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WE’RE WELCOMING THE WORLD

THE 2015 THEMES

In our third year we’re proud to welcome more than 20 international guests from across the globe to our truly international festival. It’s fantastic to be developing partnerships with key creators and “players” in those countries which are leading the way in getting comics taken seriously as well as producing awe-inspiring work. We’re doing our best to up the ante here in the UK which includes commissioning new work by UK creators. This year they have included Jonathan Edwards, Louise Evans, Dan Berry, David Gaffney, Oliver East and

Joe Decie as well as original art by many more including Hunt Emerson. We’ve also commissioned our newest patron, Boulet, to create this year’s festival poster which pays homage to our Lakes Gang of mascots.

Anyway we hope you enjoy the breadth of work, celebrate old favourites and discover new ones too and we thank you, the audience, for your enthusiasm and support without which, of course, there would be no festival.....

Julie Tait, Festival Director and the entire festival team

The best superhero writers & artists draw live, talk about their work and present special fi lm screenings.

Featuring: Darwyn Cooke, Stuart Immonen, Jock & Dave McKean

Make mine manga with workshops, events, fi lm screenings, a Japanese Café and with special guests from Tokyo and Kyoto

Featuring: Akiko Hatsu, Studio Ghibli Screenings, Akira (subtitled)

Comic artists, writers, animators and video game designers feed our imaginations, creating parallel worlds, giant robots, monsters & more...

Featuring: Antony Johnston, Kieron Gillen, Ian McQue & Benoit Peeters

Satire is alive & kicking; some may say we’ve never needed it more... Comics give it that extra punch through live draws, interviews & more...

Featuring: Steve Bell, Kate Beaton, Bill Morrison, Seth & Viz (again!)

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JOE DECIE MURALEarlier this year Joe Decie created a new comic, There’s No Bath In This Bathroom, for and about the Toronto Comics Arts Festival. Continuing this series, Joe will be creating a new work, live in situ here in Kendal, about his time at LICAF. Working on the streets of Kendal, Joe will produce a large scale mural about an eventful evening this time last year. Spray paint, house paint, charcoal, wheat pasted posters and prints will make up elements of his comic, exclusive to the festival. As yet untitled, come and watch the story unfold. Joe will be producing the murals at Yard 2, off Stricklandgate. He’ll start Friday afternoon and keep going until he’s fi nished! 3For Timetable of events, please go to pages 49-53

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THE GUEST LIST 2015

AKIKO HATSU

MIKE MEDAGLIA

STEVEN APPLEBY

ALANMARTIN

BOULET

DARWYN COOKE

IANMCQUE

JAMESSTACEY

SEAN PHILLIPS

SARAH MCINTYRE

STUART IMMONEN

BRYANTALBOT

DAVEMCKEAN

INKO AI TAKITA

JONATHAN EDWARDS

LOUISEEVANS

OLIVEREAST

SETH

STUART MEDLEY

ANTOINE COSSE

CARDIFFUNI

DAVID GAFFNEY

JADESARSON

KARRIE FRANSMAN

MARCEL RUIJTERS

PHILIPREEVE

SISPENCER

VIZ

ANTONY JOHNSTON

CARTOONISTS CLUB OF

GREAT BRITAIN

DIX

JAMESHARVEY

KATEBEATON

MARYTALBOT

RICHARD SHORT

SIMON GRENNAN

WARWICK JOHNSON-CADWELL

BACH

CHARLIE ADLARD

EMMAVIECELI

JOCK

KATHRYN IMMONEN

MATTIAS ADOLFSSON

SAMUEL LEBLANC

SOOKYUNGYOO

WINSHLUSS

BENOIT PEETERS

BILL MORRISON

DANBERRY

HUNT EMERSON

JOEKESSLER

KIERONGILLEN

MICHAEL DEFORGE

CHIE KUTSUWADA

FRANK SANTORO

SARALOWES

STEVEBELL

ZOOM ROCKMAN

KAYOKO KURAMOCHI

JOEDECIE

JOHNALLISON

METAPHROG

MINORIKANAI

As with any good festival there’s too much to choose from, so to help you we’ve tried to identify different styles of events. You may not know the creator/s but the style of event may appeal to you. We also have a few key themes this year which, again, may provide a route through the festival for you. There will be signing and sketching after each event as appropriate.

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Watch them Draw eventsHour-long events with creators drawing live. Their work is projected onto a large screen so the audience can see the detail and technique of each individual creator. Drawing is approx 40 mins with, where appropriate, gentle questioning by a presenter and/or background music and an opportunity for questions at the end.*

Meet the Creators In-depth interview with images (sometimes a little bit of live draw) with an opportunity for questions. A chance to find out about the creator’s life and work, inspiration and influences and current and future projects. Some events include official book launches.

Presentation events Events led by the creator with a specially-prepared presentation and an opportunity for questions and answers.

Film + creator eventsFilm screenings introduced by either the comic book creator, discussing transferring the work from page to screen, or by an expert in the specific genre of the film.

Panel discussion eventsA pre-structured panel event on a particular subject/genre enabling each member to be featured before a debate or discussion is initiated and accompanied by examples of work, techniques, style and more. Followed by questions and answers.

WorkshopsParticipatory sessions with a creator where you get to try your hand at different techniques.

MasterclassesA more in-depth presentation by the creator, but with audience interaction.

Comics in PerformanceNew for 2015 a series of comic related theatrical performances throughout the weekend.

Comics Family ZoneA whole zone dedicated to children and their adult companions! As well as the many workshops listed here there’ll be plenty of free events and activities for all the family to enjoy at the Westmorland Shopping Centre and Kendal Library.

Comics Clocktower Our version of a market place, Kendal Town Hall is transformed into the Comics Clocktower for the weekend. Within it you’ll discover a specially selected group of creators, publishers and dealers with lots of goodies for you to browse through and buy. You can meet creators, watch them sketch and get stuff signed! Some work will be available for the first time at the festival and many of our guest creators will also appear at the Clocktower over the weekend to sign, sketch and meet their fans. What’s more, entry to the Clocktower is completely free for 2015! Open Saturday 17th October 10-6pm and Sunday 18th October 10.30am-5pm.

Exhibitions Programme Throughout the weekend you’ll be able to enjoy some fantastic exhibitions by top creators from around the world. See pages 30 – 43 for the full line-up including: Shojo Manga – World of Japanese Girls’ Comics at the Brewery Arts Centre, Phono+Graphic - 60 Vinyl Covers by 60 Comicbook artists at Kendal Museum and Bartkira at our special Pop-Up venue.

What happens to the artwork from live draw events? All our artists have generously agreed to donate their creations to the festival which is not-for-profit. We will auction work from November 2015 with details of how to participate via @comicartfest and www.facebook.com/TheLakesInternationalComicArtFestival and our subscribers newsletter. All monies raised go towards next year’s event – thank you!

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The Tale of Princess Kaguya“Kaguyahime no monogatari” Director: Isao Takahata Film Length:137 min

Date: 16th October 2015Time: 6.00-8.45pm Venue: BAC: Sc1

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Date: 16th October 2015Time: 8.00-9.15 pm Venue: BAC: Theatre

“Outrageous, anarchic, brilliant”

Dave McKean presents Luna Director: Dave McKean Film Length:106 mins

Filled with faces familiar to British television, Luna follows two couples whose weekend idyll in an isolated English seaside home becomes a chance for spiritual healing. With his roots in graphic novels never far from the surface, McKean’s camera and script step in and out of reality to wonderfully unpredictable effect. The fi lm overfl ows with powerful visuals, detailed artwork and a pitch-perfect soundtrack grounded by rich character development reminiscent of Dave’s prestige comics Arkham Asylum and Sandman. Luna won the BIFA and Raindance Best Feature Awards.

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Date: 16th October 2015Time: 8.15-10.30pm Venue: BAC: Screen Two

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In election year, and with satire high on the agenda, who better to open our festival than multi-award-winning political cartoonist for The Guardian, Steve Bell?

For a third of a century Steve’s IF strip has been redefi ning the boundaries of political satire. In his cartoons our leaders have become grotesque monsters, and one Tory MP even wrote to The Guardian complaining that ‘to be forced to participate in Steve Bell’s perversions is degrading’. Now you can join Steve on a roller-coaster ride through the last fi ve years of coalition government and bang up to date. Savage, funny, rude, transgressing all the rules of good taste and beautifully drawn, don’t make this evening IF but when.

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This animated folk legend was 8 years in the making and a labour of love for Isao Takahata, the legendary director of Grave of the Firefl ies. A masterpiece to rank amongst Studio Ghibli’s fi nest, it bursts with lush, hand-painted images accompanied by an enchanting musical score. After initially being shunned by British cinemas, Kaguya was nominated for the 2014 Oscar for best animation. This is why we are delighted to offer it as one of our opening events.

Found inside a shining stalk of bamboo by an old bamboo cutter, a tiny girl grows rapidly into an exquisite young lady. The mysterious young princess enthrals all who encounter her - but ultimately she must confront her fate - the punishment for a mysterious crime.

This screening will have a special introduction.

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Please Don’t Touch! Felt Mistress Workshop

A Vision of Utopia

Justice League

Steven Appleby shows us around his mind

Louise Evans

Mary Talbot

New Frontier Introduced by Darwyn Cooke

Let’s take a look inside Steven Appleby. What makes him tick… And is the ticking dangerous?

Guided by Steven himself, you’ll be perfectly safe as you poke about in his dark corners and prise open the drawers and cupboards where his obsessions live and all his ideas come

from. You’ll discover the source of cartoon strips such as Captain Star (N.M.E., The Observer, Die Zeit & Nickelodeon), Small Birds Singing (The Times & a series of short stop-motion animated fi lms), and Loomus (The Guardian). You’ll meet the characters and strangers who inhabit his stage show, Crocs In Frocks, his BBC Radio 4 series Steven Appleby’s Normal Life, and his numerous books, such as Antmen Carry Away My Thoughts As Soon As I Think Them or Jim - The Nine Lives Of A Dysfunctional Cat.

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Perhaps there’ll even be time to dust off a few of his paintings and drawings for The Good Inn (by Black Francis and Josh Frank), before ending with a look at the ups and down of his current graphic novel project.

Under the supervision and guidance of Felt Mistress, aka Louise Evans, you will be given everything you need to make your very own beautiful, terrifying or just weird felt creature to take home. Design your own or use our templates. All instructions will be provided. Louise originally trained in fashion design and millinery and has brought many of the skills learnt through years of work as a couture dressmaker to the world of character design. She creates one-off, bespoke creatures with her partner, illustrator Jonathan Edwards.

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A LICAF exclusive! Costa-award-winning writer Mary Talbot unveils her latest work. This new graphic novel is her third collaboration with husband Bryan Talbot who has stunningly illustrated it throughout. It is scheduled for publication in 2016. Join Dr Mel Gibson to fi nd out more.

Justice League: The New Frontier is a 2008 animated feature starring the voice talents of Kyle MacLachlan, Brooke Shields and David Boreanaz. Set before the paranoid backdrop of 1957, the world’s heroes unite for the fi rst time to destroy the mysterious “Center”... with classic heroes Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman joined by newcomers such as The Flash, The Martian Manhunter and Green Lantern.

