We're delighted to announce that DC Comics, Marvel and Netflix writer Amy Chu will be joining the line-up for our weekend-long annual event in Bowness-on-Windermere (Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October 2023).

Amy, a graduate of the Harvard Business School, with a degree in Architectural Design from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a degree in East Asian Studies at Wellesley College, self-published her first story at the age of 44, and has been full-time writing stories since. 

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to confirm further comic creators from around the globe for this year’s annual event in Bowness-on-Windermere  (29th September – 1st October 2023), including French artist Lucie Arnoux, animation director and comic artist Kevin Eric Raymundo, and multi-media artist Eldo Yoshimizu.

VIP Brands Ltd., a company offering rights representation for comics and graphic novel publishers, and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival have announced the shortlist of titles for the inaugural Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation.

We're delighted to confirm five more incredible comic creators for this year’s annual Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere (29th September – 1st October 2023), joining the event thanks to our continued partnership with Comic Art Europe.

We are also pleased to announce the first unofficial “Festival Fringe” at this year’s weekend-long event, spearheaded by creators that include Dan Berry, Lucy Sullivan and Kev F. Sutherland.

The London-based Cartoon Museum and top independent publisher SelfMadeHero have announced the launch of the 2023 First Graphic Novel Award for debut UK authors who have not previously been published. 

We are delighted to be supporting this Award, alongside Thought Bubble, and other organisations.

We're delighted to announce Bryan and Mary Talbot, along with three representatives from LDComics, the largest women-led comics forum in the UK, and more acclaimed international comic creators, as part of the line-up for this year’s annual Festival (29th September – 1st October 2023) in Bowness-on-Windermere.

Learning in The Lakes with comics and creativity at Kendal Library, part of year-round events for Little LICAF!

We're delighted to announce another fine mix of guests for our annual Festival (29th September – 1st October 2022) in Bowness-on-Windermere, including Hunt Emerson, winner of the 2018 Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art, and caricaturist, cartoonist and humorous illustrator Tom Richmond.

Hunt, Tom and Jad (George Khoury), Fouad Mezher, Seif Eddine Nechi and Václav Šlajch join previously-announced guests at the event, with more to be revealed soon.

This June, you will be able to visit Comic Art Europe's newest exhibition for the first time, and we're delighted to be involved in the project.

Back in 2022, together with four organisations, including the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, CAE launched an open call on the theme “Living Together”. Artists were invited to reflect on their interpretation of “Living Together” in the modern world and illustrate it.