“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, opens at Left Bank in Leeds today, 6th November, running until 28th November 2024, as as part of this year’s Thought Bubble Festival.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is celebrating the success of its inaugural International Comic Rights Market, which took place at its annual Festival weekend last month in Bowness-on-Windermere.

Some international comic creator guests of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, which took place last month, attracting hundreds of comic fans to Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District, also took part in local outreach work with schools during their visit to Britain.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) is delighted to announce Juanjo Guarnido as the winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art.

Juanjo was presented with the award during the Opening Night event of the Festival’s weekend-long Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere. 

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with Comica and VIP Brands, is delighted to announce that Alexa Frank has been announced as this year’s winner of the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation – English, for 2024, for her translation of  “沖合の雷” (“Offshore Lightning”) by Saito Nazuna, translated from Japanese, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with Comica and VIP Brands, is delighted to announce that Alexa Frank has been announced as this year’s winner of the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation – English, for 2024, for her translation of “沖合の雷” (“Offshore Lightning”) by Saito Nazuna, translated from Japanese, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

We're delighted to bring you the third issue of Between The Lines, our magazine focusing on Festival gusts and other matters comic, edited by John McShane, designed by Steve Kerner.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has given a warm welcome to our ARTIVATOR fellows for 2024 to the Lake District – Sarwar Taha, from Kurdistan, Iraq, SalahEddin AlQawasmi, from Jordan, and Sliman Mukarker from Palestine.

We are delighted to announce that the winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art will be announced during the Opening Night event of its weekend-long Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere, on Friday 27th September 2024.