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From the Trenches and in Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019

Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019. Image: Brewery Arts Centre

Heading to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019, the event the culmination a year of publicity work for me, and others, and endless hours of hard work and organisation by the dedicated team based largely in Kendal, I couldn’t help but feel a sense of trepidation.

Not because we weren’t prepared in any way, or that…

In Pictures, Video and Review: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021

Richard Sheaf reflects on the return of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival as a physical event, to Kendal, Cumbria, earlier this month… Never having been to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival before it’s impossible to draw comparisons to what the event was like in pre-Covid times, so instead I’ll be focussing on what was on as part of the 2021 festival. Rain, that’s what I was…

Lakes International Comic Art Festival readies for weekend of comics fun in Kendal next month

This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival is on course for its physical return next month – and gearing up to bring the best comic artists, writers and creators to the Lake District for a comic art weekend spectacular. The family-friendly festival takes over the scenic town of Kendal with the hub at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal – Friday 15th – Sunday 17th October 2021. Whether…

More guests, and Comics Clock Tower exhibitors line-up, announced for October’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced more guests for its line-up for its in-person weekend long celebration of comics in Kendal running 15th – 17th October 2021. Comic creators Steven Appleby, Darryl Cunningham, Marc Jackson, Jacob Phillips, and Lucy Sullivan join the international line-up that includes already-announced The Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard, The Phoenix…

Lakes International Comic Art Festival opens exhibitor applications for Comics Clock Tower 2021

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has launched its invitation for exhibitors to the ninth Festival, which will run from Friday 15th to Sunday 17th October 2021, with the Comics Clock Tower planned to be open as usual in Kendal Town Hall on the Saturday and Sunday. A busy Comics Clock Tower back in 2019 This year, the Festival is offering full tables at £100 and half tables at £50, but…

#LICAFLIVE 2020: Virtual Comics Clock Tower launches website - designed by Joe and @lukeymcgarry - ahead of @comicartfest online festival

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival may now be LICAF LIVE – thanks a goddamn bunch, COVID-19! Grrrrrrr! – but that doesn’t mean that we’re going to be deprived of the experience of discovering the brightest and best in UK small press and independent comics creators.

Scheduled to originally run throughout the weekend of 9th – 11th October, the Comics Clock Tower as always been two floors…

Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2020 opens Comics Clock Tower applications

There not one but two items of Lakes International Comic Art Festival news this morning, with the event opening applications for tables from comic creators for its 2020 Comics Clock Tower, and a new podcast to savour from the team headed up by Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates.

The Festival has just opened applications from comic creators for tables for its Comics Clock Tower at the Lakes International…

Lakes International Comic Art Festival trails Programme Highlights, including VIZ World Record Challenge

A world of comic art will return to Kendal for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (11 – 13th October 2019). Now in its seventh year, backed by the Arts Council and many other supporting organisations, the family-friendly festival will again take over the scenic town of Kendal, on the edge of the Lake District, for a weekend of wonderful events, activities and workshops for all ages.

The…