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Founder Sponsor (Family Zone)
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Commissions 24 Hour Comics Marathon sponsors
Crossing Borders event sponsor
Bill Morrison is sponsored by
Take Me Back to Manchester - Oliver East supported by
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Volunteer Tshirts
French Programme sponsor
Additional Partners Lakes International Comic Art Festival is not-for-profit and welcomes (if not treasures) donations. In 2015 we have had two individual donations from Peter Kessler and Sean Phillips. Thank you to them both for their generosity and support. Keep up to date We’d love to see all your photos and hear about your festival experience – before, during and after, so keep in touch: @comicartfest www.facebook.com/TheLakesInternationalComicArtFestival www.pinterest.com/comicartfest thelakesinternationalcomicartfestival.wordpress.com For pre and post festival updates and to subscribe to our newsletter go to www.comicartfestival.com
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Festival Merchandise See Pages 46-48
THE 2015 THEMES
MEET THE SUPERLEAGUE! The best superhero writers & artists draw live, talk about their work and present special film screenings. Featuring: Darwyn Cooke, Stuart Immonen, Jock & Dave McKean
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Make mine manga with workshops, events, film screenings, a Japanese Café and with special guests from Tokyo and Kyoto
Comic artists, writers, animators and video game designers feed our imaginations, creating parallel worlds, giant robots, monsters & more...
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: Akiko Hatsu, Studio Ghibli Screenings, Akira (subtitled)
Featuring: Antony Johnston, Kieron Gillen, Ian McQue & Benoit Peeters
Featuring: Steve Bell, Kate Beaton, Bill Morrison, Seth & Viz (again!)
WE’RE WELCOMING THE WORLD 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
JOE DECIE MURAL Earlier 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 finished! A LICAF commission
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THE GUEST LIST 2015 AKIKO HATSU
ALAN MARTIN
ANTOINE COSSE
ANTONY JOHNSTON
BACH
BENOIT PEETERS
BILL MORRISON
BOULET
BRYAN TALBOT
CARDIFF UNI
CARTOONISTS CLUB OF GREAT BRITAIN
CHARLIE ADLARD
CHIE KUTSUWADA
DAN BERRY
DARWYN COOKE
DAVE MCKEAN
DAVID GAFFNEY
DIX
EMMA VIECELI
FRANK SANTORO
HUNT EMERSON
IAN MCQUE
INKO AI TAKITA
JADE SARSON
JAMES HARVEY
JOCK
JOE DECIE
JOE KESSLER
JOHN ALLISON
JONATHAN EDWARDS
KARRIE FRANSMAN
KATE BEATON
KATHRYN IMMONEN
KAYOKO KURAMOCHI
KIERON GILLEN
JAMES STACEY
LOUISE EVANS
MARCEL RUIJTERS
MARY TALBOT
MATTIAS ADOLFSSON
METAPHROG
MICHAEL DEFORGE
MIKE MEDAGLIA
MINORI KANAI
OLIVER EAST
PHILIP REEVE
RICHARD SHORT
SAMUEL LEBLANC
SARA LOWES
SARAH MCINTYRE
SEAN PHILLIPS
SETH
SI SPENCER
SIMON GRENNAN
SOOKYUNG YOO
STEVE BELL
STEVEN APPLEBY
STUART IMMONEN
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Hour-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 OTHER ACTIVITIES is approx 40 mins with, where appropriate, OTHER ACTIVITIES gentle questioning by a presenter and/or background music and an opportunity for questions at the end.* watch them draw
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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
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A 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.
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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.
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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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FRIDAY OPENING NIGHT EVENTS 16TH OCTOBER 2015
OPENING NIGHT EVENTS If Bursts Out
The Tale of Princess Kaguya “Kaguyahime no monogatari”
An Evening with Steve Bell
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Filled with faces familiar to British television, Luna follows two couples whose weekend idyll in an isolated English OTHER ACTIVITIES 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 film overflows 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. comics in performance
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EVENTS Film Length:106 mins Director: Dave McKean
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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.
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Date: 16th October 2015 Time: 8.15-10.30pm Venue: BAC: Screen Two
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This animated folk legend was 8 years in OTHER ACTIVITIES the making and a labour of love for Isao Takahata, the legendary director of Grave of the Fireflies. A masterpiece to rank amongst Studio Ghibli’s finest, 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.
For a third of a century Steve’s IF strip has been redefining 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 five 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. clocktower
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SATURDAY EVENTS 17TH OCTOBER 2015
Please Don’t Touch!
