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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · 26d

📣Applications are now open to Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund

Grants up to £165,000 will support arts organisations and schools to work together to develop arts-based approaches in the primary classroom

Apply now👉phf.org.uk/tdf

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Comics Can Change The World @comics4change.bsky.social · Aug 7

Comics Youth CIC and its charitable arm, Comics Youth SCIO, has announced the launch of a search for the UK’s first Youth Comics Laureate. Applications by 13th August 2025: comicscanchangetheworld.com/2025/08/06/c...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎉 GUEST SET 3: THE PHOENIX IS COMING TO LICAF!

📍 Bowness-on-Windermere
📅 27–28 September 2025

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Jul 7

🎉 MORE GUESTS REVEALED!
We're thrilled to unveil our second wave of brilliant guests joining us at LICAF 2025, taking place 26–28 September in beautiful Bowness-on-Windermere!

👉 www.comicartfestival.com/festival-tickets

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · May 15

🎉 FIRST GUESTS ANNOUNCED!
We’re thrilled to welcome these brilliant names to LICAF 2025:
Shelly Bond, Simone Lia, Lorenzo Mattotti, Bill Morrison, Robbie Morrison, Mike Perkins, Sean Phillips, Chris Shepherd, Lucy Sullivan, Donya Todd & Craig Thompson.

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · May 15

🎟️ Our Early Bird Passes are flying fast!
Join us for an unforgettable weekend of comic art, storytelling, and creativity at LICAF 2025, 26–28 September in Bowness-on-Windermere!
🎉 Grab your Early Bird Tickets before 16th May!
👉 www.comicartfestival.com/festival-tickets

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · May 5

ICYMI: Early Day Motion supporting comics industry tabled by MPs, sponsors seek support downthetubes.net/early-day-mo... - please encourage your MP to sign it, thanks!

Early Day Motion supporting comics industry tabled by MPs, sponsors seek support

Can you persuade your MP to support this?

downthetubes.net

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Comics Can Change The World @comics4change.bsky.social · Apr 28

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the creators forming its latest British Comics Now delegation, and the creators who will feature in its first British Comics Now catalogue, a selection of new work by UK-based creators: comicscanchangetheworld.com/2025/04/28/b...

British Comics Now Delegation to Brussels Announced

Five intrepid comic creators head to Brussels

comicscanchangetheworld.com

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 21

🎤✨ The amazing young reporters from Birchfields Primary School took the spotlight at the See Myself In Books Festival in Manchester!
They got to interview authors Maisie Chan, Nathan Bryon, and Dapo Adeola, as well as Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph and Margaret Duff, Manager at Read Manchester.

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 14

📣 LICAF is proud to announce the 2025 Sophie Castille Award for Comics in Translation – English!

Presented with VIP Brands, Comica & LICAF on 27 Sept in Bowness-on-Windermere.

🔗 Read more: www.comicartfestival.com/news/lakes-i...

#LICAF2025 #ComicsInTranslation #SophieCastilleAward

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 8

🌳✨ The wait is over!
Here’s your first look at LICAF 2025 — where comics climb trees and sheep watch in awe.
🎉 Festival art by Mehdi Annassi

📅 26–28 September 2025
🎟️ Get your Early Bird Passes now: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...

#LICAF2025 #ComicArtFestival #FestivalReveal #September

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 8

The New Arab has published a news item on "Safaa and the Tent", our new book, in which Palestinian artist Safaa Odah documents Israel's actions in Gaza: www.newarab.com/features/saf...

Safaa's book is available here: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 3

Huzzah! Early Bird Passes for the 2025 Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere 26th – 28th September are available now: www.comicartfestival.com/festival-tic...

Huzzah! Early Bird Passes for the 2025 Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Bowness-on-Windermere 26th – 28th September are available now: https://www.comicartfestival.com/festival-tickets

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 2

We're delighted to announce our "Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free" exhibition, curated by George Khoury, is part of this year's Shubbak Festival in London: www.comicartfestival.com/news/shubbak...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Apr 1

AVAILABLE NOW: Working in collaboration with celebrated Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, we're delighted to publish "Safaa and the Tent", the diary of cartoonist Safaa Odah, from Gaza, with all profits from sales going to Safaa: www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Mar 24

We're delighted to be partnering with @comicbookuk.bsky.social to promote the social value of comics and create opportunities for people from all backgrounds to engage in comic arts: www.comicartfestival.com/news/lakes-i...

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · Mar 16

If you like what we do in comics then there's a Starter Pack here of Broken Frontier team members, both present and past, who are currently on Bluesky. Give them a follow!
go.bsky.app/MxG3UnK

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Mar 17

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, working in collaboration with Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, is delighted to publish "Safaa and the Tent", the diary of cartoonist Safaa Odah, from Gaza: www.comicartfestival.com/news/coming-...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 21

How far does engagement with comics positively affect children’s enjoyment of reading and wellbeing? Read the UK Reports on the Comic Art Europe, Comics Literacy Project and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival's own Comic Potential Report: www.comicartfestival.com/project/comi...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 17

There's still time to apply for the 2025 Exhibitor Marketplace, at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival in September in Bowness-on-Windermere, the Lake District! Details here - www.comicartfestival.com/news/licaf-2... Deadline to apply 5.00pm UK time, Friday 28th February 2025!

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 17

Sill time! A reminder about our initiative to promote British comics on the world stage, British Comics Now! We're offering two new opportunities to creators to get their work seen overseas - full details here for creators, sign up by 21st February 2025: www.comicartfestival.com/news/british...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 14

We have some limited edition print copies of our "Between the Lines" magazine (#1 -3) featuring interviews with Gigi Cavenago and Terry Moore, available from our Etsy shop - www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1... (sorry, UK only)

Between the Lines Magazine 1 3: Limited Edition Print Editions - Etsy

This Magazines item is sold by ComicArtFestival. Ships from United Kingdom. Listed on Feb 14, 2025

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Broken Frontier @brokenfrontier.bsky.social · Feb 2

ICYMI LICAF Now & Next – Discover More About the @comicartfestival.bsky.social Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s Work Championing Comics in this FREE Zoom Event with Lucy Sullivan and Mollie Ray. www.brokenfrontier.com/licaf-now-ne...

LICAF Now & Next - Discover More About the Lakes International Comic Art Festival's Work Championing Comics in this Zoom Event with Lucy Sullivan and Mollie Ray – Broken Frontier

There have been some very inportant comics community initiatives from the direction of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival of late, including British Comics Now (of which I will be...

www.brokenfrontier.com

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 4

As LICAF’s work continues to grow, we thought it would be the perfect time to tell you more about our work and ongoing opportunities for creators in a free online event 13th Feb with @lucysullivan.bsky.social & @mollieray.bsky.social ray.bsky.social - www.comicartfestival.com/news/licaf-n...

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival @comicartfestival.bsky.social · Feb 4

Quicke reminder abiout our initiative to promote British comics on the world stage, British Comics Now! We're offering two new opportunities to creators to get their work seen overseas - full details here for creators, sign up by 21st February 2025: www.comicartfestival.com/news/british...

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