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 Our events will include live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, Little LICAF activities, a Comics Marketplace, our second International Comics Rights Market – and provide a chance to get up close to the best comic creators in the world! 

Throughout the year, The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) delivers a wide range of projects using comics to achieve positive change. Under the title Comics Can Change the World, LICAF is delivering projects in our local community, across our region and country and with partners internationally. 

We continue to explore how comics can galvanise efforts to address the climate emergency, how they can play a significant role in education – from primary schools to higher education – and much more! 

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Category: Interviews

Loving the Alien: An Interview with Charlie Adlard
Guests, Interviews, Lakes International Comic Art Festival, News, Podcasts

Loving the Alien: An Interview with Charlie Adlard

Creating comics – and zombies! Continue reading Loving the Alien: An Interview with Charlie Adlard

“Loving the Alien” Podcast launches with Sean Phillips interview
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“Loving the Alien” Podcast launches with Sean Phillips interview

New podcast launches! Continue reading “Loving the Alien” Podcast launches with Sean Phillips interview

Philip and Shelly Bond in the Spotlight in Between the Lines #5
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Philip and Shelly Bond in the Spotlight in Between the Lines #5

The fifth issue of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s Between the Lines online magazine, available now, edited by John McShane, includes an interview … Continue reading Philip and Shelly Bond in the Spotlight in Between the Lines #5

Kendal Calling: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston
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Kendal Calling: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston

An interview with the creator of “For Better of Worse” Continue reading Kendal Calling: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston

Our Latest Podcast: Festival Patron Stephen L. Holland
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Our Latest Podcast: Festival Patron Stephen L. Holland

A chat with the co-owner of Page 45 in Nottingham Continue reading Our Latest Podcast: Festival Patron Stephen L. Holland

Gareth Brookes talks comics – and beer! – with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
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Gareth Brookes talks comics – and beer! – with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

Gareth Brookes interviewed Continue reading Gareth Brookes talks comics – and beer! – with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast: Blues Harvest!
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Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast: Blues Harvest!

A great chat with the band Blues Harvest Continue reading Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast: Blues Harvest!

Kendal Calling… an interview with top Finnish comics artist Petteri Tikkanen, aka Black Peider
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Kendal Calling… an interview with top Finnish comics artist Petteri Tikkanen, aka Black Peider

We’re delighted to continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with the amazing Finnish comic artist Petteri Tikkanen Continue reading Kendal Calling… an interview with top Finnish comics artist Petteri Tikkanen, aka Black Peider

Kendal Calling: An Interview with Michael Cho
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Kendal Calling: An Interview with Michael Cho

Here’s the first of John Freeman’s “Kendal Calling” interviews of 2017 in the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art … Continue reading Kendal Calling: An Interview with Michael Cho

Podcast interview with Sean Phillips
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Podcast interview with Sean Phillips

Listen to our podcast interview with Lakes International Comic Art Festival patron Sean Phillips, about his career in comics and … Continue reading Podcast interview with Sean Phillips

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 Our events will include live draws, interviews, presentations, workshops, exhibitions, book launches, Little LICAF activities, a Comics Marketplace, our second International Comics Rights Market – and provide a chance to get up close to the best comic creators in the world! 

Throughout the year, The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) delivers a wide range of projects using comics to achieve positive change. Under the title Comics Can Change the World, LICAF is delivering projects in our local community, across our region and country and with partners internationally. 

We continue to explore how comics can galvanise efforts to address the climate emergency, how they can play a significant role in education – from primary schools to higher education – and much more! 

Categories

  • British Comics Now
  • Comic Resources
  • Comics Can Change The World
  • Comics Laureate
  • Comics Up Close
  • Conferences
  • Events
  • Exhibitors
  • Guests
  • International Partnerships
  • Interviews
  • Lakes International Comic Art Festival
  • LICAF Books
  • LICAF Residencies
  • News
  • Podcasts
  • UK LICAF Partners
  • Volunteers
  • Young Comics Laureate

Latest News

  • Comic Marketplace Applications Open for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
  • Lakes International Comic Art Festival brings the very best of comic art from across the world back to Kendal in 2026
  • Cartoon Museum gets set to host “A 100-year Journey of Diversity and Representation in Comics”
  • British Comics Now Delegation heads to Brussels
  • Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph on the BBC

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