CAKE was this past weekend. It was the final stop of my spring book tour for Sound of Snow Falling. It was also a big weekend for @2dcloud <3

Raighne and Kim Jooha @goodcomicsbykim represented the core @2dcloud team. @2dcloud artists present at the show were Margot Ferrick @butterstory, @cartamonir, @tommipg, Simon Hanselmann @girlmountain, @lauralannes and me. Visiting the show but not tabling were Justin Skarhus @rdcdfist and @ashleehg.

2dcloud’s biggest sellers at CAKE were Yours by Margot Ferrick and Sound of Snow Falling, yay! Our newest book there was the mini-comic Kindling by Xia Gordon @artbl0g. It’s going to be a part of the next 2dcloud kickstarter and was printed by @perfectlyacceptablepress <3 Also, Altcomics Magazine 4 is free at shows right now, so make sure you stop by the 2dcloud table and pick one up at a future show!

Show highlights - meeting @eriknebel, @alyssa-berg, @kurtankeny, @drewlerman, @lauralannes, @ashleehg, November Garcia and Sam Szabo @brainbooger ! Sam was tabling with the marvelous @ionafox and picked up MMII <3

Kurt was kind enough to stop by the 2dcloud table and show me his sketchbook!!! I love his portraits. Alyssa and I talked about her comic for the Warmer anthology and how we are always crossing paths, but never in person. Drew and I talked about how we got into comics - neither of us read them growing up. Erik Nebel was such a sweetheart, so awesome to meet one of my earliest artist friends from tumblr and someone who I admire so much. Ash and I talked a lot about being teenagers in the 90′s. We share a lot of favorite cultural touchstones from that time period! Laura and I talked about publishing pros and mostly cons and November and I compared travel times - I rode 7 hours in a car, she rode 24 hours in a plane to debut Foggy Notions at the Hic and Hoc table.

Kim managed to snag a 2dcloud sponsorship with Soylent - her life’s dream. She always brings samples for cartoonists at shows. Thanks Kim <3 Soylent helps me get through the convention when I don’t have time to eat a meal. Also, as always, we talked each other’s ears off at the afterparty. I love talking with her about comics and 2dcloud business.

A big thank you to everyone who stopped by to say nice things about my comics and about my medium article Getting Divorced in Comics - including my pal @robkirbycomics, Rob Clough, Virginia Paine, and Tom Spurgeon.

It was awesome to talk with @drawdoer5000 and @radiatorcomics. Thank you for all of your hard work on CAKE <3<3<3.



I was so happy to hang out with the 2dcloud artists, team and friends!!!! Thank you to Raighne, Kim, Emily and Carta, Margot, Scott Longo @sonatinacomics and Scheheherazade, Laurie Piña, Tommi, Laura, Justin, Ash, Simon and Jacq.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by the 2dcloud table to chat or buy comics <3 Wow, wow, wow, it was just so incredible to talk to people about the books and Chicago is a great city. CAKE was a blast.