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Steven Appleby shows us EVENTS around his mind
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Let’s take a look inside Steven Appleby. What OTHER ACTIVITIES 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 stopmotion animated films), 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. family
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Tick… 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.
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Suitable for 10 years plus. No previous experience necessary Ticket price includes all materials
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New Frontier Introduced by Darwyn Cooke EVENTSFilm Length:75 mins Director: Dave Bullock
Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 10.15-11.45am Venue: BAC: Sc2
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Under the supervision and OTHER ACTIVITIES 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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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 find out more.
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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 first 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 film 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 first ever visit to the UK. In Partnership with
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SATURDAY EVENTS 17TH OCTOBER 2015
The Wonderful World of Manga
Comics as Music The Architecture of Time and Space: EVENTS A Frank Santoro Masterclass
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Did you know there is a manga museum in Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan? The Kyoto International Manga Museum OTHER ACTIVITIES 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. family
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Meet writer and artist Seth (born Gregory OTHER ACTIVITIES 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, filled 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.
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Frank Santoro is a world-renowned artist, cartoonist and educator based in Pittsburgh. OTHER His impact on comic art has ACTIVITIES 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 influenced 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 specific and accessible exercises which will both illuminate and provide a practical insight into his unique working method. Age 15+
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Seth: The Greatest Comic Book Collector in the World
Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 10.15am-12.15pm Venue: BAC: AR2
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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 find out more about their much-anticipated interpretation of this Hans Christian Anderson’s classic.
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SATURDAY EVENTS 17TH OCTOBER 2015
The Art of Jock
Graphics to Games...
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Jock is an award-winning, British artist renowned for his edgy, dynamic style and gritty design aesthetic. He is best OTHER ACTIVITIES 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.
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Jock has recently completed writing and drawing his first 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 find out more about the many different faces of Jock.
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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 first place, and whether games can be considered works of art in the same way as comics.
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Since Kate Beaton appeared 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?
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“Majo no takkyûbin” (original title) EVENTS Director: Hayao Miyazaki
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One of Studio Ghibli’s most popular animations. A young witch on her mandatory year of independent life finds fitting OTHER ACTIVITIES into a new community difficult 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 film 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 film I think. And it’s really sweet.” comics in performance
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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. In Partnership with
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How I Make a Graphic Novel Bryan Talbot Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 1.00-3.00 pm Venue: BAC: AR2
Reinventing the Horror Comic Si Spencer & Dix
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Award-winning creator and festival patron Bryan Talbot takes you through the astonishing creative processes involved OTHER ACTIVITIES 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!).
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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.
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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 mouldbreaking 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. In Partnership with
Weird and Wonderful Worlds EVENTS Mattias Adolfsson Workshop
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Mattias Adolfsson describes himself as a “compulsive illustrator from Sweden”, but we would describe him as “pure OTHER ACTIVITIES 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+ comics in performance
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New Waves in Contemporary Comics
In God We Trust Winshluss
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Winshluss (real name Vincent Paronnaud) is a French artist/writer who creates outrageous, terrifyingOTHER andACTIVITIES 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 codirected). Hosted by Alex Fitch of Resonance FM family
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Breakdown Press is a London-based comics publisher to producing cutting-edge work by new cartoonists and forgotten classics of the past. Experimental and avantgarde, 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”.. comics in performance
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New Frontiers The Art of Darwyn Cooke
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Darwyn Cooke is a Canadian 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.
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Shojo
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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 first-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. In Partnership with
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The Art of Viz Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 4.30-5.30pm Venue: BAC: Sc1
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Roll up! Roll up! For your amusement 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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Tank Girl, the inspired creation of Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin, is a classically British cartoon institution: anarchic, OTHER ACTIVITIES 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. family
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Award-winning artistic chameleon and Marvel Architect Stuart Immonen began his comics career in 1988, and he’s OTHER ACTIVITIES 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-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. 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 recentlycompleted Russian Olive To Red King.
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.
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Take Me Back to Manchester
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Oliver East, a walking comic creator, was the first artist to be by LICAF in 2014. comics in performance
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. Exhibitions
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 film-makers who followed him along the route.
