The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard won the Sergio Aragones International Award For Excellence In Comic Art at this year’s Reubens Awards, held over the weekend at the inaugural NCSFest in Huntington Beach, California.

Charlie will collect his Award at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, Cumbria, in October.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has held the first workshops for its ambitious Breakthrough project, which aims to give under-represented individuals a chance to express themselves through the medium of comics.

Most of the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast  focuses on the team's recent trip to Oldham Comic Con 3, held on Saturday 11th May.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is delighted to announce a whole host of comic creators, publishers and more are lined up to take over the Comics Clock Tower at this year's Festival in October.

We're delighted to announce nine Belgian comic creators are part of the line-up for this year's weekend-long event in Kendal in October - an event that will also offer a fine blend of Belgian culture beyond the printed page!

Offering a  slightly different episode, on Episode 51 0f the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast finds Pete Taylor chatting to freelance designer, comics creator and author Brad Brooks about EC and MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman, the comic making process, digital comics and world comics.

US comic artist Michael Lark has just been announced as a guest at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival (www.comicartfestival.com - tickets on sale now!) in a quick interview yesterday with John Freeman for BBC Radio Lancashire Breakfast, with Graham Liver.

Reaching a terrific milestone with Episode 50, the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast catches up with the Hannah Berry, who has now taken on the reigns as the UK Comics Laureate, a post she'll hold for the next two years.

Hannah, one of the 2019 Festival guests announced so far for October in Kendal, talks to hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates about parenthood, the state of comics at the moment and her plans as the Laureate.

On the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 49), hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates chat to comics writer and 2019 Festival guest Rob Williams.

Kendal, 29th March 2019: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is delighted to announce further guests for its weekend-long event in Kendal in October, including a number of creators well known for their work on the top British SF weekly comic 2000AD and major US publishers such as Boom! Studios, Image, Marvel and DC.