The fi lm is adapted from the award-winning DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke, and captures his gritty writing style and powerful artwork. This screening will have an exclusive introduction by the creator himself, Darwyn Cooke, on his fi rst ever visit to the UK.

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Comics as Music

Seth: The Greatest Comic Book Collector in the World

The Wonderful World of Manga

Shiny New Red Shoes

The Architecture of Time and Space: A Frank Santoro Masterclass

Metaphrog

Frank Santoro is a world-renowned artist, cartoonist and educator based in Pittsburgh. His impact on comic art has been immense - and he’s never even drawn a superhero. Over the last 20 years he has pioneered new approaches to creating comics, and, in 2011, he founded the Santoro Correspondence Course, a distance learning programme for cartoonists that has infl uenced a new generation of artists all over the world. Even when he talks about panel layouts he’s riveting. This is a rare opportunity to experience one of Frank’s masterclasses. Taking music as a theme Frank will take you through a range of specifi c and accessible exercises which will both illuminate and provide a practical insight into his unique working method. Age 15+

Meet writer and artist Seth (born Gregory Gallant), one of the A-list talents in the comic book world. His series, Palookaville, which he both writes and draws, is a mainstay of independent comics. His stories, fi lled with lost, lonely characters searching for meaning, are deeply affecting and exquisitely drawn. He has exhibited throughout the world in a variety of group and solo shows, his comics have appeared in The New York Times magazine and his illustrations have appeared in The New Yorker and The Walrus. Join Chris Thompson of Orbital Comics to explore Seth’s fascinating world.

Did you know there is a manga museum in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan? The Kyoto International Manga Museum is crammed full of manga of all shapes and forms, many of them Japanese but others collected from around the world. You can read manga there, see fantastic exhibitions and take part in all kinds of events. We are honoured to be able to welcome two of this museum’s curators, Sookyung Yoo and Kayoko Kuramochi, to LICAF. Let them take you on a whirlwind introduction to manga culture and to the wonderful world of the museum.

The UK launch of The Red Shoes, the new book by the extraordinary creators of the Louis graphic novel series. Metaphrog have built a reputation for inspiring and fascinating young people through their distinctive work. Join Dr Mel Gibson to fi nd out more about their much-anticipated interpretation of this Hans Christian Anderson’s classic.


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Graphics to Games... The Art of Jock

Step Aside Pops

and Back Again

The Art of Kate Beaton

The worlds of comics and games may seem very different, but there’s a surprising amount of crossover between the people who make them — and the skills needed to create them.

Writer Antony Johnston (The Fuse, Dead Space, Shadows of Mordor) hosts a discussion with fellow creators who straddle the line between comics and games, including Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, The Curfew), Ian McQue (Grand Theft Auto), Bach (It’s Hard to Be a Girl), and Samuel Leblanc (Perfume of Lilacs).

Find out why comics and games have so much in common, why they attract a certain kind of creator, how a game gets made in the fi rst place, and whether games can be considered works of art in the same way as comics.

Jock is an award-winning, British artist renowned for his edgy, dynamic style and gritty design aesthetic. He is best known for co-creating the best-selling graphic novel series The Losers with Andy Diggle for Vertigo. He’s also behind the original graphic novel Hellblazer: Pandemonium for DC Comics and stunning covers for numerous titles such as X-Men, Daredevil and Scalped, which led to his nomination as Best Cover Artist at the Eisner Awards.

Jock has recently completed writing and drawing his fi rst mini-series for Marvel Comics, Savage Wolverine, and is currently drawing a major new creator-owned ongoing series, Wytches, with writer Scott Snyder. Join Chris Thompson to fi nd out more about the many different faces of Jock.

Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan-favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in The New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times to name but a few. Her website, Hark! A Vagrant, receives on average 1.2 million hits a month. Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best-known for their light touch on historical and literary topics. Her new book, Step Aside Pops, takes a side-swipe at great men and women of history including Heathcliff, Wonder-Woman, Feminists and Hunks. Her latest project involves a fat pony... need we say more?

Come and meet Kate (and the fat pony) where she will be in conversation (and maybe drawing a bit too) with Alex Fitch of Resonance FM.


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One of Studio Ghibli’s most popular animations. A young witch on her mandatory year of independent life fi nds fi tting into a new community diffi cult while she supports herself by running an air courier service – 25 years before Amazon drones! This screening will be introduced by Studio Ghibli young enthusiast/expert Katie Kessler. In her own words, “This fi lm really draws you in with its simple realism and dash of supernatural. The coming-of-age that’s so common in Miyazaki’s work is most prominent in this fi lm I think. And it’s really sweet.”

Kiki’s Delivery Service “Majo no takkyûbin” (original title) Director: Hayao Miyazaki Film Length:103 min


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Reinventing the Horror Comic

Weird and Wonderful Worlds

Woo Hoo! It’s Bill Morrison

How I Make a Graphic NovelBryan Talbot Si Spencer & Dix

Mattias Adolfsson Workshop

Si Spencer has written for Grange Hill, EastEnders and The Bill. His comic work includes strips for Judge Dredd and Deadline, Books of Magick (with Neil Gaiman), Hellblazer: City Of Demons and the award-winning 2014 cult hit series Bodies. Dix is a freelance illustrator, designer and comic book artist whose work includes regular strips for The Guardian.

Now Si and Dix have collaborated to create Klaxon, a mould-breaking horror story published by SelfMadeHero in October 2015. John Freeman celebrates the launch of the book at the festival with Si and Dix and finds out why Klaxon is a very British horror story that owes more to William Blake than Stephen King.

Mattias Adolfsson describes himself as a “compulsive illustrator from Sweden”, but we would describe him as “pure genius”. When not doing commission work he spends his time creating phenomenal doodles in sketchbooks, random paper or anything that might be handy. Mattias has published four books, with his latest, The Second in Line, winning the Svensk Bokkonst Most Beautiful Swedish Book award in 2014. Learn the art of creating fantastical worlds and taking images from your mind (as weird as they may be) and putting them on paper. Age 12+

From Bambi to Bart Simpson and Mowgli to Moe, Bill Morrison has drawn them all, and almost everything in between. For the past few years he has spent most of his waking hours on projects related to The Simpsons, including video games, books and posters. When the Simpsons’ creator, Matt Groening, set up Bongo Comics, Bill was hired as art director and realised his cartoonist’s dreams when he drew the very first Simpsons comic. Bill is travelling from his US home to join us at the festival. John McShane will attempt to persuade Bill to reveal all about his extraordinary career and some secrets behind The Simpsons, including how it gets from page to screen.

Award-winning creator and festival patron Bryan Talbot takes you through the astonishing creative processes involved in drawing and writing one of his books. This exclusive masterclass will take you from original conception to finished page, covering research, plotting, story structure, scripting, the use of grids, panel transitions, page composition, layout, use of eye level, lettering and colouring (phew!).

Intermediate, Age 15+


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The Art of Darwyn Cooke

Darwyn Cooke is a Canadian artist and animator who also happens to be one of the most highly-regarded comic artists in the world. He’s drawn almost every superhero known to humankind, as well as authoring such revered projects as The Spirit, DC: Solo, and Richard Stark’s Parker, all of which have won multiple Eisner Awards. His last major mainstream work was Before Watchmen: Minute Men. We are honoured to welcome Darwyn, on his first ever visit to the UK, to share the stories behind his work with Chris Thompson of Orbital Comics.

Winshluss (real name Vincent Paronnaud) is a French artist/writer who creates outrageous, terrifying and utterly beautiful graphic novels. He has been described as “a macabre humorist with no morals”. Take a look at his latest book In God We Trust, a gruesomely funny spiritual journey which follows the adventures of God, Jesus, Mary - and also includes some surprise guest appearances from a muscle-bound Conan and the Man of Steel himself. Viciously intelligent (and hilariously offensive) it reinforces his extraordinary talent as recognised with his previous book Pinocchio which won Album of the Year at the Angouleme festival 2009. A unique opportunity to meet this enigmatic Frenchman and to see him in action. (Winshluss will also be introducing the screening of the film Persepolis, which he co-directed). Hosted by Alex Fitch of Resonance FM

Breakdown Press is a London-based comics publisher dedicated to producing cutting-edge work by new cartoonists and forgotten classics of the past. Experimental and avant-garde, they produce risographs (that’s a special kind of digital photocopying), graphic novels and new translations of manga. This is an opportunity to discover the work of two of their leading artists, Joe Kessler and Antoine Cosse (on a special visit to the festival from France). Antoine’s book J.1137 received great critical acclaim on its launch at Comic Art Brooklyn in 2013, and Joe’s first book, Windowpane, was described by The New Statesman as “the best looking book you will hold this year”..


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Shojo

Girl Power

A Girls’ World

21st Century Tank Girl

This event introduces us to the world of Japanese Shojo (“girls’ manga”) in the company of one of its major creators, Akiko Hatsu. In the 1960s Shojo was seen as a low form of manga, but as a result of the pioneering work of creators in the 1970s such as Hatsu, it is now a cultural genre to rival literature.

Akiko Hatsu’s stories cover a wide range of themes involving a mix of Japanese and Western elements. This, and her ability to create upright, noble characters, drawn in beautiful colours, has won her fans all over Japan. On her fi rst-ever visit to the UK comics expert Paul Gravett will take us on a journey through Akiko’s fascinating personal story, and will reveal the very special world of Shojo.

There is an accompanying exhibition in the Brewery Arts Centre: Shojo: The World of Girl’s Manga.

Tank Girl, the inspired creation of Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, is a classically British cartoon institution: anarchic, absurd and absolutely brilliant. Tank Girl drives a tank which is also her home. Declared an outlaw she embarks on a series of misadventures with her boyfriend Booga, a mutant kangaroo. Tank Girl quickly became a cult classic in the 1990s and it has had a whole host of reincarnations over many years, the most recent being 21st Century Tank Girl. Join us to celebrate the publication of its paperback edition with its stellar line-up of creators, Alan Martin, Jonathan Edwards and Warwick Johnson-Cadwell – all in conversation with Chris Thompson.


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Date: 17th October 2015Time: 4.00-5.00pm Venue: BAC: Theatre

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How to Draw Half-Arsed CartoonsThe Art of Viz

Roll up! Roll up! For your amusement and delectation, Viz editors Graham Dury and Simon Thorp will be drawing a selection of their comic characters whilst simultaneously answering your questions about their 35 years of writing, drawing and editing the comic without the aid of a safety net! Imagine the awe and excitement as the Fat Slags, Roger Mellie, Finbarr Saunders, Mrs Brady and many more Viz favourites manifest themselves in ink before your very eyes! Not suitable for children, pregnant ladies or those of a nervous disposition. Please note, anyone asking “Where do you get your ideas from?” will be ejected from the auditorium. Entry to this event comes complete with a voucher entitling the bearer to one piece of Viz tat from the Viz Exhibition at the Pop-Up Emporium. Compered by John McShane.


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ChameleonThe Art of Stuart Immonen

Award-winning artistic chameleon and Marvel Architect Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, and he’s worked for most of the industry’s major publishers, including Marvel, DC and Image in the quarter-century since. During his decade-long tenure at DC, in addition to writing and pencilling Adventures of Superman, Stuart illustrated the critically-acclaimed mini-series Superman: Secret Identity. For Marvel, as well as 2011’s Fear Itself event, he has drawn such high-profi le series as Ultimate Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers and the cult favourite Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel’s digital Infi nite Comics line, in the Marvel NOW! era, Immonen launched All-New X-Men and All-New Captain America. His creator-owned credits include collaborations with Kurt Busiek on Shockrockets and Superstar, and with Kathryn Immonen on Never As Bad As You Think, Moving Pictures and the recently-completed Russian Olive To Red King.

