The worlds of research, science and comics have been brought together to deliver a powerful message about climate change. 

Three leading comic creators – award-winning comic creator Darryl Cunningham, satirical comic creators War and Peas from Germany, and comic creator, academic and illustrator Sayra Begum – have collaborated with the CONSTRAIN project, a consortium of fourteen European partners, tasked with improving near-term climate projections, to develop comics exploring the climate change challenge. 

Ahead of their participation in the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the Institut français in London has organised a Drink & Draw session with French illustrators Lucie Arnoux and Nicolas Wildnext week, on Thursday 28th September. 

This is an occasion to share a drink and exchange with illustrators that are making an impact on the French comics scene today, while creating art together during a special drawing class.

We're delighted to confirm our exhibition plans for this year’s Festival (Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October 2023) in Bowness-on-Windermere – and announced some guest changes and additions to the previously announced line-up of over sixty international comic creators, including an appearance by Jenny Ryan from ITV’s The Chase.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be held in Bowness-on-Windermere, within the heart of the Lake District National Park from Friday 29th September to Sunday 1st October – and there’s a lot of excitement building for this year’s event, from fans, exhibitors and guests alike.

The weekend festival celebrates the amazing world of comic artists, creators and writers and brings together the biggest names and the rising stars of the comic art universe. 

We're delighted to announce comic artist and writer Dave Gibbons (2000AD, The Originals, Watchmen) as a guest at this year’s weekend-long event (Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October 2023).

Dave is one of the final tranche of Festival guests to be announced, joining an impressive roster of international comics talent and creatives in Bowness-on-Windermere this autumn.  

We're thrilled to announce that our upcoming Festival has a new sponsor, The Rada and Mutaz Sawaf Center for Arab Comics Studies at the American University of Beirut.

We're delighted to be supporting the Philippine International Comics Festival again this year. Karrie Fransman, whose work comics strips and graphic stories have been published in titles such as The Guardian, The Times, Time Out, The Telegraph, and New Statesman, is giving a seminar/workshop as part of this online gathering of comic creators and fans.

The winner will be announced at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival