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Our Festival returns in September 2025!

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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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  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation reaffirms support for Comic Potential Project with new funding
  • British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced
  • Festival 2025 Guest: Mehdi Annassi
  • Festival 2025 Guest: Shelly Bond

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Comics Can Change The World, Lakes International Comic Art Festival, News

Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches UK Development Agency for Comics

The new agency will be based in Barrow-in-Furness Continue reading Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches UK Development Agency for Comics

Paul Hamlyn Foundation reaffirms support for Comic Potential Project with new funding
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Paul Hamlyn Foundation reaffirms support for Comic Potential Project with new funding

Further funding for vital comics literacy research announced Continue reading Paul Hamlyn Foundation reaffirms support for Comic Potential Project with new funding

British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced
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British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced

Five intrepid comic creators head to Brussels! Continue reading British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced

Festival 2025 Guest: Mehdi Annassi
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Festival 2025 Guest: Mehdi Annassi

Mehdi Annassi, aka Machima, is a self-taught multidisciplinary visual artist Continue reading Festival 2025 Guest: Mehdi Annassi

Festival 2025 Guest: Shelly Bond
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Festival 2025 Guest: Shelly Bond

Shelly Bond is a highly regarded comic book editor and author Continue reading Festival 2025 Guest: Shelly Bond

Festival 2025 Guest: Philip Bond
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Festival 2025 Guest: Philip Bond

Philip Bond started writing and drawing comics in the seminal ’80s DEADLINE magazine Continue reading Festival 2025 Guest: Philip Bond

Shubbak Festival features “Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free” exhibition
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Shubbak Festival features “Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free” exhibition

Palestinian comic art exhibition comes to London Continue reading Shubbak Festival features “Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free” exhibition

Lakes International Comic Art Festival publishes Safaa and the Tent, the diary of acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah 
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Lakes International Comic Art Festival publishes Safaa and the Tent, the diary of acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah 

Safaa’s cartons offer some of the most powerful and poignant images to come out of Gaza that are not photos … Continue reading Lakes International Comic Art Festival publishes Safaa and the Tent, the diary of acclaimed Palestinian cartoonist Safaa Odah 

Cambridge University collaborates with comic organisations on research into Comics and Autism 
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Cambridge University collaborates with comic organisations on research into Comics and Autism 

The University of Cambridge is researching the intersection of comics and autism in partnership with the Comics Cultural Impact Collective and the Lakes International Comic … Continue reading Cambridge University collaborates with comic organisations on research into Comics and Autism 

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Volunteers Wanted!

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival returns across a host of venues in Bowness-on-Windermere in September, and we want you … Continue reading Volunteers Wanted!

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Our Festival returns in September 2025!

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About Us

 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

  • Comics Can Change The World
  • Events
  • Exhibitors
  • Guests
  • Interviews
  • Lakes International Comic Art Festival
  • News
  • Volunteers

Latest News

  • Lakes International Comic Art Festival launches UK Development Agency for Comics
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation reaffirms support for Comic Potential Project with new funding
  • British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced
  • Festival 2025 Guest: Mehdi Annassi
  • Festival 2025 Guest: Shelly Bond

Archives

  • May 2025
  • April 2025
  • March 2025
  • January 2025
  • September 2024
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • Bluesky
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • YouTube
  • X
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