Need we say more? Join Stuart Immonen and festival Patron Sean Phillips in a live draw event where Stuart will also discuss his life and work.

Date: 17th October 2015Time: 4.00-5.30pm Venue: The Shakespeare Centre

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Three Rooms inValerie’s Head

Take Me Back to Manchester

Premiere

The Three Rooms in Valerie’s Head by Dan Berry and David Gaffney is a Lakes International Comic Art Festival commission. Experimental and original, it’s a live performance of a graphic novel with projected images and specially commissioned music by Sara Lowes. The piece explores relationships, memory, loneliness and obsession in a darkly humorous way, and will also be published in book form. Dan Berry is an illustrator, designer, cartoonist and lecturer. David Gaffney is an acclaimed short fi ction writer and this is his debut comic art collaboration.

Oliver East, a walking comic creator, was the fi rst artist to be commissioned by LICAF in 2014.

The Homesick Truant’s Cumbrian Yarn, a series of ten comics, charted Oliver’s walk of over 140 miles from Arnside to Carlisle following the West Cumbrian Railway Line.

Oliver’s proposal for a 2015 commission was equally persuasive.

For this project Oliver walked some 200 miles from Waverley Station Edinburgh to Manchester, following exactly the same route taken by an Indian elephant called Maharajah and his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence in 1872. Oliver was accompanied not by an elephant but by his phenomenally imaginative drawing and narrative skills, along with two fi lm-makers who followed him along the route.

Take Me Back to Manchester was fi lmed by Cumbrian-based fi lm-makers Dom Bush and Simon Sylvester. In this session Aileen McEvoy interviews Oliver East about his journey, followed by a special screening of the fi lm.


Date: 17th October 2015Time: 6.00 - 7.00pm Venue: BAC: Theatre

Date: 17th October 2015Time: 4.15-5.15pm Venue: BAC: SC2

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Persepolis

This highly-acclaimed fi lm has received numerous awards including the Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival as well as an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature. It was written and directed by Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud (Winshluss).

Based on Satrapi’s graphic novel about her life in pre-and post-revolutionary Iran and later in Europe, the fi lm traces Satrapi’s growth from child to rebellious, punk-loving teenager. In the background are the growing tensions of the political climate in Iran in the 70s and 80s, with members of her liberal-leaning family detained and then executed, and the looming shadow of the disastrous Iran/Iraq war.

This special screening will be introduced by co-director Vincent Paronnaud (Winshluss).


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Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi Film Length: 96 mins

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9 LivesDave McKean performs

The Sandman and Batman graphic artist and multidisciplinary genius Dave McKean performs original songs and stories accompanied by a collection of still images, fi lm clips and animation. 9 Lives draws its audience deep into McKean’s signature world. This is a special recreation for LICAF 2015 with the original work having premiered at The Sydney Opera House in 2013. It will feature six songs and three narrated stories performed by Dave McKean with frequent collaborator, ECM recording artist, Iain Ballamy on saxophone. A rare chance to see this maestro in action.


Date: 17th October 2015Time: 8.15-9.45pm Venue: BAC Theatre

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Bartkira

What happens when The Simpsons meets Akira? Answer: the mind-bending crossover otherwise known as Bartkira

Brainchild of British artist Ryan Humphrey, Bartkira brings together Matt Groening’s The Simpsons and Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to dazzling effect. In the aftermath of this internet-shattering event James Harvey proposed the impossible: to redraw, in its entirety, Otomo’s 2146-page epic Akira with Simpsons characters. Uniting the forces of the global indie comics community, over 400 artists pledged to contribute pages. It’s been growing ever since, both in size and popularity. Find out more about his crazy project from James Harvey and James Stacey (all the way from Tokyo), and Bart’s struggle between powerful and secret forces.

Date: 17th October 2015Time: 6.15-7.15 pm Venue: BAC: Sc1

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KONNICHIWA

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This cult epic animated science fi ction fi lm is considered by fi lm critics and audiences alike to be a landmark of Japanese animation. Many see it as the greatest animated science

fi ction fi lm of all time – and it’s hard to disagree. The plot synopsis alone is mind-bending: Kaneda is a bike gang

leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in a government secret project known as Akira. On his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, irresponsible scientists and a powerful military

leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo’s supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup

attempt and the fi nal battle in Tokyo Olympiad where Akira’s secrets were buried 30 years ago.

This special screening in Japanese with English subtitles will be introduced by James Harvey & James Stacey.

Akira Director: Katsuhiro Ôtomo Film Length: 124 mins

Date: 17th October 2015Time: 7.30-10.00pm Venue: BAC:Sc1

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FallenPremiere

Fallen is an original vampire story that explores themes of love and trust and takes us on a fast-paced epic journey through time to a devastating conclusion. Two sisters, Vashti and Grace, are being pursued by a pack of vampires and fi nd themselves in a village, where William falls in love with Vashti and believes he is destined to save the girls. This story is told through beautifully intricate choreography, original music and a highly-talented cast of dancers and actors.

Fallen is also told through a graphic novel which was developed in tandem with the stage production. This is the fi rst time the company has explored telling a story through different media with the aim of using techniques from both disciplines to infl uence each other.

Date: 17th October 2015Time: 7.15-7.45pm Venue: BAC: Theatre

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Presented by The Curious Dance, Queen Elizabeth School, Kirkby Lonsdale.

Buy a ticket for Bartkira (at 6.15pm on 17th Oct) and Akira (at 7.30pm on the 17th Oct) and receive

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European Giants

Seth’s Dominion

Mattias Adolfsson & Boulet

We bring together two European giants of the live draw: Boulet (France) and Mattias Adolfsson (Sweden). They both draw with great imagination, detail and fl air, and are legends in their respective countries and beyond. The festival patron Boulet has more than 25 published books to his name, loves single malt whisky and French fries, and hates people who say, “in my humble opinion”. Mattias Adolfsson just can’t stop drawing and feels “half-dressed without his sketchbook”. He won the 2014 Most Beautiful Swedish Book award. If he could be one animated cartoon character it would be Mr Potato Head.

A screening of the atmospheric and insightful documentary about Canadian artist Seth, introduced by the artist himself.

Seth’s Dominion showcases Seth’s life and work with a combination of live action and animation. Refl ective, witty and nostalgic, Seth makes for an intriguing subject. Dominion is a 1950s city, a product of Seth’s imagination, which began as a series of sketches. Seth expanded Dominion into a 3D model city which later went on to be exhibited at art galleries. “You’re not aiming at the detail so much as the overall feeling,” Seth notes of his creative process.

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“There is something very lovely about the stillness of a comic book page.”


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Death of the ArtistExperimenting with Comics

The ever-popular Karrie Fransman takes a look at experimental comics, from digital to sculpture, examining how she experimented with the graphic novel form in her latest book Death of the Artist. Introduced by festival Patron Mary Talbot.

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 10.30-11.30am Venue: CCT

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Live from Kyotoan Introduction to Drawing Manga

Join Sookyung Yoo from the Kyoto International Manga Museum and fi nd out how manga artists actually draw. In this workshop you will discover the secrets of manga, including how to shape speech bubbles, use effect lines and handle proper manga drawing equipment. Open to all abilities, Sookyung promises a fun and informative session even if you don’t usually like drawing!

Suitable for ages 8+

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 10.30-12.00 Venue: BAC: AR1

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Breaking the RulesThe Art of Dave McKean Stuart Medley

Stuart is an Australian comics creator and University lecturer who was in residence at the Maison des Auteurs, Angoulême, France in 2013-14. His Great Tree was comic critic Paul Gravett’s selection in Adventures in Comics, 2013. Clients for his comics include the UK’s Imperial War Museum. He is also the author of The Picture in Design.

Stuart will demonstrate that style is more important than drawing realistically when it comes to developing characters and communicating via comics. This workshop features practical exercises that demonstrate that the human mind can cope with the most outlandish exaggerations and proportional wrongness as long as categorization and identification can be preserved. Break the rules of depiction and invent your own! Participants will gain an understanding of how much visual information is necessary to convey particular meanings and how drawing realistically can actually be a disadvantage in visual communication.

You should bring along an idea for a character’s life: what do they do? What do they like? What is their back story? We’ll develop their look in the workshop. You should bring drawing tools that you are comfortable with (pencils, pens, or tablet and laptop) but also those you are less familiar with (try inking with a crow-quill or a brush that other comics artists might recommend on your favourite blogs) as the use of particular tools can profoundly affect your style. Age 15+

Arguably the most prolific artist of the past 50 years, Dave McKean has illustrated Richard Dawkins’ child-friendly The Magic of Reality, worked with the Rolling Stones (Voodoo Lounge), designed over 150 album covers (Tori Amos, Counting Crows, Alice Cooper and Michael Nyman) and created the magical beasts of two Harry Potter films. Yet it was during his time as a young art student when McKean began his life-changing partnership with Neil Gaiman - conjuring the darkly comic, multi-award winning novella Coraline and the dream-weaving covers for The Sandman, Violent Cases and Black Orchid. Since illustrating the most successful graphic novel of all time, Batman: Arkham Asylum, McKean has continued to transcend styles and trends. His self-penned Cages won several awards for the year’s best graphic novel. And then there are his children’s books... He is currently working on a fourth film, a new graphic novel called Caligaro, and more. Join Chris Thompson for a rare chance to see him in action and to delve into the mind of a living genius.


Date: 18th October 2015Time: 11.00am-12.30pmVenue: BAC: AR2

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 11.00am-12.00pm Venue: BAC: Theatre

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SuperheroesKathryn & Stuart Immonen

John McShane interviews husband and wife team Kathryn & Stuart Immonen about their incredible comic art careers and their imaginative collaborations.

Kathryn has been getting paid to make things up for more than 20 years. She has written stories for both DC and Marvel, but is best known for Journey into Mystery with Valerio Schiti and the sleeper hit mini-series Patsy Walker: Hellcat with David Lafuente.

Kathryn and Stuart’s webcomic Never as Bad as You Think was published in 2009 and Moving Pictures, a story of the theft and commoditization of both art and desire during the Second World War, was released by Top Shelf to wide acclaim in May 2010.

Stuart has a massive worldwide following which includes some of the best-known comic art creators. He has a distinctive aesthetic and brings characters powerfully to life. During his decade-long tenure at DC, in addition to writing and pencilling Adventures of Superman, Stuart illustrated the critically-acclaimed mini-series Superman: Secret Identity. For Marvel, in addition to 2011’s Fear Itself event, he has drawn such high-profile series as Ultimate Spider-Man, The Mighty Thor, The Incredible Hulk, The Avengers and the cult favourite Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. After joining forces with Mark Waid to inaugurate Marvel’s digital Infinite Comics line, in the Marvel NOW! era, Immonen launched All-New X-Men and All-New Captain America.

We are pleased to welcome Kathryn and Stuart on their special visit to the UK.

