Pete Taylor and and Mike Williams are back with a “Yakapedia” edition of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, chatting to comic creator Jordan Thomas about his new comic, Metallic Dynamite, an anthology comic featuring six stories, with art by Lucy Sullivan, Benjamin Filby, Shaky Kane and more.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce that top American comic creator Alison Bechdel has joined its guest line-up for its annual gathering, taking place 14th - 16th October 2022 in Bowness-on-Windermere.

Alison Bechdel’s comic strip Dykes To Watch Out For became a countercultural institution among lesbians and discerning non-lesbians all over the planet. And her more recent, darkly humorous graphic memoirs about her family have forged an unlikely intimacy with an even wider range of readers.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival hits Bowness-on-Windermere this October, offering a fast expanding guest list that includes Dave Gibbons, Jaime Hernandez, Bex Ollerton, Mick McMahon, and Posy Simmonds – and we are delighted to announce that DC Comics and Marvel artist, and writer, Bryan Hitch, has joined our growing guest list.

Comic Art Europe has just announced the winners of its 2022 Open Call, which challenged comic creators to come up with work based on the theme, “Living Together”.

Comic Art Europe features four of the leading European comics organisations, including the Lakes International Arts Festival, united by a single aim – to strengthen the comics sector in Europe, with the support of the Creative Europe programme of the European Union.

Dark Horse Books has announced Dave Gibbons’ Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography, compiled by Tim Pilcher.

The book will go on sale from 25th October 2022, but copies will be available ahead of that at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere (14th – 16th October), with Dave and Tim in attendance.

A wonderful comics-inspired trail populated with weird and wonderful creations opens from 17th March 2022 around Bowness-on-Windermere – a partnership between the Lake District National Park Authority and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, supported by other key local partners.

This month (March 2022) sees the launch of a comics-inspired trail created by Louise Evans, aka Felt Mistress, around Bowness-on-Windermere – a partnership between the Lake District National Park Authority and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, supported by other key local partners. Louise happily talks about the project here, revealing how it came about, and the challenges of creating “all-weather” weird and wonderful creations!