Yomi Ayeni on the Clockwork Watch

Here he relives some of the magical moments of his live performance project of 2018 in Kendal and retraces the Angel Corp’s steps.

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Stephen Holland dives into Skip

From the peaceful shores of High Dam Tarn near Windermere he delves beneath the surface of Molly Mendoza’s beautiful 2019 graphic novel Skip.

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Bryan Talbot and the Locations of One Bad Rat

Many years later he used some of his most personally significant spots as locations for his harrowing graphic novel about the effects of child abuse, The Tale of One Bad Rat.

Here he revisits those places and explains their relevance.

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[Our apologies for the audio distortion caused by a technical error, we hope you enjoy the film.]

Messing Around In Boats with Steven Appleby

Join Steven on an idyllic trip in an antique rowing boat on Windermere.

You’ll feel like you were there yourself.

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2020 Year of the Comic

Throughout 2020, events, exhibitions and meetings are taking place in France and abroad celebrating the French-speaking “9th art”.

Pierre Lungheretti’s presentation celebrates the exceptional creativity of the sector, the innovative aspects of BD 2020 and the recent translations of French comics by British publishers.

Pierre Lungheretti is Director of the Cité internationale de la bande dessinée et de l’image.

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Comfy, Putzi, Punta – On the Necessity of Global and Transnational Comics History

Dr Pavel Kořínek is a Prague-based comics theorist, historian and journalist, working at the Institute of Czech Literature and a founding member of the Centre for the Study of Comics ICL / UP.

As an author Pavel has written a number of monographs on eastern European comics including Punta, in association with Lucie Kořínková.

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Futures of Comics

These extraordinarily difficult times give us a vital chance to reappraise the medium and its problems and potentials, local and global, technological and personal.

Paul Gravett explores some of the issues and innovations, looking ahead at what ’The World That’s Coming’ may have in store.

Paul Gravett is one of the UK’s leading authorities on comics, with an international reputation as an author and curator.

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A History of American War Comics

He highlights the range of responses these conflicts generated, from Captain America punching Hitler out of the park in 1940 to the Nam, a Marvel title that explored the realities for GI’s during the Vietnam War.

John McShane is the creator of comic series Jimmy the Zombie and many more, publisher of Trident Comics, contributor to Comic Scene and frequent presenter at LICAF and other comic festivals.

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Everybody’s Making Peanuts: What we learnt from the first UK Comics Creator Survey, and where we go from here

In this presentation Hannah presents the findings of the research and suggest how this might support the development of the sector in the future.

Hannah Berry is the acclaimed creator of several graphic novels, including Adantime and Livestock.

She is also UK Comics Laureate 2019 – 21.

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Being an African Artist in Africa

In her lively and very personal presentation Elyon's explores what it takes to be a successful African artist in the unique circumstances of the African continent.

Elyon's is a comic creative based in the Republic of Congo and founder/Director of the Bilili BD Festival.

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