The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just released the fourth issue of Between The Lines, their free online magazine focusing on Festival guests and other matters comic

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just released the fourth issue of Between The Lines, their free online magazine focusing on Festival guests and other matters comic, edited by John McShane, designed by Steve Kerner. This new issue leads with an interview with their newest Festival Patron and ace comic creator Lucy Sullivan, and includes chats with Mohammad Sabaaneh, who has a new…

Renfrewshire Libraries announces Will Eisner Week Comics Talks and Workshops with Bryan and Mary Talbot, Cam Kennedy and more

Renfrewshire Libraries will again be celebrating Will Eisner Week this year with a great line-up of online talks creators such as Canadian/British cartoonist and comics educator, creative partnership Bryan Talbot and Mary Talbot, and artists Gary Erskine and Cam Kennedy. Will Eisner Week is an annual worldwide series of events, held from 1st – 7th March, in libraries, schools, museums, comic…

LICAF Live reveals free online “Thinking Comics” line-up, launching next week

LICAF Live, the virtual version of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival running 9th – 11th October 2020, includes a thought-provoking “Thinking Comics” programme that promises a host of lively presentations by some of comics’ leading thinkers.

Comics Laureate Hannah Berry, Elyon’s, Paul Gravett, Bobby Joseph, Pavel Korinek, John McShane, Benoît Peeters and Pierre Lungheretti, courtesy of…

“Two Doors Down” star Elaine Constance Smith celebrates “The Dandy” for BBC Radio Scotland

Elaine Constance Smith remembers The Dandy for A Comic Celebration: The Dandy. Image: BBC

As the Beano prepares to celebrate 80 years of comic fun, Two Doors Down star Elaine Constance Smith has been remembering its naughty older sibling The Dandy, created by DC Thomson in 1937, for BBC Radio Scotland – with the help of numerous comic creators.

For A Comic Celebration: The Dandy, Elaine, who grew…

Former Tharg Steve MacManus probed in latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast!

Steve MacManus. Photo: Steve Cook There’s a slightly different episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast on offer this week as the team take an episode off. In place of their usual format, you get the opportunity to listen to a recording of the  “Meet The Mighty One: A Celebration of 2000AD” panel recorded at this year’s Festival. The panel features former Tharg Steve…

Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces October “Academic Sessions” conference details

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be hosting the LICAF Academic Sessions 2017 on Friday 13th October, the first day of its three-day Festival Weekend. A small scale conference for those interested in comics and graphic novels and their growing impact in universities and beyond, guest speakers will be John McShane, translator and editor of the Festival’s recent publication, How to…