Kendal, 5th May 2016: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce the appearances by two top Spanish comic creators at this year’s Festival (14th-16th October) – Torpedo and Jonah Hex artist Jordi Bernet and Paco Roca, best known for his award-winning graphic novel Wrinkles. Spain has long held a fine tradition as […]
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Bryan Lee O’Malley Confirmed For Exc...
Kendal, 24th March 2016: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce the addition of Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of Scott Pilgrim and the bestselling graphic novel, Seconds, to its 2016 line-up. Making an exclusive UK appearance at the event, Bryan will join previously-announced guests Joe Kelly and 2000AD‘s Mick McMahon for this year’s Festival taking […]
Mick McMahon Announced as first British gu...
Kendal, 8th March 2016: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce its first major British guest for the 2016 Festival weekend is Mick McMahon. Perhaps best known for his work for the top weekly SF comic 2000AD, Mick’s credits also include The Last American and Batman Black and White. Mick McMahon, whose highly-regarded work has […]
Flood Damage Prompts Online Art Auction by...
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is to auction some fantastic pieces of original comic art in an effort to raise funds after the loss of thousands of pounds worth of giclees, prints, tables, books and other equipment in the devastating floods that hit Kendal last December. The Festival has been helping others in Kendal affected by the floods […]
World premiere of Dave McKean’s new ...
Cumbria will host a world-premiere performance and the launch of a unique graphic novel as part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s official arts programme for the First World War centenary. Initiated by The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash, exploring the work of one of Britain’s first modernist […]
Lakes Festival’s Original Comic Art ...
Kendal, 5th November 2015: Art from the Walking Dead comic by Charlie Adlard, superhero drawings by Darwyn Cooke and Stuart Immonen and cartoons by Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and VIZ artist Graham Dury have been added to the catalogue for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Grand Auction of Original Comic Art, which will take place live and online […]