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 11.00am-12.00pm Venue: Shakespeare Centre

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Pushing BoundariesBorder Crossing

Arkwright

Serious Fun with Comics

Where British Graphic Novels Began

Frank Santoro

Frank Santoro’s most heralded work, Storeyville, inspired the legendary Chris Ware to say, “I consider reading Storeyville for the first time one of the touchstones of my life as a cartoonist, and the book itself one of the landmarks of comics’ development.” It was self-published in tabloid newspaper form in 1995 and has since been reissued in deluxe hard cover editions by publishers in the US and France. Since then Frank has produced a unique body of work in a wide variety of formats and in the process pioneered an approach to comics’ production that tailors form to content. At the same time he acts as an online tutor and guru to the next generation of comic creators around the world. On an exclusive visit to the UK, Frank and his work will be introduced by one of his dedicated followers, renowned artist Oliver East.

This energetic panel presentation (there’s a lot to tell you in just one hour!) looks at the increasingly important role comics play across the range of university teaching and research; from designing comics for health awareness in Ghana, to learning languages; from understanding autism, to uncovering war and colonialism. Presented by The School of Languages from Cardiff University who are doing pioneering work in this area and hold the UK’s largest collection of Spanish comics.

Before Maus, before The Dark Knight Returns, and before Watchmen, there was Arkwright. Back when most comic readers were still shouting, “It’s Clobberin’ Time!” young Bryan Talbot already had far darker fish to fry. He was going to try something new: a serious, complex, intelligent adventure story for adults. The Adventures of Luther Arkwright became Britain’s first graphic novel. It’s satirical, intriguing, uncompromisingly violent, and filled with artwork of astonishing power and detail. Its influence was immense, and some say it has never been equalled. In this session, Bryan will discuss Arkwright and its place in the history of comics with producer and writer Peter Kessler, as well as showing some original artwork and answering your questions too.


Date: 18th October 2015Time: 12.30-1.30pmVenue: BAC: SC1

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 12.00-1.00pmVenue: CCT

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 12.00-1.00 pm Venue: BAC: SC2

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King TrashMichael DeForge

The world of child mafias, gooey relatable beasts, funky leathery space dudes, soft bodies, diseased bodies, and crusty bodies, is the world of DeForge. Toronto-based Michael DeForge is running amok in the independent comics scene. He is consistently putting out top-notch work executed in his very distinct style, a style that allows for plenty of room for experimentation while still being immediately recognizable as the “DeForge touch”. At the age of 24, with just a few years solidly devoted to comics, it’s amazing to imagine what he will achieve in his lifetime. On top of that, he devises props and effects for the wonderful Cartoon Network series Adventure Time. He has the drive. He has the look. He has it all. He is King Trash.” Michael Olivo, May 2012.

So where is he now? Well he’ll be here at the festival in conversation with Chris Butcher (Director, Toronto Comic Art Festival) and demonstrating how he has more than lived up to the title King Trash.

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 1.00-2.00pmVenue: Shakespeare Centre

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The Big Comic Draw

Darwyn Cooke (Justice League: New Frontier, Before Watchmen: Minute Men), Stuart Immonen (Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E., All New-Captain America), Jock (The Losers, Wytches) and Ian McQue (Grand Theft Auto) - four leading artists come together for the fi rst time in a fast-paced, interactive and entertaining live draw event. Hosted by Chris Thompson of Orbital Comics.


Date: 18th October 2015Time: 1.00-2.30pmVenue: BAC: Theatre

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DispossessionSimon Grennan

Simon Grennan is an internationally-acclaimed contemporary artist, comic scholar and author of more than 40 comics and art books. Dispossession is his latest work. Based on a little-known novel by Anthony Trollope, it’s a virtuoso graphic novel by this master visual storyteller. Comic scholar John McShane interviews Simon about the inspiration behind his work and how he takes unique advantage of the graphic form to conjure the material world of the Victorian era.

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 1.30-2.30 pmVenue: CCT

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Architect of the ImaginationBenoit Peeters

Comics creator, curator, critic and Hergé biographer Benoit Peeters was born in Paris in 1956. From Tintin to Nouvelle Manga Benoit has been a major infl uence on the global comic art scene and has been presented with the Inkpot Award for Lifetime Achievement in Comics for his writing.

After a degree in Philosophy at the Sorbonne, he prepared his Master’s under the direction of Roland Barthes. He has written essays and biographies on Hergé, Alfred Hitchcock, Paul Valéry, Nadar, Töpffer, Raoul Ruiz‚ and Chris Ware amongst others.

Obscure Cities, a graphic novel series set on a counter-Earth, was created by Benoit and his long-time friend François in the 1980s. In this fi ctional world, humans live in independent city-states, each of which has developed a distinct civilization, characterized by a distinctive architectural style. In 2015, and long overdue, Obscure Cities becomes available in English for the fi rst time in the form of The Leaning Girl. Grasp this rare opportunity to hear Benoit talk about his life and work and personally introduce The Leaning Girl in conversation with comics expert Paul Gravett.

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 2.00-3.00 pmVenue: BAC: Sc2

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MangaThe Next Step

Chie Kutsuwada is a popular manga artist based in Brighton who is well-known for her workshops. She will take you on to the next level of manga art, exploring mood-making, such as atmospheric background, camera work/composition and pacing, and how to create advanced facial expressions – a method unique to manga.

Ages 12+

Date: 18h October 2015Time: 1.00-2.30pm Venue: BAC: AR1

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Pugs of the Frozen North

Illustrate your Mantra

The Guardians of SatireSteven Appleby & Steve Bell

The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain

Reeve and McIntyre present

The Cartoonists’ Club, founded in 1960, is the UK’s largest cartoonists’ organisation. It is purely a social club and its members cover a very broad spectrum of the cartoon, comics and humorous illustration field. Here is your chance to get an overview of the club, its activities and the benefits it offers to members. The session includes a question and answer session with a panel of cartoonists.

Our festival finale offers you the chance to join writer/illustrator double-act Phillip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre on a magical journey to the Frozen North, in the company of brave sledge-racers, noodle-eating yetis and sixty-six pugs. Learn how to draw your own cartoon, how to defeat a hungry Kraken and discover the secrets of the Fifty Different Kinds of Snow.

Suitable for age 7+ and get your book signed and doodled after the event.

A hands-on workshop where you can take your favourite words of wisdom, be they song lyrics, inspirational quotes or mantras, and illustrate them on a postcard. Led by Mike Medaglia, creator of One Year Wiser, you’ll be encouraged to turn ideas into a drawing that you can keep for daily inspiration or send to a friend to inspire them. All supplies will be provided. Just show up and start drawing!

Age 12+

Steve Bell and Steven Appleby both produce regular strips for The Guardian and both pack a punch in a different way- one through his scurrilous satire of modern politics, the other through his uniquely unsettling but irresistible guide to life. Here they come together for the first time to draw live and, we hope, to give away some trade secrets.


Date: 18th October 2015Time: 3.00-4.00pmVenue: CCT

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 3.15-4.15pmVenue: BAC: Theatre

Date: 18th October 2015Time: 1.30-3.00pmVenue: BAC: AR2


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FESTIVAL FINALE

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DISCOVER AND EXPLORE THE AMAZING WORLD OF COMICS AT THE FAMILY ZONE Sat 17th and Sun 18th October 2015

FREE

FREE

Sarah McIntyre presents

Dinosaur Police!Saturday 10.30-11.30am

at the Westmorland Shopping Centre

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RAWR!!! What happens when a hungry T-Rex goes

on the rampage in the pizza factory? Can Dinoville’s

police force bring this rascal to justice? Join Sarah

McIntyre for a wild and interactive dinosaur story

time! Learn how to draw your own cartoon dinosaur

so you can go away and make your

own stories and comics!

Fun for the whole family.

Join Stephen White, aka Stref, for an exhilarating hour of storytelling and live drawing as we journey to Neverland and look at the elements that go into writing and illustrating a thrilling fairy story crammed with heroes, villains and magic.Suitable for all ages.

Comics and Fairy Tales with Metaphrog Saturday 3.00-4.00pmSunday 11.00-12.00pm & 2.00-3.00pmat the Westmorland Shopping CentreJoin the mighty Metaphrog on a journey through comics and fairy tales! Find out all about their brilliant new graphic novel launching at the festival: The Red Shoes and Other Tales, adapting the Hans Christian Andersen classic. Learn how to make your own comics! Create your own characters!

Suitable for age 8+, adults welcome too!

FREE

Zoom’s Skanky Pigeon

workshops and

Muckburger’s Burger Bar

Saturday 1.00-1.30 pm and 3.00-3.30 pm

Sunday 1.00-1.30pm and 3.00-3.30 pm


Fire Skanky Burgers using Zoom’s Skanky

Burger Catapult and have a go at winning

an Unhappy meal! Then take a seat at the

Takeaway Table to create and draw your

own funny comic characters. Zoom will

also be running workshops where

you’ll learn how to create a comic

strip starring Skanky Pigeon from

The Beano! All ages welcome at the

Burger Bar, open all day Saturday

and Sunday.

Workshops suitable for ages 8+

FREE

Stephen White presents Peter PanSaturday 1.30-2.30pmat the Westmorland Shopping Centre

FREE

Sally Kindberg presents Flap, Snap, Squawk and Wriggle!

Draw cheeky animals including dinosaurs, and comic strip adventures of the mysterious Lakeland Tizzie Wizzie with Sally Kindberg. Drop-in workshops for families.Suitable for age: 5+

Saturday 12.30-1.30 pm and 2.30-3.30 pmat the Westmorland Shopping CentreDraw cheeky animals including adventures of the mysterious

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FREE

FREE

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Reeve & McIntyre: Create

your own Cartoon Character!

FESTIVAL FINALEReeve & McIntyre present: PUGS OF THE FROZEN NORTH

SPECIAL DEAL: The Frozen North Event

Monster Portraits with

Jonathan Edwards

Felt Mistress Finger Puppets workshopSunday 1.00-2.00pmat the Westmorland Shopping Centre


Finger

DISCOVER AND EXPLORE THE AMAZING WORLD OF COMICS AT THE FAMILY ZONE Sat 17th and Sun 18th October 2015

FREE

Monster Portraits with

Jonathan Edwards

Felt Mistress Finger Puppets workshopSunday 1.00-2.00pm

Finger

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Saturday 1.30-2.30pmat the Westmorland Shopping Centre

Tips from the pros! Meet Philip Reeve and

Sarah McIntyre, creators of Oliver & the

Seawigs, Pugs of the Frozen North and many

other books. Watch as they show you how they

came up with and drew characters from some

of their own books, then join them in drawing

your own characters and start them off on

their own comic adventure!

Suitable for age 5+

Join writer/illustrator double–act Reeve & McIntyre on a

magical journey to the Frozen North, in the company of

brave sled-racers, noodle-eating yetis and sixty six pugs.

Learn how to draw your own cartoon, fi nd out how to defeat a

hungry Kraken, and discover the secrets of the Fifty Different

Kinds of Snow.Suitable for age 7+, followed by a chance to get your book

signed and doodled.

Includes a ticket to Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre event on Sunday and any one Phoenix workshop (for under 16 yrs offer only)

£6 under 16 years

Ever wondered what monster you would look

like? Jonathan Edwards (designer of Poblin

and The Lakes Gang) will be doing ink-drawn

monster portraits which are yours to take

home! Fun for all ages

Join the Felt Mistress, aka Louise Evans, as she shows you how to make felt fi nger puppets of the Lakes Gang. Age: 5+

you how to make felt fi nger puppets

FREE


signed and doodled.