Take Me Back to Manchester was filmed by Cumbrian-based film-makers Dom Bush and Simon Sylvester. In this session Aileen McEvoy interviews Oliver East about his journey, followed by a special screening of the film. In Partnership with
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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 fiction writer and this is his debut comic art collaboration. clocktower
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Persepolis Director: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi EVENTS Film Length: 96 mins Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 6.00-8.00pm Venue: BAC: Sc2
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This highly-acclaimed film 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 film 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). In Partnership with
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Date: 17th October 2015 Time: 6.15-7.15 pm Venue: BAC: Sc1
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This cult epic animated science fiction film is considered by film critics and audiences alike to be a landmark of Japanese What happens when The Simpsons meets Akira? Answer: the animation. Many see it as the greatest animated science mind-bending crossover otherwise known as Bartkira fiction film of all time – and it’s hard to disagree. The plot synopsis alone is mind-bending: Kaneda is a bike gang Brainchild of British artist Ryan Humphrey, Bartkira OFFER leader whose close friend Tetsuo gets involved in brings together Matt Groening’s The Simpsons and Buy a ticket for Bartkira a government secret project known as Akira. On Katsuhiro Otomo’s Akira to dazzling effect. In the (at 6.15pm on 17th Oct) his way to save Tetsuo, Kaneda runs into a group aftermath of this internet-shattering event James and Akira (at 7.30pm on of anti-government activists, greedy politicians, Harvey proposed the impossible: to redraw, in the 17th Oct) and receive irresponsible scientists and a powerful military its entirety, Otomo’s 2146-page epic Akira with leader. The confrontation sparks off Tetsuo’s a 50% discount * Simpsons characters. Uniting the forces of the supernatural power leading to bloody death, a coup global indie comics community, over 400 artists attempt and the final battle in Tokyo Olympiad where pledged to contribute pages. It’s been growing ever Akira’s secrets were buried 30 years ago. since, both in size and popularity. Find out more about his crazy project from James Harvey and James Stacey (all the This special screening in Japanese with English subtitles will way from Tokyo), and Bart’s struggle between powerful be introduced by James Harvey & and secret forces. James Stacey. clocktower
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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 find 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. family
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Fallen is also told through a graphic novel which was developed in tandem with the stage production. This is the first time the company has explored telling a story through different media with the aim of using techniques from both disciplines to influence each other.
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The Sandman and Batman graphic artist and multidisciplinary genius Dave McKean performs original songs and stories accompanied by a collection of still images, film 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.
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Seth’s Dominion
Death of the Artist
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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. Reflective, 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.
“There is something very lovely about the stillness of a comic book page.” In Partnership with TCAF 2015
European Giants Mattias Adolfsson & Boulet Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 10.30-11.30am Venue: BAC: Sc1
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We bring together two European giants of the live draw: Boulet (France) and Mattias Adolfsson (Sweden). They both draw with great imagination, detail and flair, 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.
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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.
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Join Sookyung Yoo from the Kyoto International OTHER Manga Museum ACTIVITIES and find 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!
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The Art of Dave McKean
Breaking the Rules
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Arguably the most OTHER ACTIVITIESartist of the past prolific 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. comics in performance
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Stuart is an Australian comics creator and University lecturer who was in residence OTHER ACTIVITIES 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.
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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+
Superheroes Kathryn & Stuart Immonen
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John McShane interviews husband and wife team Kathryn & about their incredible comic art careers and their imaginative collaborations.
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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. clocktower
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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. In Partnership with
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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.
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Border Crossing Serious Fun with Comics Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 12.00-1.00pm Venue: CCT
Pushing Boundaries Frank Santoro
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This energetic panel presentation (there’s a lot to tell you in just one hour!) looks at the increasingly role OTHERimportant ACTIVITIES 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. family
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Michael DeForge Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 1.00-2.00pm Venue: Shakespeare Centre
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Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 12.30-1.30pm Venue: BAC: SC1
Frank Santoro’s most heralded work, Storeyville, inspired the legendary Chris Ware to say, “I consider reading OTHER ACTIVITIES 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.
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The world of child mafias, 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.
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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.
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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. In Partnership with
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Architect of the Imagination
The Next Step
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Chie Kutsuwada is a popular manga artist OTHER ACTIVITIES 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. family
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Comics creator, curator, critic and Hergé Benoit Peeters was born in Paris in 1956. From Tintin to Nouvelle Manga Benoit has been a major influence on the global comic art scene and has been presented with the Inkpot Award for Lifetime Achievement in Comics for his writing.
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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 fictional 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 first 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.
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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 littleknown 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. In Partnership with
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Darwyn Cooke (Justice League: New Frontier, Before Watchmen: Minute Men), Stuart Immonen (Nextwave: Agents OTHER ACTIVITIES 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 first time in a fast-paced, interactive and entertaining live draw event. Hosted by Chris Thompson of Orbital Comics.
