Evelyn Dawsquire by Fatimah Waghat

// Clarity: The origin story of Vampire Relations Representative Evelyn Dawsquire

Original story written by Fatimah Waghat, UCLan Illustration student

A stage magician who goes by the name of Evelyn (Eve) Dawsquire is a master of beautiful illusions and elaborate fabrication, among a lineup of other performers, who travel together as a Cirque du Magique.

Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Writer Simon Spurrier

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Simon Spurrier, who describes himself as "a writer of actual words", currently working on new television and comic book projects.

Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Ephameron

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Ephameron (Eva Cardon), a Belgian artist who explores a sensitive side of the world, where small and intimate dramas of life are documented.

Ephameron is the creator of Wij twee samen (Us Two Together), published in 2015, a moving autobiographical story about her father’s struggle with dementia and the impact of the disease on the family.

Polina Dove by Sefikhan Agabekov and Kirill Coronen

Polina’s father is a vampire and her mother is the Slavic goddess Tara.

Tara is the patroness of all living things, especially forests, because of this Polina is half vampire and half goddess. She realised that her gift is special and therefore she went to war.

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Angellus by Phillipa Carrington

The chakram is a throwing weapon with a sharpened edge, it is not attached to Angellus’ body but floats behind his head, reminiscent of an angelic halo.  

Angellus also has ‘wings’ which are not what they appear. They are actually portals to other dimensions where he is able to go and fight against the evil doings of others.

The clothing that Angellus wears is designed so that he can achieve ease of movement and the back of his tunic is open to accommodate the wings.

Lakes Festival Podcast 59: Rob Davis

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team chat to comic creator Rob Davis in their latest episode, creator of the abstract adventure trilogy that began with the British Comic-Award-winning The Motherless Oven, continued with The Can Opener's Daughter and is completed by The Book of Forks, which launches at the 2019 Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month.

The Forgotten Shadow: Ozulla’s Return by Niamh Young

With revenge on her mind for Hell and for those who put her down there, a mysterious old man has offered her a way out and an insight at what her actions actually mean.

With her staff - Statera - in hand and lessons from her new friend she’s finally able to understand the rest of the world - a world she’s forgotten and who’s forgotten her.

Yvonne: Shape Shifter by Josephine Haughin

// Yvonne

Yvonne happened to be born like any other mythological individual, by chance.

No-one, including herself, knows who she really is and many have since made fables of how she executed her own family, waged wars, abducted maidens, and used the appearance of dragons to slaughter anyone who dared face her... But in the end, they are only fabrications produced by humans.

Yvonne is a forlorn creature; she can force the illusion of any living entity that she has touched before onto others and can even tamper with traits of different species at once.

Ronin by Somerset Geere

// RONIN'S STORY

AGE: 19 YEARS OLD
GENDER: FEMALE
RACE: ONI (HALF DEVIL/HALF HUMAN)

The devil murdered Ronin's family and razed her home to cinders. She was able to defeat the attacker by releasing her inner devil with the help of her father’s sword - a strange broken two-handed katana that can empower the devil’s blood within Ronin to take on the form of a devil.

Razer the Wolf Knight by Matteo Cancellara

No one really knows for sure where Razer came from, but rumour has it that he’s a fallen angel that sought refuge with Elves deep in a forest, justifying his fondness of Mithril armour and the Stag-like horns on his helmet.

Due to this theory, humans wonder if his on-man crusade against the forces of hell are an atonement for what he may have done in the Heavens and that one day, he may be welcomed back.

When asked about his origins, he’ll often answer by saying “I am but a humble traveller, you need not be concerned with me human”.