What does the European Union mean to you? What are its benefits? In these turbulent times, the latest Animate Europe competition is challenging comic creators worldwide to come up with a comic addressing the value of the EU - and four finalists will have their work published in anthology in 2019.

An award- winning comics project helping young people to improve their literacy is being celebrated with an exhibition in Lancaster - and will then go on tour around Lancashire.

The Comic Literacy Project is part of The Dukes Cultural Partnership with our Festival partner, Lancaster University, which provides cultural outreach activities to young people, especially those facing barriers to education.

The Partnership has won the North West Cultural Education Award in 2017 and 2018.

The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast comes brimming with interviews from the annual Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, conducted by co-hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates.

After a busy weekend at the Comic Art Festival, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team got loads of content - including a recording of "Best Comic Book Movie… Ever" panel, hosted by Peter Kessler.

"We had planned to do a full episode discussing the show but time has got in the way," says co-host Ian Loxam, "so enjoy this in the mean time and we will be back on the 1st November to talk all about how the festival went.

Dr Mel Gibson reports on a day of comic study and discussion held as part of this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival...

A world of incredible comic art (and some phenomenal rain!) arrived in Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 12–14th October, 2018.

This year the festival was even bigger and better than ever, with over 70 of the best comic artists, writers and creators heading to the Lake District for a packed comic art weekend spectacular.

The team behind the The Unity Wall project, which intends to showcase the creative talent of artists from around the globe, will be on the hunt for artists interested in contributing to a unique comics project at this weekend's Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

The Unity Wall is a project which intends to showcase the creative talent of artists from around the globe. Budding and established artists and community groups are being encouraged to get involved with this exciting project.

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 comics artist and writer Edmond Baudoin

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. We round off this year's series with a quick chat to the force of nature that is comics creator Zoom Rockman, a British artist and satirist whose comic strip, "Skanky Pigeon" first appeared in The Beano when he was 12 years old. He's also on of the Festival's Patrons.

Age 16, he became the youngest cartoonist in Private Eye magazine history, and has since become a regular contributor.

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 Toy_Box, one of few Czech female comics authors.

Her creations have been awarded the Muriel award, the only prize that is given to comics books in the Czech Republic, for the best comics book and the best comics drawing in 2015.