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New comic! “Move” is one of a series of climate comics that bring art and science together to explore the big questions about the climate crisis. More to read & download at https://www.comicartfestival.com/constrain-climate-comics The other artists involved are – award-winning comic creator Darryl Cunningham and comic creator, academic and illustrator Sayra Begum. CONSTRAIN is a 4-year programme…

10 Years to Save the World comic art anthology project launches on Earth Day 2021

The official site for the 10 Years to Save the World comic art anthology project has just launched, as part of the Earth Day 2021 celebrations, featuring art by a great range of comic creators, including British artists Sayra Begum, Darren Cullen, Jack Teagle. Clarice Tudor and Zoom Rockman. Employing the tagline “Ten years. Ten comic art creations. One world”, 10 Years to Save the World is a…

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…

Creative Concern are hosting their first Creatives for Change “Mixer” event in Manchester next month, the creative agency that has been an integral part of promoting the Lakes International Comic Art Festival for a number of years

Creative Concern are hosting their first Creatives for Change “Mixer” event in Manchester next month, the creative agency that has been an integral part of promoting the Lakes International Comic Art Festival for a number of years. Creatives for Change is a not-for-profit initiative hosted by Creative Concern. Tickets for this free Mixer event on Tuesday 14th November at GRUB in Manchester are…

“Ten Years to Save the World” comic exhibition arrives in MediaCity 

The free Ten Years to Save the World exhibition has opened at MediaCity, Salford, running until 14th January 2022, a showcase of comic artwork and storytelling in response to the climate crisis by leading comic artists in the UK and the Philippines. The exhibition opens alongside the display of “Floating Earth” by Luke Jerram (weather permitting) and the annual Lightwaves festival Quays Culture,…

‘Ten Years to Save the World’ international comic exhibition opens in Manchester in response to the climate crisis

First exhibited in Kendal during the recent Lakes International Comic Art Festival, a new exhibition, Ten Years to Save the World, opens in Manchester on Monday (1st November 2021), showcasing comic artwork and storytelling created in response to the climate crisis by leading comic artists in the UK and the Philippines. The free exhibition, held to coincide with COP26, is being held at…

International comics anthology ‘Ten Years to Save the World’ launched in response to the climate crisis

A new comics anthology, by ten leading comic artists, five in the Philippines and five in the UK has been launched in response to the climate crisis. Ten Years to Save the World demonstrates the power of comics to stimulate climate change action. Aimed at 18 to 24 year olds, but with a powerful message for us all, the project is a collaboration between the Lakes International Comic Art…