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Dave McKean
Dave McKean’s multimedia performance of Black Dog returns to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Dave McKean returns to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival with his acclaimed audio-visual show
Today’s Panel Borders podcast offers heady mix of Star Trek and Dave McKean!
Star Trekking in Portsmouth, and AI chats in Bowness!
Lakes International Comic Art Festival reveals 2024 poster by Gigi Cavenago, first guests
A glorious homage to Corto Maltese, from Gigi Cavenago
From The Trenches: David Baillie’s “Behind The Scenes” Portsmouth Comic Con Retrospective
Comic creators, cosplayers, traders and thousands of fans attended Portsmouth Comic Con recently…
Dark Horse Book announces massive Dave McKean collection, “Thalamus”
A massive collection of work by Dave McKean is in the works
Amid debate and concern over impact of AI art, AI Comics releases first “Artificial Ink” magazine
Yes, we know it’s controversial. Ignoring it won’t make it go away.
First guests, Festival artwork by Mohamed Salah revealed for Lakes International Comic Art 2023
First guest news, Marketplace exhibitor information and more
COMICA’s 20th anniversary lineup unveiled
An amazing lineup of comic creatives celebrate COMICA’s 20th anniversary next month in London
Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comics comes to Manchester in February
It’s time to book your place for the upcoming “Comics Up Close” event in Manchester in February
Dave McKean, Esad Ribic, among first guests announced for Portsmouth Comic Con 2023
First guests announced for this smashing event, returning next June
In Pictures, Video and Review: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021
Richard Sheaf’s take on this year’s busy, back in the real world Lakes International Comic Art Festival…
Dave McKean joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival Guest List
Award-winning comic creator Dave McKean joins the Lakes Festival line-up in October
“Traces of the Great War” Workshop Resources Released, aiming to help get comics into classrooms across the UK
A great new project that aims to get more comics – and comics creation – into British classrooms
Revealed: Dave McKean’s art for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021
Check out this haunting work by Dave McKean!
Virtual Guests line up for LICAF LIVE
Plans for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s massive virtual comics event in October shape up
In Review: Traces of the Great War
Publisher: Image Comics (English Edition)/ Editions de la Gouttière (French Edition) Out: Now The Book: Traces of the Great War is a remarkable, original collection of 18 thought provoking graphic short stories bridging the past and present. Internationally-acclaimed comic book artists, graphic… Read More ›
Panel Borders examines the legacy of the Great War in comics
In a couple of interviews recorded at Graphic Brighton, on this week’s Panel Borders show, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a pair of graphic novels that illuminate the lives of two notable people affected by World War One,… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Image Comics “Traces of the Great War” anthology launches this weekend at Lakes Festival
Poet Simon Armitage, Edmond Baudoin, Victoria Lomasko, Dave McKean and the UK’s Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard are among creators whose work features in a new international comic anthology – Traces of the Great War – which gets its launch during the Lakes international Comic Art Festival this… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Draw the Line moves from digital to print
Back in 2016, a group of comic creators from across the globe assembled as ‘Draw the Line: Concrete Political Actions Comics‘, hoping to focus protest at recent political developments into positive action. The project proved hugely popular – and now… Read More ›