FREEFREE

Finger FREE

Bill Morrison

Fans of the anarchic animated

adventures of The Simpsons will be able to enjoy a stroll through Springfi eld with award-winning Simpsons Comics artist Bill Morrison as he sketches and signs comics. Suitable for all ages

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Sunday 1.30-2.30pmat the Westmorland Shopping Centre

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Sunday 12.30-1.30 pm


Sunday 3.15-4.15pmat The Brewery Arts Centre - Theatre

Saturday 11.00-12.00pm


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WE DRAW U DRAW

Poblin’s Bedtime Comic Jam

Want to sit next to a professional comic artist and have them draw your favourite comic character? Well now you can as long as you draw something for them in return. Come draw with Robert Deas (Troy Trailblazer), Paul Harrison Davies (Boo! Astro Dog) and numerous artists from across the festival! Age: recommended 5+ but open to all!

Join professional artists and help create a giant

comic art quilt for Poblin! When everyone is tucked

up in bed on Saturday night the Premier Inn elves

will stitch all the panels together to auction for

charity on Sunday. (Sponsored by Premier Inn)

Fun for all the family

Also: Exhibitor tables featuring Funny Monsters, Jordan Vigay,

Jonathan Holmes, Nigel Parkinson and Nika Nartova from

The Beano, James Chapman, Alan Henderson, Graham Pearce,

the Print Wagon, RSPB and temporary superhero tattoos

by Jack Knight

Giant colouring wall, crafting and comic-making tables

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Philip Reeve and Ian McQue present RAILHEAD Dr. Melanie

Gibson presents What Became of Bunty?

Dr. Melanie Gibson presents What Can I Read Next?

Comics Jam with Phillip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre

Philip Reeve’s new novel Railhead is a story of thieves and androids, exiles and emperors, insects and intelligent trains, and takes place in a far future society linked by a hyperspace railway. Philip and Ian McQue will talk about creating worlds through words and pictures, and Ian will create some images based on readings from Railhead. Recommended for 8+

Saturday 10.30-11.30amat Kendal Library

Dr Mel talks about British girls’ comics from Girl to Misty, looking at the artwork and stories and exploring why the genre, which included titles that sold over a million a week, disappeared

Suitable for all ages

Dr Mel shares some of the best graphic novels and comics for young people and their families. Come along to join in the conversation, share your favourites and discover some new books to enjoy. Suitable for all ages

Join the creators of Pugs of the Frozen North for a giant Comics jam session! Watch as they create a comic in front of your eyes, based on your suggestions, then jump in to start off your own Comics Jam! Watch as your characters take on a life of their own in a comics game a bit like Consequences.

Age: strictly 8+, adults welcome, followed by a chance to get your book signed and doodled.

FREEFAIRY GEEKMOTHER

Looking for a comic and can’t decide what’s for you? New to comics and wondering where to start? Wish on a word balloon, and your Fairy Geekmother will turn up, just like magic, to fi nd just the book for you! Fun for all ages

At the Library



FREECreate a Comic with Laura Howell

Learn the basics of creating a comic page with The Beano’s Laura Howell. You’ll soon be creating your own characters and seeing your story ideas come to life on the page in front of you. Suitable for ages 5+

Saturday 12.00-1.00pm and 4.30-5.30pm at the Westmorland Shopping CentreSunday 12.30-1.30pmat Kendal Library

Saturday 2.30-3.30pmat Kendal Library

Saturday & Sunday at the Westmorland Shopping Centre and Kendal Library

Sunday 2.00-3.00 pm at Kendal Library

Saturday 12.00-4.30 pm and Sunday 11.00-12.30 pm

Auction: Sunday 3.30-4.00 pm


Saturday 11.00-5.00 pm and Sunday 11.00-4.00pm at the Westmorland Shopping Centre

Saturday 12.30-2.00pm at Kendal Library



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COMIC WORKSHOPS

The Phoenix is back! Get ready for two days of comic workshops and master classes from some of the best artists and storytellers in the UK. Whatever you do, don’t miss them!

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SUNDAY 18TH11.00AM-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM AND 3.00-4.00PM

at Brewery Art Centre

Neill Cameron: WARNING: This workshop contains PIRATES, DINOSAURS, ROBOTS, DISCO PIGS, CAKES AND GENERAL COMIC AWESOMENESS. Grab your pencils, bring your imagination and get ready for a roaring adventure with the brilliant mind behind Mega Robo Bros!!

Laura Anderson: The world is full of heroes doing good deeds... BORING! Join Laura Anderson, the creator of EVIL EMPEROR PENGUIN, to create an original villain! Bring your VILE plans for world domination and get to work on some dastardly schemes. MUAHAHAHA!

All workshops suitable for 6 to 12 years. Price: All £3Visit the events pages at www.comicartfestival.com to pre-book your tickets and ensure your place.



The Lakes International Comic Art FestivalFor the third year running businesses in Kendal become part of the festival by turning in to a gallery of shop windows across the town. The window displays are created by a whole range of artists including nursery groups, schools, colleges and community groups from across South Lakeland as well as individual artists from across the country.

WINDOWS ON COMIC ART TRAIL2 October - 23 October 2015

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This year we have extended the trail by creating exhibitions in two businesses in the town centre:

Brew Brothers will have an exhibition by Andy Poyiadgi whose comic Teapot Theory was shortlisted for the Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize and was coloured with genuine English Breakfast tea.

White Stuff will have an exhibition by Mike Medaglia, a comic artist, illustrator and Zen Buddhist whose book One Year Wiser will be featured at the festival by SelfMadeHero. All the artwork in this exhibition will be for sale and the proceeds go to the charity that White Stuff regularly supports, the Bendrigg Trust.

Walking for Health. Make sure that you walk the whole trail. It starts at Kendal Leisure Centre, where you can park, leave the car and walk in to town. The trail is 3.2km long… which is 2 miles long… which is 4000 steps and you could burn up to 500 calories making your way around the trail... so comic art is very good for your health!

Prizes will be awarded for the Best Artist Window, Best School or Group Window and The People’s Vote. Make sure you cast a vote in The People’s Vote. Slips are available in the Windows Trail businesses and you can post your voting slip in the Brewery, Clocktower or leave it with the host business.

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Highgate VetsColin Shelbourne✓ 10

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The GentrySharon Tait✓ 14

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Brew BrothersAndy Poyiadgi ✓ 16

Colin Reynolds Photography Lloyd H & C✓ 17

Oxfam St. Patrick’s CE Primary School✓ 18

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Farrers Tea & Coffee Merchant Jim Dog Art✓ 20

Fat Face Ragtag Arts ✓ 21

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THE COMICS CLOCKTOWER

17 October 10am - 6pm18 October 10.30am - 5pm at Kendal Town Hall

What is it?This is your chance to meet more than 50 creators from around the world, see them sketch, get work signed as well as buy books, prints and more. Some work will be available for the first time at the festival. We aim to feed the hunger of existing comic art fans whilst appealing to a curious, new audience eager to find out more.

Most of our international guests, who feature in our main events programme, will also be appearing in the Comics Clocktower over the weekend to sign and sketch and meet their fans.

You’ll find a full timetable of appearances on our website from Wednesday September 30th

Who’ll be there?

As entry is free again this year we do expect to be managing numbers and there’ll be some queuing. We’ll aim to make it run as smoothly as we can and ensure a great experience for both visitors and exhibitors. Please bear with us and bring along a smile!

Please note that the Clocktower is also one of our ticketed events venues this year. We’ll be using one space in the building and there’ll be a separate queue for this. So don’t worry no-one’s queue-jumping! If they have a ticket for one of these events they will be given priority access to the venue 15 minutes before their event to ensure we keep to our rigorous time schedule.

Asia Alfasi Art www.asiaalfasiart.comKristyna Baczynski www.kristyna.co.ukJoe Bailey Sculpture & Design www.facebook.com/JoeBaileySculptureNick Brokenshire www.nickbrokenshire.co.ukP M Buchan & Byron Buchan www.pmbuchan.comKeith Burns www.keithburns.co.ukCartoonists’ Club of Great Britain www.ccgb.org.ukClockwork Watch www.clockworkwatch.comDecadence Comics www.decadencecomics.comDisconnected Press www.disconnectedpress.co.ukEdieOP www.edieop.comEverything & Monday www.mattboyce.com/Fancy Butcher Press www.fancybutcher.comKieron Gillen www.twitter.com/kierongillenVerity Glass www.nadapta-art.comHappy Space Sloth www.happyspacesloth.co.ukJames Harvey www.stopjamesharvey.comHitsville UK www.hitsvilleukcomic.comJeff Hawke Club (with special guest Sydney Jordan) www.jeffhawkeclub.co.ukIlya www.literature.britishcouncil.org/ilyaAntony Johnston www.antonyjohnston.comWarwick Johnson-Cadwell www.warwickjohnsoncadwell.blogspot.co.ukTalib Kadhim www.tkadz.deviantart.comRoger Langridge www.hotelfred.comLaydeez do Comics www.laydeezdocomics.wordpress.comAimee Lockwood www.aimeelockwood.co.ukMike Medaglia www.mikemedaglia.comMerrick: The Sensational Elephantman www.merrickcomic.co.ukJohn Miers www.johnmiers.comSimon Moreton www.smoo-comics.comAlex Paknadel @alexpaknadel (twitter)Jacob Phillips www.jacobphillipsillustration.bigcartel.comRoller Grrrls www.garyerskine.tumblr.comSeeing Poetry: Poetry in words and comics www.seeingpoetry.co.ukTeam Girl Comics www.teamgirlcomic.comTiny Pencil www.tinypencil.comUniversity of Cumbria Comic Book Collective www.cumbria.ac.uk/graphicdesign/Molly Wilkinson www.themoonstruckowl.tumblr.comWobbly Rock www.wobblyrock.com

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AdHouse Books www.adhousebooks.comThe Analogue Press www.theanaloguepress.co.ukAvery Hill Publishing www.averyhillpublishing.comBlack Hook Press www.blackhookpress.comBreakdown Press www.breakdownpress.comCentrala www.centrala.org.ukCinebook www.cinebook.co.ukEscape Books www.escape-books.co.ukFailboat Press www.naniiebimhbd.co.ukFanfare – Ponent Mon www.ponentmon.comGazelle www.gazellebookservices.co.ukImproper Books www.improperbooks.comMyriad Editions www.myriadeditions.comSelfMadeHero www.selfmadehero.comSoaring Penguin Press www.soaringpenguinpress.comTitan Comics www.titan-comics.comTripwire www.tripwiremagazine.co.uk

First Age Comics www.stores.ebay.co.uk/First-AgeForbidden Planet www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ International Imagination StationOrbital comics www.orbitalcomics.comPage 45 www.page45.com



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First Age Comics www.stores.ebay.co.uk/First-AgeForbidden Planet www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ International Imagination StationOrbital comics www.orbitalcomics.comPage 45 www.page45.com

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Bring all the family, young & old, to the Clock Tower’s GEORGIAN ROOM, upstairs, to discover the most diverse selection of beautiful graphic novels & quality kids comics you’ll ever see!

