Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with downthetubes, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is Frank Quitely, who started his career in his native Glasgow, writing and drawing "The Greens" for the independently published Electric Soup.

In the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Podcast hosts Ian Loxam and Nicole Bates chat to the creators of the SelfMadeHero published book Tumult, writer John Harris Dunning and  artist Michael Kennedy. These two fine gentleman talk about the creative process of the book and their history within the industry and how it came to be.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with downthetubes, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is Mikiko, a London based German-Japanese artist working in Comics, Manga, Game Art, TV, teaching and illustration.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with downthetubes, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with downthetubes, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is Emmi Nieminen, a visual artist, illustrator and comics artist from Tampere, Finland.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with the downthetubes web site, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is with Orijit Sen, a graphic artist, cartoonist and designer based in New Delhi, India.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with the downthetubes web site, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that's not including creators you'll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with the downthetubes web site, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that's not including creators you'll find in the Comics Clock Tower).

This Festival Focus for 2018 is with Bobby Joseph, the critically acclaimed comic book author of Skank Magazine, Black Eye and the Scotland Yardie graphic novel.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has some big plans for family fun at this year's weekend-long celebration of all things comic related, working hand in hand with the team at Westmorland Shopping Centre to deliver some full-on creative craziness.

Drawing challenges, comics workshops, face painting and more are all part of the exciting Family Zone line up of free events at the shopping centre, taking place on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th October at this year's Festival.

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership wiht the downthetubes web site, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that's not including creators you'll find in the Comics Clock Tower), so we thought we'd better start now! 

Our first Festival Focus for 2018 is with writer, John Wagner, best known for his work for 2000AD, having co-created Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Robo-Hunter and many other memorable characters.