Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Hunt Emerson, who has drawn cartoons and comic strips since the early 1970s.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Joe Kelly, a writer, producer, penciller and editor, and creator of the lauded Eisner-nominated graphic novel I Kill Giants.

HOW FAST CAN YOOU PLAY? During this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Kendal CeX will be running a TIME TRIAL Competition in their store in Westmorland Shopping Centre.

Marvel's Spider-Man will be set up to play and the challenge will be to see who can get across New York the quickest! You'll only have a limited time to play!

CeX will be giving away ￡25 CeX gift voucher to the fastest player, with a couple of runner up CeX vouchers @ £10.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This "Festival Focus" for 2018 is Corey Brotherson, a writer and editor with over 15 years’ experience writing copy and content for websites, publishers, magazines and TV.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This "Festival Focus" for 2018 is Robert Deas, an award-winning UK comic artist and the creator of children’s SF series "Troy Trailblazer" (recently rebooted as "Trailblazers") for The Phoenix Comic.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is John Ferguson is the creator and author of Scotland’s best selling independent graphic novel series Saltire.

In a bumper episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates chat to Andrew Mark Sewell and Richard Kurti of B7 Media about the Dan Dare Audio Adventures, which have been airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is Victoria Lomasko, who graduated from Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2003, with a degree in graphic art and book design.

UPDATE: Unfortunately, Kripa Joshi has had to cancel here appearance at this year's Festival due to illness. We wish her a speedy recovery. We've left this interview in place so you can find out more about this terrific artist.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with downthetubes, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is Frank Quitely, who started his career in his native Glasgow, writing and drawing "The Greens" for the independently published Electric Soup.