Ask for recommendations tailored to YOUR specific tastes! We’ll find your friends presents too!

Meet creators Dan Berry, John Allison, Emma Vieceli, Jonathan Edwards, Felt Mistress, Jade Sarson & Richard Short, selling their wares all weekend long!

Thrill to the fabulous Sarah McIntyre & Philip Reeve signing & sketching in all-ages OLIVER AND THE SEAWIGS, CAKES IN SPACE & PUGS OF THE FROZEN NORTH from 2.30pm Saturday!

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On Thursday the 15th of October at 3pm, six incredible artists will enter a room in Kendal to draw in a single day a whole 24 page comic book each. The following day each of those books will be printed and available for sale at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

John Allison, Dan Berry, Jonathan Edwards, Jade Sarson, Richard Short and Emma Vieceli clearly do not care for the sweet bliss of restful sleep, the caress of sunlight upon skin or the general wellbe-ing of their spines and wrists. Their only concern is to draw you the very finest stories, comfort be damned.

For more information go to www.comicartfestival

Canada!VISIT

(without ever leaving the Lake District!)

THE CANADIANCOMICS LODGEat The Shakespeare CentrePresented by The Toronto Comic Arts FestivalThis past May, the Brit cartoonists from LICAF invaded The Toronto Comic Arts Festival with their comics, art, films, and more! Now the Canadians are returning the favour, as Canadian cartoonists and comics experts set up shop in the Shakespeare Centre for the weekend!

The Canadian Comics Lodge will feature:• A full programme of presentations, author

signings, and special events.• An amazing gallery of prints and original artwork

by the participating artists.• Kendal’s “Baba Gamoose” selling delicious light

snacks and drinks with an authentic Canadian twist.• A bookshop fully stocked with Canadian comics

& graphic novels, brought to you by Page 45 and Canada’s The Beguiling Books!

• A great selection of official posters, t-shirts, and much more from The Toronto Comic Arts Festival!

• A FREE souvenir (while supplies last).

The Canadian Comics Lodge at The Shakespeare Centre is a production of TCAF, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, in association with The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival and its sponsors.We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

View the full Lodge schedule in person or online at torontocomics.com/lodge

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Featuring:All the way from the great white north...

Estelle BachelardIt’s Hard To Be A Girl.

Kate BeatonHark, A Vagrant, and Step Aside, Pops!

Darwyn CookeDC: The New Frontier, and Parker: The Hunter.

Michael DeForgeLose, Ant Colony, First Year Healthy, and Very Casual.

Stuart ImmonenStar Wars, Captain America, Russian Olive to Red King, and All-New X-Men.

Kathryn ImmonenMoving Pictures, Operation: SIN, Spider-Verse, and Russian Olive to Red King.

Samuel LeBlancPerfume of Lilacs.

Conor McCreeryKill Shakespeare, and Sherlock Homes vs. Houdini.

SethPalookaville, George Sprott, and Wimbledon Green.

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Canada!VISIT

(without ever leaving the Lake District!)

THE CANADIANCOMICS LODGEat The Shakespeare CentrePresented by The Toronto Comic Arts FestivalThis past May, the Brit cartoonists from LICAF invaded The Toronto Comic Arts Festival with their comics, art, films, and more! Now the Canadians are returning the favour, as Canadian cartoonists and comics experts set up shop in the Shakespeare Centre for the weekend!

The Canadian Comics Lodge will feature:• A full programme of presentations, author

signings, and special events.• An amazing gallery of prints and original artwork

by the participating artists.• Kendal’s “Baba Gamoose” selling delicious light

snacks and drinks with an authentic Canadian twist.• A bookshop fully stocked with Canadian comics

& graphic novels, brought to you by Page 45 and Canada’s The Beguiling Books!

• A great selection of official posters, t-shirts, and much more from The Toronto Comic Arts Festival!

• A FREE souvenir (while supplies last).

The Canadian Comics Lodge at The Shakespeare Centre is a production of TCAF, The Toronto Comic Arts Festival, in association with The Lakes International Comic Arts Festival and its sponsors.We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country.

Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays.

View the full Lodge schedule in person or online at torontocomics.com/lodge

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival

Featuring:All the way from the great white north...

Estelle BachelardIt’s Hard To Be A Girl.

Kate BeatonHark, A Vagrant, and Step Aside, Pops!

Darwyn CookeDC: The New Frontier, and Parker: The Hunter.

Michael DeForgeLose, Ant Colony, First Year Healthy, and Very Casual.

Stuart ImmonenStar Wars, Captain America, Russian Olive to Red King, and All-New X-Men.

Kathryn ImmonenMoving Pictures, Operation: SIN, Spider-Verse, and Russian Olive to Red King.

Samuel LeBlancPerfume of Lilacs.

Conor McCreeryKill Shakespeare, and Sherlock Homes vs. Houdini.

SethPalookaville, George Sprott, and Wimbledon Green.



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Shōjo MangaWorld Of Japanese Girls’ Comicsfrom the Kyoto International Manga Museum

We are proud to present the fi rst major exhibition of Japanese shojo (girls’) manga in the UK in association with the Kyoto International Manga Museum. This exhibition introduces the world of Japanese shojo (girls’) manga through elaborate replica (“Genga’ (Dash)”) prints developed jointly by Kyoto Seika University’s International Manga Research Centre and the manga artist Keiko Takeuchi, Principle of Kyoto Seika University. Genga’ (Dash) prints are copies of original artworks that have been faithfully reproduced aiming to conserve original manga artwork which is easily damaged and worn.

Japan’s shojo manga culture dates back to the post-war years but only evolved into its broad-ranging and hugely-popular form of today as a result of the innovative work of a small group of artists in the 1970s. This exhibition features the work of 3 of these artists – Akiko Hatsu, Keiko Takemiya and Yukiko Kai. It will be accompanied by examples of work by a further 17 artists who have helped shape the world of shojo manga since it began.

The 1970s were known as a turning point in the history of shojo manga, when artists such as Takemiya emerged on the scene turning what had previously been seen as a “low” form of manga into a cultural genre to rival literature. She published many shojo manga exploring new themes such as young homosexual love (“The Poem of Wind and Trees”) and science fi ction (“To Terra”).

Yukiko Kai was part of the wave of innovative manga artists working in Japan in the 1970s as well as one of the driving forces behind that wave. Her work covers a range of themes from science fi ction fantasy through to romantic tales set outside of Japan as well as strongly Japanese creations themed around Noh theatre. Her drawing skills make her a noted artist and she was appreciated particularly by other manga artists. Tragically she died at the age of 26 and as a result only short story versions of her work remain. Their beauty, however, is truly worth being communicated outside of Japan.

Akiko Hatsu is the younger sister of Yukiko Kai and currently works full time as a manga artist. She is deeply steeped in Japanese tradition, having worked on comic versions of work by authors such as Kyoka Izumi, and nowadays working on serialisations such as “Dreams of Uryudo” which expand on her unique worldview. Her stories are set not only in beautiful Japan but also in the UK and her work, drawing on both East and West, has the potential to be widely appreciated here.

Akiko Hatsu will make her fi rst trip outside of Japan to appear at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.

Find out more about the wonderful world of shojo manga – not just for girls nor just by girls….

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Akiko Hatsu will be in conversation with Paul Gravett on Saturday 17 October 2015 (see events listings). She will also be appearing with Paul at The British Museum as part of the programme of events for the Asahi Shimbun Display Manga now: three generations. Shojo: Girls’ Comics from Japan on Tuesday 20 October 2015, 13.15-14.00, Room 92 for more information go to, www.britishmuseum.org

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Curated by Sean Phillips

This exhibition showcases the versatility and talent of comic book artists from around the world who have created record covers for bands both big and small, famous and infamous. Curated by internationally-renowned comic artist and festival patron Sean Phillips, Phono+Graphic celebrates the bands, the music and the art through 60 vinyl record covers by 60 artists.

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival invited Sean Phillips to choose the covers and help design the exhibition with Kendal Museum/College. The exhibition includes record covers by the likes of acclaimed Batman artist Neal Adams, Judge Dredd artist Brian Bolland, cartoonist Robert Crumb, Gorillaz co-creator Jamie Hewlett and some of this year’s Festival guests – Charlie Adlard, Hunt Emerson, Dave McKean and Phil Winslade.

Date: 5 October - 20 October 2015 Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm plus Sunday 18 October 10am-4pm

Venue: Kendal Museum Station Road, Kendal LA9 6BTTel:01539 815597 • www.kendalmuseum.org.uk £2

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“While researching the exhibition I was surprised to discover just how many well-known comic artists had drawn album covers. I’d planned to have two covers by each artist if they’d done that many, but I soon had to change that plan. There’s far too many to fit in one exhibition. I had to be quite ruthless in my curation, although it was more surprising to discover covers that I had no idea had been drawn by comic artists. Albums like David Bowie’s ‘Diamond Dogs’, with a painted cover by Guy Peellaert. Equally hard was whittling down the art to just 60 pieces. Some classic sleeves and albums just had to be included, but apart from that, I just went with what I liked. I had to either like the work of the cover artist or the music, and sometimes both happened! There’s a lot of old classics, but also plenty of recent covers by contemporary artists.

On a purely artistic level, I really like Christian Ward’s cover for ‘The Pictish Trail’ and Dan Clowes cover for ‘Las Vegas Grind Volume Four’. Nostalgically, Richard Corben’s painting for the cover of Meatloaf’s ‘Bat Out Of Hell’ can’t be beaten for music lovers of a certain age.

All the records also had to be on 12” vinyl and apart from one which is too good to miss out, I’ve managed that. The art looks at its best at that size – and nobody wants to be squinting at a CD sized picture on the wall. The oldest picture in the exhibition is a French, spoken-word album of a Tintin book. The original picture was drawn by Herge in the 1930s but I think the record is from the 1950s”. Sean notes. “He’s one of the greatest European cartoonists ever, and everybody knows who Tintin is, so I’d be daft not to include it. The next oldest is ‘Cheap

Thrills’ by Big Brother and the Holding Company. Robert Crumb drew that cover in 1968, and the exhibition also includes another of his covers from 2008.

The most recent is the self-titled debut album by Cosmic Rays. Fellow festival guests and band members Charlie Adlard and Phil Winslade both contributed art to the gatefold sleeve. Charlie will be taking a break from drawing zombies for The Walking Dead for the band to play at the festival so I had to include them!”

Sean Phillips will be in situ on Saturday 17 October 2015 from 11am-1pm and available to discuss the exhibition as well a signing and sketching.

PARALLEL WORLDS

THE MAGNIFICENT KNOCKABOUT WHITE ELEPHANT EMPORIUM

@ ELEPHANT YARD, KENDAL, UK

TELLY SAVALAS LOOKS AT FULCHESTER

Featuring VIZ comics, Knockabout, Soaring Penguin Press, Telly Savalas, Hunt Emerson,

Bartkira, Darts, Tai Chi, Magic Photo Booth, Beer, Comics, Beer, Wine, Comedy and more Beer

and more Wine. Oh! and more Comics.

