Got room for a little more love in your life? Check out Famous Fido Rescue’s adoption open house today. Famous Fido (3124 W. Irving Park), a no-kill shelter, finds homes for animals surrendered in crisis situations or deemed “unadoptable” by kill shelters. From noon-6 PM, they’re inviting you to meet some of their wonderful furry […]
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Nito Café seeks to create community for local anime lovers
In Japan, manga cafes are innumerous. They are places where manga or anime fans can enjoy snacks and refreshments while reading or spending time together. Somehow, despite the culture’s popularity in the United States, there are none of these types of cafes around—until now. Chicagoan Tayler Tillman wants to bring these Japanese mainstays stateside with […]
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Meet four comics creators who’ll be at CAKE
The annual expo celebrates marginalized voices and individual visions.
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Three Spider-Man outfits, mechanical feathered wings, and other great photos from C2E2
Some of the best costumes and props that fans and cosplayers prepared for this weekend’s comic, games, movies, and everything expo, C2E2.
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Comic fans meet their heroes, impress the kids, and form lifelong bonds of geekdom at C2E2
Here’s our guide to this weekend’s festivities
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130 comic artists team up to finish friend’s graphic novel after he dies at 43
They’ll be fund-raising for (Fucking) Forty at C2E2 this weekend.
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C2E2, an Earth Day celebration at Garfield Park Conservatory, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Olivia Block, Vintage Garage Chicago, and more happenings from April 21-23.
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C2E2 takes over Chicago, Louder Than a Bomb’s sweet 16, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend
Oh, Hello, the Turnament of Champyuns, and other events from March 18-20.
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Chinese-American Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Chloe Bennet talks diversity in Hollywood
Bennet achieved superhero status after Americanizing her last name.
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Is nerd culture even a thing anymore? Scenes from C2E2 2015
Nerd culture goes mainstream at the annual comic con.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/25: C2E2, Sean Flannery, and Behemoth
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 25
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Chicago comic artists celebrate Batman’s 75th birthday
Fulton Street Collective celebrates Batman’s 75th anniverary with a comic-art show.
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Best Wordplay
Never forced (think NY Post or, ahem, Chicago Sun-Times), they achieve a breezy, casual success: attendees at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo were “looking for love in Alderaan places,” for instance.
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Reader’s Agenda Fri 4/26: C2E2, Chicago Anarchist Film Festival, and Wonka Ball 2013
What’s on the Reader‘s Agenda for Friday, April 26.