Doctor Who: A Comic Universe

Doctor Who: A Comic Universe

Thursday 26th – Sunday 29th September 2024

The Windermere Jetty, Rayrigg Road, Bowness

2024 marks the sixtieth anniversary of Doctor Who appearing in comics. This exhibition celebrates every Doctor, from the classic TV Comic strips and “The Daleks”, which ran in TV Century 21, to the modern stories published by Doctor Who Magazine. 

Festival Fringe: Saturday Social Programme

Festival Fringe: Social Programme
Saturday 28 September 
8.00 – 11.30pm 
The Ro Hotel, Helm Road 

Free to passholders

8.00 – 9.00pm: The Viz Pub Quiz

We confess – we have no idea what it will be nor how clever you’ll need to be! There will be questions and there will be prizes! Come on your own or with a team (more than one person is a team!). Pub Quiz Master Simon Thorp (and family).

9.00 – 10.00pm: Festival Stand Up

Exhibition: The Mural Trail by Mehdi Annassi

The Mural Trail by Mehdi Annassi
Various Locations Around Bowness-on-Windermere

Part of the Comic Art Trail, created by Mehdi Annassi from Morocco.

An irresistible story told over a series of murals around the centre of Bowness village. Find and follow the story …once you find one, it will give you a clue as to where the next one is. 

More information from our Festival hub on Glebe Road and from our Festival volunteers. 

Exhibition: Dickie Invasion Part Two

Joeys Café, Claife Heights 

14th September – 24th October 2024

Free

Dickie was created by Pieter de Poortere more than 20 years ago. He’s the ultimate loser, naive and a bit stupid, Dickie that is not Pieter! Despite this, he manages to survive on his own, thanks to both his opportunism and cowardice. 

Dickie and Vicky Go Wild at Joeys Café, Claife Heights 14 September – 24 October 2024

Featuring Farmer Dickie and his partner Vicky and some of their best adventures plus some very special landscape paintings with unexpected cameo appearances. 

Festival Fringe: Show 'n Tell – The Sequel

Laundrama
Saturday 28 September 
7.00 – 9.00pm 

Free to Passholders

Show ‘n Tell – The Sequel is brought to you by Dan Berry and David Gaffney

Ten exceptional comic book creators take the stage, treating you to live readings accompanied by captivating projected images of works-in-progress and acclaimed publications. 

Festival Fringe: Another Slice of Dickie

The Old Laundry Theatre
Friday 27th September 2024 
9.30 - 10.30pm 

Free to passholders - PLEASE NOT VENUE CHANGE

“Another Slice of Dickie” follows in the footsteps of LICAF 2023, bringing another animated show of uninhibited humour from Dickie's second season. Experience the exclusive premiere only at LICAF! 

Introduced by Pieter de Poortere and Peter Rogiers

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The Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation – English Shortlist Announced

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with Comica and VIP Brands, is delighted to announce the short list for the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation – English, for 2024.

The Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation are for the best translation of graphic novels into a variety of languages. Publishers from around the world again submitted for consideration a huge variety of comic stories translated into English, and deciding the final shortlist was no easy task.

Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free: Palestinian Comics Revealed in new exhibition

We are delighted to announce “Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free”, the first exhibition of comic art from Palestine of its kind to take place outside of the Middle East and North Africa region, which will be part of this year’s weekend-long event in Bowness-on-Windermere next month (26th – 30th September 2024).  

Political Cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh wins the EWK Award of 2024

Sweden's EWK Award of 2024 has been awarded to to the Palestinian political cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, who will be a guest of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in September.

The annual EWK Award of SEK 10,000 was established in the year of 2000 and is granted to artists who are working in the spirit of EWK. The award is currently distributed by The EWK Society, in cooperation with Fullersta Gård and the Museum of Work. Former recipients are, among others, Liv Strömquist, Jonathan “Zapiro” Shapiro, and Robert Nyberg.