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Stephen L. Holland announced as new Comics Laureate at LICAF Live

Stephen L. Holland, Comics Laureate 2021 – 2023

Stephen L. Holland, the co-owner, co-manager and sole curator of Page 45, the European-style comic shop in Nottingham and a fervent champion for quality and diversity in comics, was announced as the new Comics Laureate at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival earlier this evening, Friday 9th October 2020. The announcement was made as part of…

Counting Down: Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition Winner to be announced at #LicafLive

The winner of the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition will be announced during #LicafLive, this year’s free online Lakes International Comic Art Festival, taking place this weekend.

The announcement will be made at 3.00pm on Sunday 11th October, as part of three days of celebrating the comics form, normally taking place in Kendal each year but moved online this year in response to the…

Comics Weirdest Panels in the #LicafLive Spotlight!

This bizarre panel appeared in Hi-Yo Silver #22, published in the US by Dell in 1957. Script by Gaylord DuBois, art by Tom Gill

As part of this year’s virtual Lakes International Comics Art Festival – #LicafLive – this weekend, 9th – 11th October 2020, the team have been collecting some of the most bizarre, disturbing, accidentally hilarious and just plain wrongcomics panels and covers that…

Latest Comic Art Festival Podcast offers full LICAF Live Preview

Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates are back hosting the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast this week after a summer hiatus, bringing listeners a preview of the upcoming LICAF Live, hitting the internet for free from Friday 9th – Sunday 11th October 2020.

Tom Stewart also looks at a number of ongoing Kickstarter projects, andreviews Murder Volume one by the ever amazing John Tucker.

Ian…

Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Cartoonist and Caricaturist Jason Chatfield

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This year, also virtual).

Today, we’re talking to Jason Chatfield, an Australian cartoonist, caricaturist and illustrator based in New York. His work has been…

Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Illustrator and Writer Sarah McIntyre

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This year, also virtual).

Today we’re talking to illustrator and writer Sarah McIntyre, who creates comics strips and illustrates picture books, including Grumpycornand

Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Cartoonist and illustrator Robert Wells

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This year, also virtual).

Today, we’re talking to Robert Wells, one of the comic creators who has a space on the LICAF Virtual Comics Clock Tower.

Robert has been…

Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Comic Artist Chris Askham

Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This year, also virtual).

Today we’re talking to Chris Askham, one of the comic creators who has a space on the LICAF Virtual Comics Clock Tower. Chris has illustrated…