More vibrant than London. More romantic than Paris. More cosmopolitan than New York. Fulchester, home of the characters in Viz Comic, is one of the most famous towns in the world. But if you’ve never been there don’t worry because this year, at The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Fulchester is coming to YOU in the form of a fantastic, fully-interactive 3-D town model. Late bald actor Telly Savalas will be your tour guide, leading you through the streets, lanes and fi elds of this wonderful town.How big is Fulchester United’s stadium? How far do the Fat Slags live from The Dog and Hammer pub? How many broken washing machines are there in the Bacons’ front garden? If you’ve ever asked questions like these, then Telly Savalas Looks at Fulchester is the exhibition for you. If you haven’t, then it’s not.

IT’S BACK! IT’S BIG!! IT’S EVEN SILLIER THAN LAST YEAR!!!

THE KNOCKABOUT POP-UP SHOP IN ELEPHANT YARD

FOR ONE WEEKEND ONLY

CLOSING DOWNEVERYTHING MUST GO

FREEALL

Date: Pops Up Friday 16 October 1pm – 6pm

Saturday 17 October 10am - 6pm & live comedy 8pm

Packs its trunk Sunday 18 October 10.30am - 5pm

Venue: Elephant Yard, Kendal, UK



2015Festival

Merchandise

See Pages 46-48



Marcel Ruijters from The Netherlands, author of Hieronymus. He will

be signing the unauthorised biography to commemorate the 500th

anniversary of Hieronymus Bosch’s death. Hunt Emerson will be signing

all his work throughout the weekend. Winshluss from France will be

signing In God We Trust and Pinocchio. Knockabout also has on sale The

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Century and Nemo by Alan Moore

& Kevin O’Neill, Underground humour from Gilbert Shelton in the Freak

Brothers and Fat Freddy’s Cat, translations of prize-winning European

comic books including Wrinkles by Paco Roca and also the brilliant Sam

Zabel and the Magic Pen by Dylan Horrocks.

Since 2012, Soaring Penguin Press has been publishing an eclectic list of

graphic novels and comics from the farthest reaches of the globe including

artists from London, France, Canada, Austria, Germany, USA and South

Africa. Four amazing creators are signing and sketching some of their

works with us. A special limited edition of the French web sensation,

Boulet’s most recent 24-hour comic The Gaeneviad will be exclusively

available at the Lakes International Art Festival. From Montreal are two

of our newest creators launching their new books at the Lakes Festival,

Perfume of Lilacs by Samuel Leblanc and It’s Hard to be a Girl by Bach.

Bach and Samuel will also be part of the Graphics to Games ...and Back

Again event. A New Yorker by birth, but with the soul of a Brit, the much-

loved Ellen Lindner, is coming over from the States to launch the collected

edition of her Ignatz-nominated series, The Black Feather Falls.

Stand-up poet, sit-up storyteller and give up musician Jonny Fluffypunk

has been dragging his art around the circuit for over 12 years. Fusing

bitter-sweet autobiography, political disillusionment and surreal whimsy

in an act which has established him as a favourite at gigs, festivals and

housing benefi t offi ces across Britain, Jonny is a serial poetry slam

champion who remains bitterly opposed to competition in the arts. His

Sustainable Nihilists’ Handbook is published by Burning Eye and he is

currently touring his no-fi stand-up spoken word show ‘Man Up, Jonny

Fluffypunk- One Man’s Struggle with Late-Onset Responsibility’ to rousing

acclaim.

“Sublime...well-crafted, tender and life-affi rming. Highly Recommended”-

FringeReview

THE RUDE KID

EXTRAS

BACK FOR A SECOND YEAR THE SPECTRAL

SUPERNATURAL EXPERIENCE THAT IS: THE

TIME TRAVELLER’S FORTUNE TELLER’S

PHOTO BOOTH

KNOCKABOUT

SOARING PENGUIN PRESS

SATURDAY NIGHT COMEDY 8PM.

“MAN UP, JONNY FLUFFYPUNK”

(JADED AND CYNICAL OLD UNDERGROUND

PUBLISHER) PRESENTS

The Rude Kid is perhaps the most iconic work of art of the 20th century.

Created in 1979 and bought by the Louvre in 1982, it has been seen by

an estimated 85 million people worldwide. Stolen in 2004 by art thieves,

it was feared lost forever until discovered three years later under a

hedge in South London by a dog called Pickles. Now, for the fi rst time,

The Rude Kid is to be displayed outside Paris as The Lakes International

Comic Arts Festival plays host to this masterpiece.

Have your picture taken in the beautiful and

mysterious Fortune Teller’s Tent!

Get your own personalised Victorian calling cards and

see ghostly comic characters appear as if by magic…..

Or through the joys of digital manipulation! Approved

and certifi ed by the UK Borders’ Agency……

Bartkira: All the way from Tokyo comes

the ultimate mash-up and global

phenomenon known as Bartkira. It’s

Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira re-told using

the characters and settings from Matt

Groening’s The Simpsons. Drawn by

more than 500 creators from around

the world it has already clocked

up 6 volumes and here you get an

exclusive chance to see the latest

pages on display for the fi rst time.

Don’t miss our special Bartkira event

and screening of Akira (in Japanese

with English subtitles).

The Cabinet of Curiosities: Wacky, weird and

wonderful objects from wacky, weird and

wonderful creators.

Hunt Emerson’s Fez Tai Chi classes:

Saturday 9.45am and Sunday 10.15am

A world exclusive! Bring your own Fez if you have

one, or try one of our natty selection and spend

15 or 20 minutes loosening up and relaxing while

following Mr Emerson’s motivating moves.

Festival Drawing Jam Budding Artist? Seasoned

pro? Talentless hack? Show off your skills on the

live art board next to the Soaring Penguin Press

table in the Elephant Emporium. All welcome!

Plus resident Chocs Away for

those with sweet teeth.

Lakes International Comics

Darts Festival

Test your “arrows” skill by playing

against a notable cartoonist for

worthless prizes.

Exclusive sales of Limited

Edition Festival Beer and

Wine

‘Too Far Gone’, a limited edition brew packed

with a punch designed by Charlie Adlard of

The Walking Dead fame plus special wines by

Bryan Talbot and Sean Phillips available here

as souvenir, gift, bribe or threat!

wonderful objects from wacky, weird and

A world exclusive! Bring your own Fez if you have

one, or try one of our natty selection and spend

Timetable will be posted daily at venuein partnership with

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Dead on your feet? Take refuge from running from zombies and other assorted undead and visit this special bar emerging for just one long weekend. There’ll be emergency medicinal supplies on hand and a whole host of underground paraphernalia to pre-occupy you. Join bar manager Shaun (yes he really is called Shaun!) and his supernatural team for an unforgettable experience.

Opening Times: Friday 16 October 5pm-1amSaturday 17 October 10.30am-1amSunday 18 October 11am-1am

Venue: Ruskins Bar, Yard 2, Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4ND

“Too Far Gone” featuring

exclusive artwork by Charlie

Adlard of ‘The Walking Dead’

fame.

Festival red wine Chateau

Grandville by Bryan Talbot and

white wine Fatale Pinot

Grigio by Sean Phillips

SERVING AND SELLING FESTIVAL

BEER AND WINE

limited edition collectors’ items!

FREE



Plus :-Your only chance to meet internationally-renowned Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard who will be sketching and signing. Saturday 17 October 2-3.30 and Sunday 18 October 12-1.30

Exclusive Exhibition of great undead artwork by Charlie Adlard, Jock and Sean Phillips

Opening Times: Friday 16 October 5pm-1amSaturday 17 October 10.30am-1amSunday 18 October 11am-1am

Venue: Ruskins Bar, Yard 2, Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4ND

The bar features exclusive live entertainment 16 & 17 October

Friday 16 October - 10pmLive from Tokyo (and elsewhere too) ‘The `Lakes Bomb Squad’ presents a special DJ night featuring James Stacey (Tokyo), James Harvey, Zoom Rockman, Michael Deforge (Toronto), Jonathan Edwards, Louise Evans, Minori Kanai (Tokyo) and Joe Decie

Saturday 17 October - 9.30pm

LIVE entertainment

featuring Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard

FREEFREE

Walking

We’ll also have a Quiet Bar

Le Chien Blanc @ Burgundy’s

Friday & Saturday noon-late

19 Lowther Street, Kendal LA9 4DH

For those with a gentler, quieter

disposition this will be the place

for you

SshhhQuiet Bar

Le Chien Blanc @ Burgundy’s

Friday & Saturday noon-late

Buy any Medio drink and cake or sandwich and get 10% discount

when a valid event ticket is shown.

proud to be supporting young talent at the Comic Art Festival

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As well as satisfying your hunger for comic art we know that a critical part of a good festival is being able to keep your energy levels up by fi nding the right kind of food, in the right kind of places and, wherever possible, avoiding long queues. We have done our best to recognise this by working in partnership with some of Kendal’s favourite cafés, bars and restaurants. That isn’t to say there isn’t a fi ne food and drink offering right across the town and you’ll fi nd plenty of places to accommodate different tastes and budgets. We highlight here those based at some of our key venues and/or those who have made an extra special effort to celebrate comic art in its various guises helping to make Kendal a comic art town for the weekend.

Comicartfest @ The Brewery JAPANESE FOOD – The real thing: Miso Soups, Bento Boxes, Sticky Rice, Hello Panda Biscuits, Amanoya Rice Crackers, Jasmine Green Tea…

Emma’s @ The Comics ClocktowerEmma’s from Yard 46 Kendal brings her legendary cakes, light snacks and drinks emporium to the Comics Clocktower for the weekend (also serving festival beer and wine)

Baba Gamoose @ The Canadian Comics Lodge, Shakespeare Centre One of Kendal’s best-loved food havens moves west and becomes Baba Gamoose for the weekend - fi nd out why and how! Light snacks and drinks with an authentic Canadian twist

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Exclusive opportunity to meet Bill Morrison, Simpsons’ creator and comic art genius. See him sketch live, 3.30-4.30pm on Sunday 18 October

2 Classic Pizzas for £10 ! Bring this voucher and choose from the following:• Margherita - Mozzarella and tomato• La Reine - Prosciutto cotto ham, olives, mushrooms, mozzarella and tomato• American - Pepperoni, mozzarella and tomato• Sloppy Guiseppe - Hot spiced beef, green pepper, red onion, mozzarella and tomato

Bill Morrison, Simpsons’ creator

Bring this voucher and choose from the following:

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OPENING IN GRANTHAM ON WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY

PIZZAEXPRESS

Shabby Chic Licensed Co� ee Lounge serving fresh, artisan foods including breakfast all day long. Cakes baked on premises and serving Illy co� ee and Farrers teas.

Open Monday to Sunday 8am-6pm with special extension for Comic Art Festival on Friday 16th and Saturday 17th October to 8pm

Brew Brothers is proud to participate in the festival being home to a special kind of ‘Tea � erapy’ by renowned comic art creator and � lm-maker Andy Poyiadgi

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FestivalGoodies

The Festival is not-for-profi t so any help we can gather to sustain it in the future is hugely appreciated. We have some donation points at festival locations and we have produced some limited edition merchandise too, the profi ts from which will go back into the festival for 2016. We aim to expand the range of educational and participatory activity in future years and will continue to fi nd new ways of improving the general festival experience. And, of course, we won’t let you down with the quality of guests and programme.

