Katriona Chapman, Gustavo Vargas talk creating comics in new Podcast
The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features chats with the creator of Follow Me In, Katriona Chapman and comic creator Gustavo Vargas, creator of the independent dystopian SF thriller comic, Manu.
Learn to Draw Caricatures with MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond
Former Lakes International Comic Art Festival guest and top MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond is running two workshops in Europe this summer, one in Vienna and another in Dublin.
"The Dublin one is just a few chairs short of a sellout but I’ve still got some open spots," Tom tells us.
There are more openings for spaces in Vienna, so if you fancy a trip to Austria and the opportunity to be taught by a great cartoonist, now's your chance!
Strangers in Paradise creator Terry Moore announced as Special Guest for LICAF 2020
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced Terry Moore, creator of Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, Motor Girl, Echo and Five Years, as a special guest of its eighth Festival in Kendal, 9th - 11th October 2020.
Comic Creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris cornered for Lakes Festival Podcast!
A new episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, co-hosted by Nikki Bates and Ian Loxam, has just gone live. Episode 68 finds Pete Taylor chatting to The Whore Chronicles creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris on this episode, discussing the creation of the book and how it all came about.
National Cartoonists Society 2020 Reuben Awards - Call for Submissions
The National Cartoonists Society – a US-based organisation of professional cartoonists in the United States, but with a chapter in the UK thanks to its partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival – has issued a reminder about its annual call for entries to its Reuben Awards.
If you would like to support the Festival with a donation or sponsorship please contact our Festival Director, Julie Tait, at julieATcomicartfestival.com
The first edition of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast for 2020 offers recording of one of 2019’s most popular panels: “My Own Private Hell” with Junko Mizuno (Hellbaby), Sean Phillips ( Hellblazer), Duncan Fregredo (Hellboy) and Lawrence Campbell (Hellboy).
The panel is hosted by Chris Thompson and features artists creating their own hell inspired art and talking about their processes and work.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast's Review of 2019
On the Christmas 2019 episode of the Lakes International Comic Art FestivalPodcast, co-hosts Ian Loxam and Nicole Bates catch up on their trawl through of a stack of comics, as well as giving their favourite comics of the year.
In the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, the Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates report back on their recent trek to Harrogate for this year's Thought Bubble Festival, now in a new town.
"In this episode we have a chat about the event, our thoughts and feelings and what we enjoyed," Ian tells us.
Mike Williams talks about the most important aspect of his weekend at the Lakes Festival back in October, and what books he came away with.
