We're delighted to announce nine Belgian comic creators are part of the line-up for this year's weekend-long event in Kendal in October - an event that will also offer a fine blend of Belgian culture beyond the printed page!
Offering a slightly different episode, on Episode 51 0f the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast finds Pete Taylor chatting to freelance designer, comics creator and author Brad Brooks about EC and MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman, the comic making process, digital comics and world comics.
Lazarus artist Michael Lark joins Festival 2019 Line Up
US comic artist Michael Lark has just been announced as a guest at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival (www.comicartfestival.com - tickets on sale now!) in a quick interview yesterday with John Freeman for BBC Radio Lancashire Breakfast, with Graham Liver.
In his nearly thirty years in the comics industry, he has drawn many of the most iconic characters in the medium, including Spider-Man, Captain America, Daredevil, Batman, Superman, and many others.
Reaching a terrific milestone with Episode 50, the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast catches up with the Hannah Berry, who has now taken on the reigns as the UK Comics Laureate, a post she'll hold for the next two years.
Hannah, one of the 2019 Festival guests announced so far for October in Kendal, talks to hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates about parenthood, the state of comics at the moment and her plans as the Laureate.
She’s best known for her acclaimed debut graphic novel BARKING, based on her own experience of a mental health crisis. A new edition launched in 2024 with Avery HillPublishing, and is part the Required Reading List for UCLA’s Art & Trauma Collegiate.
Alongside her own comics and zines, Lucy has created a variety of commissions for Dark Horse, Image Tiny Onion for titles including Hey, Amateur!, The Department Of Truth:Wild Fictions and Black Hammer, as well as the short comic Betwixt, Between commissioned by Jeff Lemire.
On the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 49), hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates chat to comics writer and 2019 Festival guest Rob Williams.
Further Lakes International Comic Art Festival Guests announced
Kendal, 29th March 2019: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is delighted to announce further guests for its weekend-long event in Kendal in October, including a number of creators well known for their work on the top British SF weekly comic 2000AD and major US publishers such as Boom! Studios, Image, Marvel and DC.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Canadian Cultural Comics Exchange
Kendal, 28th March 2019: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce that Mikiko and Julie Rocheleau are the latest comic creators to be part of one of its many Comics Cultural Exchanges between countries.
Continuing its efforts to develop an international network of comics co-operation that has previously included supporting comic creators long stay visits to countries such as Japan, London based German-Japanese artist Mikiko heads to Quebec, Canada, on an Artists' Exchange this April.
Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches "Hell of a Comic Art Challenge"
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is inviting students of the arts, young comic art enthusiasts and the next generation of comic creators to flex their creative talents by exploring the depths of Hell to create a new comic character.
The competition is a tribute to Mike Mignola's Hellboy - and like the loveable, intensely red and horned half-demon, your superhero must be a force for good.
Offering a slightly different episode, on Episode 51 0f the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast finds Pete Taylor chatting to freelance designer, comics creator and author Brad Brooks about EC and MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman, the comic making process, digital comics and world comics.