We're delighted to reveal our first guests for our annual gathering this autumn (Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October) – and this year’s haunting Festival art by Egyptian comic creator, Mohamed Salah.

The first announced guests for this year’s Festival, taking place in Bowness-on-Windermere from Friday 29th September – Sunday 1st October will be Dave McKean, award-winning Czech artist Lucie Lomová, and “Awkward Yeti” creator Nick Sulek, and, of course, Mohamed Salah.

Here's who you'll find in our Festival 2023 Lakeview Comics Marketplace, running Saturday 30th September - 1st October, as part of our annual three-day festival in Bowness-on-Windermere...

We will also be revealing some of our Guests for 2023 soon!

Keep your eye on our social media and www.comicartfestival.com for the latest news about our Festival and other projects...

The entire Lakes International Comic Art Festival organising team would like to issue a big thank you to Ian Loxam, Nikki Bates, Pete Taylor and Mike Williams, the Comic Art Festival Podcast Team, who have announced the end of its run after racking up an incredibly impressive 100 episodes.

Ian Loxam announced the end of the Podcast last week, five years since it was launched.

We at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival are all so so sad to have said goodbye to the inspirational Aileen McEvoy, who passed away last Thursday, who played an integral part in our organisation for several years.

Aileen had a love of life, of artists, of people and our audiences and of comics too and she will be sorely missed. She championed young artists and new talent, and had a keen eye and wonderful intelligence which she brought to bear on her work with us.

We're delighted to announce that Posy Simmonds MBE will be presented with The International Award for Excellence in Comic Art for 2022 at the first COMICA event in March, at the Century Club, London.

Posy was unfortunately unable to attend our Festival last year in Bowness to receive her Award due to unexpected family circumstances.

The pan-European comics project Comic Art Europe has just teased a brand-new exhibition, “Living Together“, which will be on display at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festivalin Bowness-on-Windermere.

We're delighted to announce our first American patrons, comic artist Michael Lark and filmmaker and fundraiser Keli Lark.

We are delighted to invite applications for exhibitors to feature in our Lakeside Comics Marketplace at the 11th Lakes International Comic Art Festival, taking place 29th September to 1st October 2023 in Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria.

This will be our second year in beautiful Bowness, and we’ll be creating a bespoke exhibitor area situated in the heart of our LICAF "village" on the Glebe recreation area by the shores of Windermere.