A homage to Miyazaki by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Annual festival celebrating and promoting the wonderful world of comics
31c Old Barn, Castle Mills, Aynam Road, Kendal, LA9 7DE +44(0)7810 827213
VISIT websiteTo celebrate, promote and develop comic art in all its guises and to raise the profile of the medium, its artists and writers and its potential to enable improved literacy.
VISIT websiteToronto Comic Art Festival, Amiens Comics Festival, Helsinki Comics Society, Wallonie Bruxelles International, Institute Francais, Kyoto International Manga Museum, Tokyo Kaigai Festival, Australian comics creators, Finnish Institute in London, Francophone Bande Desinee Festival Quebec, Lyons Bande Desinee Festival
We are the only festival of its kind in the UK. In just 4 years we have established an international reputation for commissioning creators and new work, developing academic and educational initiatives, developing new audiences and readers
Publishers, festivals, reader development organisations, networks, galleries, museums.
Showcasing of UK work overseas and similarly work from other cultures and countries across the world. To share and exchange projects, performances, initiatives and resources for mutual benefit. To increase distribution of UK work overseas and to increase awareness and distribution of "foreign" work in the UK. To foster collaborations between creators at an international level.
Festival Director - Julie Tait
Carole Tait
