One event that some might just overlook at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival is a talk by Finnish artist Taina Hakala, a mainly self-taught artist working on comics, painting, collage and textile art.

She'll be hosting about her work an event on Sunday 12th October in the Comics Clock Tower which didn't make it into the Festival Programme as her appearance was dependent on a number of factors which only came together after it went to print.

The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast leads with an interview with Corinne Pearlman, Creative Director at Myriad Editions, publishers of graphic novels such as Darryl Cunningham's upcoming Billionaires (launching 7th November), and the recently-released Sensible Footwear by Kate Charlesworth and Va

Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno - much admired for her unique gothic-cute artworks as well as a collaboration with Ikea - is visiting students at the University of Cumbria to share secrets of success, ahead of her appearance at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Rune Ryberg, a Danish comic book artist with a history in animated films.

UPDATE - 9th October 2019: Unfortunately, Rune Ryberg had to cancel his Festival appearance this year due to illness - we wish him all the best. We're retaining this interview as first published, as it offers an insight into this talented creator's creative process for our readers

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Søren Glosimodt Mosdal, a Danish comics artist and newspaper illustrator, and a member of the Finnish Kuti Kuti comics association. Born in Nairobi, he now lives in Copenhagen.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Québec-based artist Francis Desharnais, who started publishing comics in 2008.

In the past eleven years, Francis has worked on eleven books, both as writer and illustrator.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Belgian comic artist Joris Vermassen, who started his career with absurdist stories, published in major Flemish and Dutch magazines, his style gradually evolving from Pythonesque to tragi-comical.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Jean-Baptiste Pollien, aka Jibé, a French cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer from Lyon.

The seventh year of the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival brings with it the annual “Windows Trail“, now bringing Kendal alive with comics in the run up to the annual weekend of comic creator-led fun, over 11th – 13th October.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with French graphic novelist Fabien Toulmé, a comic creator who Fabien started in publishing with some stories on the web and then in magazines.