The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast leads with an interview with Corinne Pearlman, Creative Director at Myriad Editions, publishers of graphic novels such as Darryl Cunningham‘s upcoming Billionaires (launching 7th November), and the recently-released Sensible Footwear by Kate… Read More ›
Myriad Editions
In Review: Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock’s powerful “Vanni”
By Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock Published by Myriad Editions & New Internationalist New Internationalist and Myriad Editions have collaborated on another graphic reportage work, following the fascinating and moving Escaping War and Waves by Olivier Kugler last year (reviewed… Read More ›
Challenging Conventions: Lakes International Comic Art Festival set to tackle society taboos next month
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal next month will feature comic artwork and writers who are tackling some of the biggest issues and taboos facing society. Offering a wide ranging programme, events will include appearances by artists… Read More ›
Kate Charlesworth guest of honour at Helsinki Comics Festival 2019
Comic creator Kate Charlesworth, whose sensational graphic memoir, Sensible Footwear: A Girl’s Guide is out now from Myriad Editions, is this year’s guest of honour at Helsinki Comics Festival 2019, taking place this coming weekend, an event that aims to raise awareness for comics as a social force of change
In Review: Sensible Footwear – A Girl’s Guide
By Kate Charlesworth Myriad Editions Out: 25 July 2019 Now this, my friends, has been one of the Brit comics works on my Must Read Radar for 2019; I know Kate Charlesworth has been working on it for a long… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival graphic novel launches revealed
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October in Kendal, will see the launch of several new graphic novels, including Barking by Lucy Sullivan from Unbound, commissioned by the organisation. The weekend-long event in Kendal will also see a quick… Read More ›
WebFind: “Why Are There No Women Cartoonists?” by Cinders McLeod
Cinders McLeod – writer, satirist, artist, doublebassist and creator of the Moneybunnies series, financial literary for kids – drew a cartoon in 1991 in response to the oft-asked question “why are there no women cartoonists?” 20 year later, in 2011,… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Podcast gets a dose of Graphic Medicine with Ian Williams
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast goes all graphic medicine for their latest episode, chatting with ace comics creator Ian Williams. Ian created the Graphic Medicine website and following on from that has created two graphic novels, The Bad Doctor and the upcoming The… Read More ›
From The Trenches and In Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2018
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival – the weekend-long event in Kendal, Cumbria, now in its sixth year – saw dedicated comics fans brave Storm Callum in their hundreds to enjoy a weekend of creator events, exhibitions (some still… Read More ›
In Review: Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees
By Olivier Kugler Publisher: Myriad Editions / New Internationalist “The children are nervous… When they hear any noise, even if you only knock at the door, they can get very afraid.” The world is currently experiencing its one of its… Read More ›