Comics Laureates Time Three at Cartoon Museum!

London’s Cartoon Museum hosts a Comics Laureate Round Table this Wednesday (13th November 2019), with Dave GibbonsCharlie Adlard and Hannah Berry.

This is a rare opportunity to see all three Comic Laureates on stage at the same time, including the current holder of the position, Hannah Berry.

What does a Laureate do? Is it an honour to be asked? What is it like to wear a cape? The three comic creators will be talking about all this, and more for a talk hosted by Jason Atomic.

Hannah Berry at Lancaster University for free talk

Comics Laureate Hannah Berry will be in Lancaster next week, as a guest of Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences talk series – a free event taking place at the Cavendish Colloquium on campus, that should prove an evening to remember on Monday 11th November.

Lakes Festival Podcast 63: Comics Writer Garth Ennis

The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast sees the team catch up with writer Garth Ennis, delivering a recording of an on-stage interview recorded at the 2019 Festival.

Garth Ennis’s career has spanned 30 years and he has created some amazing comics such as The Boys and Preacher - but where did his career begin? Listen to Garth chat to Tim Pilcher about his career in comics.

The interview was recorded on Saturday 12th October at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

Podcast Festival Round Up - Part One

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 has been and gone, flying past in a speed of light, but their brilliant Podcast team, led by Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates, have loads to report - and gathered some smashing comic creator interviews during the event.

The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast episode, released the day after the Festival features chats with loads of creators from the Clock Tower at the festival plus a great chat with a group of Danish creators.

Danish artist Jake Thybo joins Lakes Festival line-up

Danish comic artist Jacob Thybo - creator of Arminius, a graphic novel about a German revolt against the Romans, and a new story, Hemmingway's Cats, released this month, is joining the Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up this weekend in Kendal, replacing Rune Ryberg, who has unfortunately had to drop out due to illness, and fellow Danish creator Rikke Hollænder.

Spotlight on Finnish artist Taina Hakala

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.

Publisher Corinne Pearlman on our latest Podcast

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 illustrator set to wow Cumbrian artists of the future

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.

Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Rune Ryberg

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

Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Søren Mosdal

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.