Jibé’s free, funny 2019 Lakes International Comic Art Festival journal published

By John Freeman on February 13, 2020

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just published a wonderful Festival Journal by Jean-Baptiste Pollien, a.k.a. Jibé on their official site, celebrating last year’s weekend-long event in Kendal.

Free to download, Jibé recounts his experience of visiting the Festival with other European guests, and it’s quite clear that, like attendees, this talented comic creator enjoyed his time in the Lake District last year!

Jean-Baptiste Pollien, a.k.a. Jibé, is a French cartoonist, illustrator and graphic designer from Lyon born in 1981. He is the author of comic series such as Sans Emploi (Marabout) and Basse Def (Omaké Books), and has participated in some collective works (Kokekokkô, On dit de Lyon, La psychanalyse des Super Héros…).

He also helped Lyon BD Festival to create the longest comic strip in the world by writing the story and storyboarding it (now official Guinness book World Record, 1.6 km of comic strip!).

He also created the independent label Quenelles Graphiques, in order to create and promote collective works (On dit de l’An 2000, Happy Hour...) and exhibitions.

Jean-Baptiste has worked as a freelance illustrator and graphic designer since 2010 and has been publishing his blog – www.chezjibe.com – since 2005, where he pre-publishes most of his work.

• Download Jibé’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival Journal 2019 here as a PDF

• The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is back in Kendal in the Lake District 9th – 11th October 2020: www.comicartfestival.com | Tickets for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival will be on sale soon

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John Freeman

John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.