Comics Clock Tower 2020: Applications Invited

We are delighted to invite applications from exhibitors who would like to feature in our Comics Clock Tower at the eighth Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal.

This year’s Festival will run from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th October 2020, with the Comics Clock Tower at Kendal Town Hall open for business as usual on the Saturday and Sunday. Admission to the venue will again be free.

"Loving the Alien" Podcast launches with Sean Phillips interview

Loving the Alien is a new podcast from Finn Miles, created in association with The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, which aims to explore the inner workings of comic books and their creation, interviewing a wide range of comic artists, writers and other creatives orbiting the comic book industry.

Lakes International Comic Art Festival “Comic Cons” Outreach project well received

The Lakes International Comic Festival has published a report on its first ever project working with prisoners to learn and create comics. The pilot course running at HMP Haverigg in Cumbria earlier this year, with comic creator Mollie Ray and LICAF staff working to introduce learners to the variety of comics available – and then equip them with the technical skills to tell stories and produce an anthology comic together.

You Couldn’t Make It Up! Lakes Festival takes an Opening Night Swipe at world events

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s Opening Night is always a spirited bit of fun – and this year’s, taking place Friday 26th September at The Old Laundry in Bowness-on-Windermere, will be no different, as assorted comic creators take a swipe at world events!

Bobby Joseph, Martin Rowson, Bryan and Mary Talbot join Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2025 line up

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce its fourth tranche of guests for its annual weekend of comics celebration, taking place across Bowness-on-Windermere over Friday 26th – Sunday 28th September 2025

Pertti Jarla

Pertti Jarla is mostly known for his Fingerpori syndicated strip series, launched in 2006. Its humour is largely based on Finnish puns, and has been adapted to film and theatre. He has also done all kinds of illustrations and editorial cartoons, and has self-published his own comics

Pertti Jarla Online

• Instagram
• Fingerpori in English! By Pertti Jarla

Khaled Jarada

Born in 1996 in Gaza, Palestine, Khaled Jarada is an independent visual artist and children’s book illustrator. He has illustrated many children’s books, such as Cane Talk and School Uniform, with several publishing houses. He has worked as an animator, taught art of performance and participated in several local and international exhibitions. He did an artistic residency at the Al Qatan foundation in 2020 where he exhibited his project Metres.

Abbigayle Bircham

Abbigayle Bircham is a Norwich-based comic artist with a penchant for the weird and wonderful, who is probably scribbling away in her favourite tea shop at this moment. A Lakes International Comic Art Festival Breakthrough Initiative participant, she has published work with Soaring Penguin Press and the Rat Pack Collective, dreams of having her own cartoon show one day, and first met Bobby Joseph when taking his Writing Comics short course. Now he can’t seem to get rid of her.

Phoenix Fest 2025 Guests for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announced

The Phoenix comic and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) are delighted to announce the Phoenix Fest 2025 guests heading to Bowness-on-Windermere during this year’s Festival weekend, including Jess Bradley, Neil Cameron and Jamie Smart.

Phoenix Festival 2025 Guests

The Phoenix comic and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) are delighted to announce the Phoenix Fest 2025 guests heading to Bowness-on-Windermere during this year’s Festival weekend, including Jess Bradley, Neil Cameron and Jamie Smart.