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
Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Lakes International Comic Art Festival backs Marc Jackson’s free YouTube cartoon art workshop channel
Information on Marc Jackson’s new YouTube channel for kids, and other creators offers for young creators
Vanguard creator Dan Butcher headlines latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Dan Butcher, creator of the acclaimed independent British superhero comic Vanguard, headlines the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Alex Paknadel, Nigel Twumasi talk creating comics in latest LICAF Podcast
The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features interviews with the brilliant writer Alex Paknadel and Nigel Twumasi from Mayamada in its latest episode
First Philippine International Comics Festival announced for June 2020
Komiket is launching the PICOF – the 1st Philippine International Comics Festival this summer
Jibé’s free, funny 2019 Lakes International Comic Art Festival journal published
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
Avery Hill’s Katriona Chapman, Gustavo Vargas chat creating comics in new Lakes Festival Podcast
The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features chats with the creator of Let Me In, Katriona Chapman and comic creator Gustavo Vargas, creator of the independent dystopian SF thriller comic, Manu.
Have you entered Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition?
The deadline for entries to the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2020 – launched at last year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, which publisher Corinne Pearlman discussed on a previous Festival Podcast, is fast approaching. The competition is for a graphic… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches GoFundMe appeal to expand youth-focussed comics programming
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the only festival of its kind in the UK, is a not for profit arts festival, aiming to raise awareness of the transformational power of comics – and has just launched a GoFundMe specifically… Read More ›
Finnish Institute seeks partners for 2020 Tom Of Finland exhibitions
2020 celebrates the 100th birthday of the graphic artist Touko Laaksonen, better known as Tom Of Finland, who had a great impact on popular culture, for instance fashion, photography and music. The Finnish Institute are now looking for artistic and… Read More ›
Comic Laureates, Three! In Conversation at the Cartoon Museum
London’s Cartoon Museum recently played host to a unique gathering of current Comics Laureate Hannah Berry and past holders Dave Gibbons and Charlie Adlard. All three were able to look back on how the post has evolved since it was… Read More ›
An evening with Comics Laureate Hannah Berry: gripping stories for our time…
Comics Laureate Hannah Berry will be in Lancaster next week, as a guest of Lancaster University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences talk series – a free event taking place at the Cavendish Colloquium on campus, that should prove an… Read More ›