, lists, inventories, encyclopedias, diagrams, cartography, cosmology... The exhibition at Mudam will involve the production of new pieces."

Mudam Luxembourg
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
3, Park Dräi Eechelen
L-1499 Luxembourg
t +352 45 37 85 1

Simon Evans: How To Be Alone When You Live With Someone
June 2 - September 23, 2012

Simon Evans : Vocabulary, 2011 © The Artist / Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York / Shanghai

Our latest batch of ten new cards is just about ready to make its official entrance at our online shop and SF mini store, but we thought we'd make another introduction in the meantime. We loved working with UK artist Hannah Waldron on her Living Things installment and wanted to do more projects with her, but she was taking a break from print to focus on her weaving. The good news is that we got to collaborate on this wonderful new botanical garden-inspired card before she got accepted to Konstfack in Sweden for a textile masters program which she's now preparing for. The resulting work is a colorful scene full of plants and birds and greenhouses and gardens. We love how she breaks down forms into simple shapes that coalesce into complex wholes and can't wait for our next chance to work together!

George here (Yvonne's brother). I have been doing a music podcast for a while but this is the first full-on interview I've done. Nate Denver has illustrated and written books for La Mano and we go way back in the San Francisco music scene as well. He just completed a kickstarter project for his next illustrated book/cd "Haunted Armor", so I thought it was as good a time as any to catch up with him!

[caption id="attachment_3745" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="a page from "Wait, You're Not A Centaur" by Nate Denver"][/caption]

We will be at Crafty Wonderland this Saturday, May 12th, from 11am to 6pm at the Oregon Convention Center for their Super Colossal Spring Sale. Not only is it a great opportunity to get last-minute cards and gifts for mom, but it will also be your very first chance to check out our brand new batch of cards from Becca Stadtlander, Paul Morgan, Lizzy Stewart, Hannah Waldron, and Scuba! There will be over 200 booths along with craft activities and best of all, it's free. We'll be at booth 37 so please stop by and say hi!

Crafty Wonderland Super Colossal Spring Sale
Saturday, May 12th, 11am-6pm
Oregon Convention Center Exhibit Hall D
777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd, Portland, OR
all ages, free admission, goodie bags for first 200 shoppers