The first Rights Market will take place in September 2024 and creators can apply to participate now
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Cartoon Capers a-plenty at the Waterside Arts Festival in July
Cartoon craziness ahead in Hythe, next month, co-ordinated by the Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain
Coronavirus Pandemic – Creator Resources and Free Comics!
Last Updated 7th April 2020: A list of resources for creators, comic buyers and fun for kids and parents affected by the CoronaVirus Pandemic Lockdown in the UK – and hopefully beyond
Arts Council offers financial support for artists, creative practitioners and freelancers
As part of a wider package of support for the creative industries in the UK, the Arts Council has announced they are making £20 million available to individuals working in the cultural sector, including artists, creative practitioners and freelancers
Lakes Festival Focus 2019: An Interview with Bryan and Mary Talbot
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with award-winning comic creators and Festival patrons Bryan… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival gets four-year Arts Council funding deal
England’s Arts Council has just announced its National Portfolio Organisations for the next four years – and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival is one of them, securing long-term funding for its ambitious comic art development and promotion plans, which… Read More ›
US Comics Grading Company CBCS Saves 2016 ICE Comic Convention from Cancellation
Running a non profit making comic convention to the high professional standard of The International Comics Expo in Birmingham must be challenging enough, but when the Arts Council pulled their third and final year of funding from the event last… Read More ›
Capturing Arts and Minds: Una’s new comic, “On Sanity: One Day in Two Lives”
Just published by comic creator Una is a new 40-page comic, On Sanity: One Day In Two Lives, a very personal project about illness and recovery in mental health, based on the story of her mother. Yorkshire-based Una explains it’s… Read More ›
Grants for the Arts: Lakes International Comic Art Festival offers workshop
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival aims to support creators and the development of comic art in the UK. As part of this, they have announced theywill be presenting a special session at the festival about the support available to… Read More ›