Lakes International Comic Art Festival Announces First Guests For October In Bowness

Rucka, Lark and Hernandez Coming To Bowness

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is pleased to announce the first guests for its weekend-long Festival, taking place this year in Bowness-on-Windermere (Friday 14th – Sunday 16th October 2022) – and reveal this year’s Festival promotional art, by Sean Phillips…

The first guests to be announced are Jaime Hernandez (Love and Rockets), Michael Lark (Lazarus), Bill Morrison (The Beatles – Yellow Submarine, MAD), Rebecca Ollerton (author of Lavender Clouds, organiser of and author of SENSORY: Life on the Spectrum), Mike Perkins (Swamp Thing, X-Men), Guardian cartoonist Posy Simmonds, Greg Rucka (Lazarus, Black Magick), Katie Skelly (Maids) writer Ram V(Blue in Green, Swamp Thing) and Egyptian duo, Twins Cartoon, the pen name of the Egyptian twin brothers duo Haitham and Mohamed Raafat El-seht, who work together as comic book artists and cultural managers.

“I was bitterly disappointed to be unable to attend the Lakes Festival last year, and I swore up and down then that I’d make it this year,” says writer Greg Rucka. “And I will! Pandemics be damned! Impending collapse of civilisation, nuts to that! I’m gonna be there, and someone better buy me whisky! Okay, that last part not so much, but the rest? Absolutely — both Michael Lark and I are eagerly looking forward to it!”

“This will be the first time I’m attending the Lakes Festival and from what I’ve heard, and been told, I’m expecting a wonderful, friendly experience,” says artist Mike Perkins. “I’ve only just recently returned to this side of the pond after 20 years in the States, so it’ll be a new experience for some of the British fans to get their Captain Americas, Lois Lanes, The Stands and The Swamp Things – as well as numerous others – signed by myself. I’m eagerly looking forward to it.”

“We’re thrilled with our line-up of guests,” enthuses Festival Director Julie Tait, “and some of the events and happenings around the weekend we’re planning are very exciting, too. They reflect the opportunities moving to Bowness offers, as we ‘regenerate’ our programme.

“The move seems to have caught the attention of comic creators across Britain, too, she adds. “There has been huge interest from artists and publishers who want to be involved in our new look ‘Lakeview Comics Marketplace’ – and there’s still time to apply.”

(To find out more about exhibitor opportunities, please contact carole@comicartfestival.com).

Watch out for further announcements about guests, events, exhibitions, family-friendly programming and more from the Lakes International Comic Art Festival very soon!

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