The second part of the Comic Art Europe (CAE) project, a Summer Camp for aspiring comic creators in Barcelona, Spain, has just been announced – and applications are open to young new creatives across Europe, including the United Kingdom.

British publisher SelfMadeHero has launched a Graphic Anthology Programme, designed to find, develop, publish and promote emerging comic artists from Black, Asian, Arab, mixed-race, Romani/Traveller and non-white Latinx backgrounds from across the UK.

Working in partnership with writer development agency Spread the Word, SelfMadeHero will identify eight exceptional emerging comic-book artists and give them the tools to become publishable creators.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to reveal its stunning artwork by Dave McKean to promote this year‘s weekend-long event, planned to take place in Kendal (15th – 17th October 2021).

The reveal comes ahead of the event’s first guest announcements, happening soon, which will include both British and international guests.

The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 89) features interviews with comics writers Joe Glass and Mark Abnett, alongside the usual line up of news, reviews and more.

Comic writer and creator Joe Glass is the writer and creator of numerous comic books including LGBTQ+ superhero series The Pride, Acceptable Losses and Glitter Vipers.

Ahead of its first guest announcement including both British and international guests, and the reveal of this year’s Festival artwork by Dave McKean, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced two new patrons have joined its team.

Liverpool-based comics artist Clarice Tudor has just launched the first of a series of comics created in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival with “How to Make Comics”.

The comics will appear on her Instagram, which has almost 60,000 followers, and Clarice will also be a guest of the Festival in October 2021.

A group of young creatives from the Kendal area have launched the first edition of their online zine, featuring words, music and art. The first issue explores ‘Connection’ and contains articles, visual art, music, interviews and more.

Folded Zine is a space to share, connect and uplift - created by and for young people in Kendal and the South Lakes. The first edition, produced throughout lockdown, contains editorial content, videos, music, interviews, visual art and spoken word.

The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 88) features features the final episode of the Comics Genre World Cup with Mike Williams and Pete Taylor. To close this mammoth series down, they’re joined by writer Jordan Thomas, as they discuss the genres Crime vs Horror and Fantasy vs Superheroes.

The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival and Soaring Penguin Press are delighted to announce the launch of Breakthrough: Our Time, the graphic novel anthology culmination of an 18-month initiative. Instigated by LICAF in October 2018 and supported by Arts Council England and the Wellcome Trust Fellowship, the mentoring program was facilitated by Tim Pilcher and Julie and Carole Tait.

The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland has celebrated its 30th birthday with a publication highlighting social innovations that promote equality, featuring the work of Maria Björklund from Finland and the UK's Darryl Cunningham and PJ Holden.

The comic book – An Equal Future – Inspiring Social Innovations from Finland, the UK and Ireland has been published in Finnish, Swedish and English, the innovations selected following interviews with experts from the three regions.