You can help support us by taking home some of our limited edition goodies which have been taken over just a little by our new festival characters – Poblin & Friends

Anthology from 2014Festival Goodies

Badges

Stickers

24 hour Comic Marathon book

T Shirts

£15each

£3per set

£15

Badges

£3per set

£3£12each

£3per set



Anthology from 2014

To celebrate Boulet’s inaugural Lakes Festival as Patron, Soaring Penguin Press will publish a limited run of his acclaimed 24-hour comic. Each copy, a steal at £5, will have a blank interior page, perfect for Boulet to sign and sketch.

Exclusive to Soaring Penguin Pressat the Elephant Emporium

Tote bags

Notebook

Boulet’s The Gaenaviad!

Tea Towel

Postcards

Badges

Stickers

£5each

£5each

£5each

50peach

Exclusive to Soaring Penguin Pressat the Elephant Emporium

Notebook

Boulet’s The

£3.50each

Soaring Penguin Press

FESTIVAL LIMITED EDITION PRINTS2014 PRINTS

2015 PRINTS



FestivalGoodies

Mark Buckingham

Doug Braithwaite

Emma Vieceli

Duncan Fegredo

Rian Hughes

Bryan Talbot

Sean Phillips

Junko Mizuno

Mark Buckingham

Doug Braithwaite

Emma Vieceli

Duncan Fegredo

Rian Hughes

Bryan Talbot

Sean Phillips

Junko Mizuno

Jamie Hewlett

Hunt Emerson

Sean Phillips

Hunt Emerson

Warwick Johnson-Cadwell

look out for more limited edition prints at the festival

Visit our shop at comicfestival.com

Stuart ImmonenJamie Hewlett

Hunt Emerson

Sean Phillips

Hunt Emerson

Warwick Johnson-Cadwell Stuart Immonen

£20each

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Get reduced admission prices and more for Gym, swimming, aerobic classes, circuits and Cyclone studio classes with the beActive Card.

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PLEASE DON’T TOUCH: Steven Appleby

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FELT MISTRESS WORKSHOP: Louise Evans

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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MANGA

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JUSTICE LEAGUE: Darwyn Cooke

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THE ART OF JOCK

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KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE: Hayao Miyazaki


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WOO HOO! IT’S BILL MORRISON

BRYAN TALBOT’S HOW I MAKE A GRAPHIC NOVEL

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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLDS: Mattias Adolfsson

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SHOJO A GIRLS WORLD:

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GIRL POWER: 21st Century Tank Girl

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HOW TO DRAW HALF-ARSED CARTOONS: Viz

BARTKIRA

AKIRA: Katsuhiro Otomo

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TAKE ME BACK TO MANCHESTER: Oliver East

PERSEPOLIS: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi

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THREE ROOMS IN VALERIE’S HEAD (PREMIER)

FALLEN (PREMIER)

9 LIVES Dave McKean

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COMICS AS MUSIC: The Architecture of Time and Space: A Frank Santoro MasterclassAge 15+

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IN GOD WE TRUST: Winshluss

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NEW WAVES IN CONTEMPORARY COMICS: Breakdown Press


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A VISION OF UTOPIA: Mary Talbot

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THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR IN THE WORLD: SethPrice: £8

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STEP ASIDE POPS: Kate Beaton


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NEW FRONTIERS: Darwyn Cooke


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CHAMELEON: Stuart Immonen


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REINVENTING THE HORROR COMIC: Si Spencer & Dix


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POBLIN’S BEDTIME COMIC JAMfrom 12am to 4.30pmFREE

POBLIN’S BEDTIME BEDTIME COMIC JAMfrom 12am to from 12am to 4.30pm4.30pmFREE

DINOSAUR POLICE!: Sarah McIntyre

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RAILHEAD: Philip Reeve & Ian McQue

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CREATE A COMIC: Laura Howell


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WHAT CAN I READ NEXT : Mel Gibson

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ALSO AT KENDAL LIBRARY OVER THE WEEKEND: Fairy Geekmother

COMICS JAM: Reeve & McIntyre

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ZOOM

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MONSTER PORTRAITSJonathan Edwards

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WE DRAW U DRAWfrom 11am to 5pmFREE

PETER PANStephen White

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WE DRAW U DRAWfrom 11am to 5pm

FLAP, SNAP,SQUARK & WRIGGLESally Kindberg

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ALSO AT THE WESTMORLAND SHOPPING CENTRE OVER THE WEEKEND:Exhibitor tables featuring Funny Monsters, Jordan Vigay, Jonathan Holmes, Nigel Parkinson and Nika Nartova from The Beano, James Chapman, Alan Henderson, Graham Pearce, the Print Wagon, RSPB and temporary superhero tattoos by Jack KnightGiant colouring wall, crafting and comic-making tables

PLUS mini-Harajuku makeovers with the irrepressible Bunny and Chip

Kendal Library(KL)


FLAP, SNAP,SQUARK & WRIGGLESally Kindberg

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£3all

ticketsNEILL CAMERON & LAURA ANDERSON 11.00-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM, 3.00-4.00PM





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BAC: WC Brewery Arts Centre Warehouse Cafe

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SC Shakespeare Centre

KM Kendal Museum

Venues and Locations

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Film & Creator Events

Workshops

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Meet the Creators

Comics on Performance

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Comic Clocktower

Exhibitions

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EUROPEAN GIANTS:Mattias Adolfsson & Boulet

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SETH’S DOMINION

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THE BIG COMIC DRAW

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MANGA: Chie Kutsuwada

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ILLUSTRATE YOUR MANTRA: Mike Medaglia

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BREAKING THE RULES: Stuart Medley

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THE GUARDIANS OF SATIRE: Steven Appleby & Steve Bell

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Comic Clocktower (CCT)

Shakespeare Centre(LIB)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain

PHONO + GRAPHIC5th October - 20th October 2015 Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm plus Sunday 18 October 10am-4pm

SHOJO2 October - 1 November 2015Usual Opening Hours

WE DRAW U DRAWfrom 11am to 4pmFREE

WE DRAW U DRAWDRAWfrom 11am to 4pmto 4pmFREEFREE

WE DRAW U DRAWfrom 11am to 4pm

CREATE YOUR OWN CARTOON CHARACTERReeve & McIntyreFREE

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OTHER ACTIVITIES


COMICS & FAIRY TALES: Metaphrog

FREE

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COMICS & FAIRY TALES: Metaphrog

FREE

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at theat theat the

Kendal Library(KL)


FINGER PUPPETSFelt Mistress

FREE

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SIMPSONS SKETCHESBill Morrison

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FREE

Kendal Museum

Price: FREE

The Sugar Store Gallery - Brewery Arts Centre

17.15

Price: £2 including entry to the Museum with under 5s free

Price: FREE

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FREE

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The Brewery Arts Centre

ZOOM

ZOOM

FREE

FREE

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POBLIN’S BEDTIME COMIC JAM

CHARITY AUCTION

FREE

£3all

tickets

DEATH OF THE ARTIST: Experimenting with Comics

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Price: £8

BORDER CROSSING: Fun with Comics

Price: FREEwatch them draw

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SUPERHEROES: Kathryn & Stuart Immonen


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KING TRASH: Michael DeForge


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DISPOSSESSION: Simon Grennan


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EXHIBITIONS

SATURDAY 17TH11.00-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM, 3.00-4.00PM

SUNDAY 18TH11.00AM-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM AND 3.00-4.00PM

NEILL CAMERON & LAURA ANDERSON

ALL WORKSHOPS SUITABLE FOR 6 TO 12 YEARS +

WHAT BECAME OF BUNTY: Mel Gibson

FREE

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Practical informationThe festival is spread across the town and you will need to leave enough time between events to get from one location to another as we operate a strict no latecomers policy, to ensure maximum enjoyment for audiences and a focused, uninterrupted experience for the artists and creators.

These figures will give you an idea of walking times at a steady walking pace but obviously if you have mobility difficulties, or walk particularly slowly, you may take longer!

It’s a good idea to leave yourself more than enough time, and if you are collecting tickets from the Box Office in advance, be aware that there is likely to be a queue. Our advice is to collect all your tickets for the weekend as early as possible and, if you get chance, to familiarise yourself with the venues in advance.

More detail about getting to Kendal, each event and all the venues is available on our website

www.comicartfestival.com

The Walk Inn Dead @Ruskins

Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Kendal Museum

Quiet Bar - Burgundy’s

Elephant Yard

The Walk Inn Dead @Ruskins

Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Kendal Museum

Quiet Bar - Burgundy’s

Elephant Yard

Brewery Arts Centre/ Shakespeare Centre to Library/ Westmorland Shopping Centre

Brewery Arts Centre to Comics Clocktower

Comics Clocktower to Library/ Westmorland Shopping Centre


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum


Brewery Arts Centre

Kendal Library

Comics Clocktower


Shakespeare Centre

Abbot Hall Gallery

Kendal Museum

10 mins

5 mins

5 mins

SEE & DOEmbrace our Heritage and Culture

WHAT’S ONLatest Events and Festivals to Enjoy

ENJOYEat, Drink, Shop, Relax

ACTIVITIESBy Foot, By Bike, By Boat

HIDDEN GEMSDiscover our Local Treasures

TRAVELGetting Out and About

www.exploresouthlakeland.co.uk

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Thank yousThe core festival team is:- Festival Director & Producer – Julie Tait Development Associate – Aileen McEvoyFestival Co-Producer – Matt Burke Clocktower Producer – Sharon Tait Film Programmer - Chris AshtonGuests’ Co-ordinator – Carole TaitWindows Trail Producer/Volunteers Co-ordinator – Sandra Wood Family Zone Producer – Angela Diggle PR Support – John FreemanDesign and other great ideas – Steve KernerMarketing and PR support – Creative ConcernJapan programme translator and advisor - Kirstie Sobue24 Hour Comic Marathon Producer – Dan Berry

With invaluable additional support from:- The team at the Brewery Arts Centre The team at Kendal College Jamie Barnes

Thanks to:- The team at Kendal Town Hall The team at Kendal Library The team at MTPThe team at WaterstonesThe team at the Premier InnThe team at The Castle Green Hotel The team at Ruskins BarAll the Windows on Comic Art Trail businesses and groups

Finally special personal thanks for their generosity, encouragement and time:- Shaun Bainbridge and Phil Walker at Ruskins Bar Miles BakerLeigh BeavisTony BennettChristopher ButcherAndrew Woodrow-ButcherMary DavidsonSteve DixonLiz DuncanJonathan Edwards Louise Evans Richard Foster David Gaffney Jon HarrisonSuzie Hayman Peter KesslerIan LambertJohn McShane Chris Medcalf Andrew & Finlay Miles Stephen RobsonPhil WelchKatie WhiteImelda Winters-LewisLynn Wood

A very big thank you to our fantastic patrons:-BouletStephen HollandSean PhillipsBryan TalbotMary TalbotEmma Vieceli

And a huge thank you to our fabulous volunteers

SEE & DOEmbrace our Heritage and Culture

WHAT’S ONLatest Events and Festivals to Enjoy

ENJOYEat, Drink, Shop, Relax

ACTIVITIESBy Foot, By Bike, By Boat

HIDDEN GEMSDiscover our Local Treasures

TRAVELGetting Out and About

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THE RED SHIRT BRIGADEFor information over the festival weekend look out for the red shirt brigade.

Should have gone to specsavers

#shgts#whathappensinkendal

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