Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) is an annual European-style festival that spans four entire days—and stretches throughout the city of Columbus, Ohio. Each year, CXC continues to do what it originally set out to do: make genuine connections between people who share a love, a passion, and a personal reason to believe in the future of cartoon art.

THE CHICAGO ALTERNATIVE COMICS EXPO (CAKE) IS A WEEKEND-LONG CELEBRATION OF INDEPENDENT COMICS, INSPIRED BY CHICAGO’S RICH LEGACY AS HOME TO MANY OF UNDERGROUND AND ALTERNATIVE COMICS’ MOST TALENTED ARTISTS– PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. FEATURING COMICS FOR SALE, WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND MORE, CAKE IS DEDICATED TO FOSTERING COMMUNITY AND DIALOGUE AMONGST INDEPENDENT ARTISTS, SMALL PRESSES, PUBLISHERS AND READERS.