Festival Flashback: Our Very First Poster, by Bryan Talbot!
There are no less than 27 comic characters in this art by Bryan Talbot, created for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival for its very first annual gathering back in 2013! (And Bryan is an exhibitor at this year's event in Bowness-on-Windermere in October, check out www.comicartfestival.com and grab your tickets!)
Commissioned by Dr Nataša Lacković from the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University the graphic reportage explores the ways in which students support their wellbeing using the environment and objects that surround them.
Find out more about Comics & Wellbeing - a bundle of resources offering teachers practical help as to how comics and visual communication can support the wellbeing of 6th Form and higher/further education students.
Inspired by the publication of Lancaster University’s Things & the Mind, the first interactive digital comic supporting student mental health, this bundle of resources aims to offer teachers practical help as to how comics and visual communication can support the wellbeing of 6th Form and higher/further education students.
A Call Out for New Festival Volunteers
We're looking for volunteers to help run this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival and our first volunteers meeting will take place in June
A free joint online talk by Dr Natasa Lackovic, organised by Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster University, aims to challenge participants understanding of war and comics, coming up on Thursday 28th April 2022.
What would happen if a group of teenagers found a corpse of a World War One soldier in the melting ice of northern Italy? Was the post-armistice blockade an act that sowed the seeds of new war? Is the video game industry that relies on combat gaming a modern continuation of war mindset?
Lakes International Comic Art Festival Exhibitors announced, Early Bird Tickets flying fast!
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to confirm its full list of exhibitors who will be joining a huge range of British and international comic creators at weekend-long event in Bowness-on-Windermere (14th - 16th October 2022).
Early Bird Tickets are available now, and selling fast. The 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.
Mini Comics Festival Fun at Abraham Moss Community School!
On the afternoon of Tuesday 15th March 2022, class 4 Yellow at Abraham Moss Community School hosted their first ever Comic Art Festival.
A year or so earlier the vast majority of the class had never read a comic, but after plenty of input from Little LICAF, workshops from comic artists Marc Jackson, Rachael Smith, Sayra Begum and Matt Smith, a kindly donated subscription from The Phoenix comic, and support from teachers, the children were ready to share their work.
Kugali Media lend support to Comic Art Europe literacy project
The ongoing Comic Art Europe research project into Comics Literacy, working with pupils from Manchester’s Abraham Moss Community Primary School, is proceeding apace, with support from a huge number of comic creators and publishers.
Early Bird tickets on sale now for October’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness
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.
