Main funder:

Arts Council England

Supported by:

Cumbria County Council
Lake District National Park Authority
Lakelovers
South Lakeland District Council
Windermere Town Council

Also in partnership with:

Lakeview Bar & Grill
Old Laundry Theatre
Page 45
Windermere Jetty Museum

Plus our international partners:

Belgian Comic Strip Centre
Czech Literary Centre
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Escola Joso
Finnish Institute in London
Institut français du Royaume-Uni
Italian Cultural Institute
Lancaster University
Lyon BD Festival
National Cartoonist Society
Netherlands Embassy in the UK

Thank you to our patrons:

Sean Phillips, Bryan Talbot, Mary Talbot, Zoom Rockman, Kate Charlesworth, Yomi Ayeni and Stephen L. Holland, owner of the award-winning independent comic shop Page 45 in Nottingham.

Thank you to our donors:

Former Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard, Festival Chair Peter Kessler and patrons Bryan Talbot and Sean Phillips, supporting the LICAF Creator Development Fund - and to all the artists who contribute to our annual fundraising auctions.