Wallonia-Brussels International, with the help of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, is bringing an exhibition of The Smurfs to the Lake District later this year.
We may already be enjoying a big Happy New Year already resplendent with inexplicable outrage over new pastry-based products from Greggs, but that doesn't mean there isn't time to look back at 2018, a great year in the world of comics.
It's Christmas - and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast has a very special guest - Aaron Rackley, the founder of Little Heroes Comics, a charity comic bringing joy through sending comic kits to children in hospitals.
Our "Festival Journal" for 2018 is now available to read online, via the digital comics service Tapas.
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) takes place every year in Kendal, a small town in the Lake District of the UK. The next LICAF will take place 11th - 13th October 2019.
The three-day festival features a diverse range of international guests from all corners of the comics industry and a mix of talks, panels, signings, exhibitions, window displays, workshops, performances, film screenings and kids areas.
The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast co-hosted by Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates features an exclusive interview with crowdfunding publisher Unbound's comics and graphic novels Commissioning Editor, Lizzie Kaye.
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.
Lakes Festival Podcast -The Best Comic Book Movie, Ever Panel
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.
We may already be enjoying a big Happy New Year already resplendent with inexplicable outrage over new pastry-based products from Greggs, but that doesn't mean there isn't time to look back at 2018, a great year in the world of comics.