A new book about a legendary but short-lived US comic publisher of the 1990s
Sergio Aragonés
Crossover Chaos! Groo meets… Tarzan?
If you missed the start of this series, there’s still time to catch it!
San Diego Comic Con 2018: The Academic’s Eye View!
Phillip Vaughan from the University of Dundee reports on this year’s San Diego Comic Con, casting an academic’s eye over one of the biggest annual comics gatherings in the United States… I have been lucky enough to attend four San… Read More ›
Artist Dave McKean announced as inaugural winner of the International Award for Excellence in Comic Art
Arkham Asylum artist Dave McKean was announced as the inaugural winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art at the weekend. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival… Read More ›
In Words and Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2017
Artist and designer Simon Russell, whose recent work includes Nearlymades, “a smattering of found stories and kipple narratives”, headed to Kendal for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival and has kindly given us permission to cross post his account… Read More ›
Who will win the first ever Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art?
As we’ve previously reported, Sergio Aragonés, the world’s fastest cartoonist, will be making a rare appearance as part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (13th – 15th October in Kendal, Cumbria). One of the most famous and influential living… Read More ›
2017 Lakes International Comic Art Festival Programme Revealed, some of the British Comics events highlighted
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just revealed its programme for its Festival Weekend in October 2017, celebrating comic art from across the world, and I’ve picked out just some of the highlights for fans of British comics. The Festival Weekend features… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2017 Comics Clock Tower Line Up Revealed
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the comic creators who will have a presence in their free-to-enter Comics Clock Tower venue in Kendal Town Hall in October. The creators were chosen after hundreds of applications were sifted through… Read More ›
Melinda Gebbie, Tom Richmond and more join Lakes International Comic Art Festival Line-Up
Tickets for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival are on sale now – and the guest list is attracting plenty of attention from fans across the UK – and abroad. This year, the Lakes Festival is moving to a pass system for the… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival celebrates Will Eisner with competition, comic and exclusive exhibition
Recognising the work of ground-breaking American comic creator Will Eisner, creator of “The Spirit”, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival is pleased to announce not one but three celebratory projects to mark his incredible contribution to the development of the comics form – a competition… Read More ›