Organise your own comic art summer camp!

Comic Art Europe, a project that tries to unite comics artists and organisations all over Europe, has released information about its successful Comic Art Summer Camps, hoping it will act as guidance to anyone seeking to run a similar project or projects.

LICAF 2025 Tickets Available Now

THIS PAGE WAS LAST UPDATED ON SATURDAY 17th MAY 2025

Our Early Bird Offer ended on Friday 16th May 2025

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival brings the best comic artists, writers and creators to the Lake District for a packed comic art weekend spectacular and tickets are available now.

Our events will include live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, Little LICAF activities, a Comics Marketplace – and provide a chance to get up close to the best comic creators in the world!

First guests, Festival artwork by Mohamed Salah revealed for Lakes International Comic Art 2023

We're delighted to reveal our first guests for our annual gathering this autumn (Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October) – and this year’s haunting Festival art by Egyptian comic creator, Mohamed Salah.

The first announced guests for this year’s Festival, taking place in Bowness-on-Windermere from Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October will be Dave McKean, award-winning Czech artist Lucie Lomová, and “Awkward Yeti” creator Nick Sulek, and, of course, Mohamed Salah.

Lakeside Comics Marketplace 2024

The Lakes international Comic Art Festival returns 27th - 28th September 2024, in Bowness-on-Windermere! Get your tickets here from TryBooking

Here are the confirmed creators and publishers whose amazing work you’ll see in the Lakeside Comics Marketplace, complementing our Guest List.

2023 Lakeview Comics Marketplace Line-Up Revealed

Here's who you'll find in our Festival 2023 Lakeview Comics Marketplace, running Saturday 30th September - 1st October, as part of our annual three-day festival in Bowness-on-Windermere...

We will also be revealing some of our Guests for 2023 soon!

Keep your eye on our social media and www.comicartfestival.com for the latest news about our Festival and other projects...

Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation - English - 2025

VIP Brands Ltd. is delighted to announce the 2025 Sophie Castille Award – English. This year’s award will again be presented in partnership with Comica and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival at their annual event in Bowness-on-Windermere this autumn, taking place Friday 26th September – Sunday 28th September 2025.

The Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation are for the best translation of graphic novels into a variety of languages around the world.

A Big Thank You to our departing Comic Art Festival Podcast Team

The entire Lakes International Comic Art Festival organising team would like to issue a big thank you to Ian Loxam, Nikki Bates, Pete Taylor and Mike Williams, the Comic Art Festival Podcast Team, who have announced the end of its run after racking up an incredibly impressive 100 episodes.

Ian Loxam announced the end of the Podcast last week, five years since it was launched.

Remembering the inspirational Aileen McEvoy

We at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival are all so so sad to have said goodbye to the inspirational Aileen McEvoy, who passed away last Thursday, who played an integral part in our organisation for several years.

Aileen had a love of life, of artists, of people and our audiences and of comics too and she will be sorely missed. She championed young artists and new talent, and had a keen eye and wonderful intelligence which she brought to bear on her work with us.

Posy Simmonds to receive International Award for Excellence in Comic Art at first COMICA event in March

We're delighted to announce that Posy Simmonds MBE will be presented with The International Award for Excellence in Comic Art for 2022 at the first COMICA event in March, at the Century Club, London.

Posy was unfortunately unable to attend our Festival last year in Bowness to receive her Award due to unexpected family circumstances.

Comic Art Europe teases new exhibition, “Living Together” part of Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up this year

The pan-European comics project Comic Art Europe has just teased a brand-new exhibition, “Living Together“, which will be on display at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festivalin Bowness-on-Windermere.