The Make Mine Manga exhibition that has recently toured libraries across the North West, and opens at Barrow-in-Furness Central Library next week, is heading to Athens, to be part of the attractions at this year’s Comicdom CON Athens 2024 next month (17th – 19th May 2024).

We're delighted to be partnering with the Oxford Comics Network for a new season of free Tuesday online lectures curated by Peter Kessler exploring various aspects of The Ninth Art. All the events are free, hosted online, and include both a lecture and opportunities for questions and discussion.

VIP Brands Ltd. has announced the 2024 Sophie Castille Award – English, this year’s award to again be presented in partnership with Comica and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, at the Festival’s annual event in Bowness-on-Windermere this autumn, taking place Saturday 28th September – Sunday 29th September.

The Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation are for the best translation of graphic novels into a variety of languages around the world.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce Terry Moore, creator of Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, Motor Girl, Echo and Five Years, as a special guest of its weekend-long Festival in September, making a rare UK appearance.

We’re used to Spider-Man saving the world from the Green Goblin and a multiverse of masked miscreants. But new research by Comic Art Europe, and a separate research project by the National Literacy Trust, suggests that he could have the super-powers to do something even more valuable – something our government has signally failed to do: turn us into a nation of readers again.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in partnership with Doctor Who Magazine, published by Panini Comics UK, is delighted to announce a Doctor Who Monster Competition for children aged 8 - 12!

Design a Doctor Who monster of your very own, and see it featured in a special comic strip in Doctor Who Magazine, the official magazine about the long-running SF show.