The Lakes International Comic Art Festivalis delighted to announce Early Bird Tickets for its weekend-long event in Bowness-on-Windermere (14th - 16th October 2022) are available now.

The Early Bird Ticket discount is available until 20th April 2022 and gets buyers 20% off prices. Simply use the discount code LICAF20 at checkout, which is valid for day passes and weekend passes.

Head to the Festival web site now for further information about ticket options, or go straight to EventBrite and grab your tickets now.

The Festival is also delighted to add three guests to its international line-up of Festival stars - Matthew Dooley, winner of the Observer Graphic Short Story Prize, illustrator, public artist and lecturer Oliver East, and font designer, illustrator and writer Rian Hughes.

They join an international line up of comic stars that includes Alison Bechdel, Dave Gibbons, Jaime Hernandez, Bryan Hitch, Mick McMahon, Bex Ollerton, Sean Phillips, Greg Rucka, Posy Simmonds, Fiona Stephenson and more, with more guests to be announced.

The new Lakeview Comics Marketplace will also play host to a huge range of comic creators, publishers and others, complementing the guest list. Exhibitors will be revealed this week on the Festival web site.

• Head to the Festival web site now for further information about ticket options, or go straight to EventBrite and grab your tickets now

• The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will run from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th October 2022 – and is online at: www.comicartfestival.com | Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast: www.comicartpodcast.uk | Twitter: @comicartfestpod | Facebook: @ComicArtPodcast | Instagram: @ComicArtPodcast

Announced guests for 2022 so far, in alphabetical order, are: Dimitris Anastasiou, Lucie Arnoux, Alison Bechdel, Matthew Dooley, Oliver East, Lina Ghabeih, Dave Gibbons, Jaime Hernandez, Bryan Hitch, Rian Hughes, Andrew Humphreys, Olivier Kugler, Mick McMahon, Bill Morrison, Bex Ollerton, Sean Phillips, Mike Perkins, Tim Pilcher, Greg Rucka, Posy Simmonds, Fiona Stephenson, Jorg Tittel, Twin Cartoons, and Andi Watson

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