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The Big Comic Draw
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Masterclasses
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SUNDAY EVENTS 18TH OCTOBER 2015
What’s in it for You?
Illustrate your Mantra EVENTS
Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 1.30-3.00pm Venue: BAC: AR2 watch them draw
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A hands-on workshop where you can take your favourite OTHER ACTIVITIES 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! family
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EVENTS The Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain
Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 3.00-4.00pm Venue: CCT
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Pugs of the Frozen North
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SATIRE IN COMIC ART
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Reeve and McIntyre present
The Guardians of Satire &COMEDY
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FESTIVAL FINALE EVENTS
Steven Appleby & Steve Bell
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The Cartoonists’ Club, founded in 1960, is the UK’s largest cartoonists’ organisation. It is purely a OTHER social club and its ACTIVITIES 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.
Age 12+
Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 2.30-3.30pm Venue: BAC: Sc1
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Meet the Creators
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Date: 18th October 2015 Time: 3.15-4.15pm OTHER ACTIVITIES Venue: BAC: Theatre Masterclasses
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£6 under 16 yrs Meet the Creators
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Our festival finale offers you the chance to join writer/illustrator doubleact Phillip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre on a magical journey to the Frozen North, in the company of brave sledgeracers, 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. family
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Suitable for age 7+ and get your book signed and doodled after the event.
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.
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DISCOVER AND EXPLORE
THE AMAZING WORLD OF COMICS AT THE FAMILY ZONE
Sat 17th and Sun 18th October 2015
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Poblin’s Bedtime Comic Jam
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11.00-12.30 pm Saturday 12.00-4.30 pm and Sunday pm 0 -4.0 3.30 day Auction: Sun tre at the Westmorland Shopping Cen
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Saturday 11.00-5.00 pm and Sunday 11.00-4.00pm at the Westmorland Shopping Centre
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 Trail blazer), Paul Harrison Davies (Boo! Astro Dog) and numerous artists from across the festival! Age: recommended 5+ but open to all!
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sters, Jordan Vigay, Exhibitor tables featuring Funny Mon Nika Nartova from and n inso Jonathan Holmes, Nigel Park Henderson, Graham Pearce, Alan , man Chap es Jam o, Bean The y superhero tattoos the Print Wagon, RSPB and temporar by Jack Knight comic-making tables Giant colouring wall, crafting and the irrepressible PLUS mini-Harajuku makeovers with Chip and y Bunn
At the Library Philip Reeve and FREE Ian McQue present
RAILHEAD
Saturday 10.30-11.30am at Kendal Library
FREE
Saturday 12.30-2.00pm at Kendal Library 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.
Create a Comic FREE with Laura Howell Saturday 12.00-1.00pm and 4.30-5.30pm at the Westmorland Shopping Centre Sunday 12.30-1.30pm at Kendal Library
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+
Comics Jam with Phillip Reeve & Sarah McIntyre
create a giant Join professional artists and help yone is tucked ever n Whe in! Pobl for quilt art ic com ier Inn elves Prem the t nigh rday Satu up in bed on ion for auct to ther toge ls will stitch all the pane Premier Inn) charity on Sunday. (Sponsored by Fun for all the family
FREE
Sunday 2.00-3.00 pm at Kendal Library
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+
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
FREE Dr. Melanie Gibson presents What Can I Read Next?
FAIRY GEEKMOTHER
Saturday 2.30-3.30pm at Kendal Library 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
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Dr. Melanie Gibson presents What Became of Bunty?
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Suitable for all ages
FREE
Saturday & Sunday at the Westmorland Shopping Centre and Kendal Library 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 find just the book for you! Fun for all ages
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COMIC WORKSHOPS SATURDAY 17TH
all tickets
11.00-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM, 3.00-4.00PM
SUNDAY 18TH
11.00AM-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM AND 3.00-4.00PM
£3
at Brewery Art Centre
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!
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 £3 Visit the events pages at www.comicartfestival.com to pre-book your tickets and ensure your place. For Timetable of events, please go to pages 49-53
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The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
WINDOWS ON COMIC ART TRAIL
For 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.
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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.
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Petrie Design Ltd Brantfield Nursery
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Point 12 Turning Independence Studio
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Indigo Furnishings Queen Katherine School
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St Thomas’s CE Primary School Gorillas with Jet Packs (TBC)
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THE COMICS CLOCKTOWER
17 October 10am - 6pm 18 October 10.30am - 5pm at Kendal Town Hall
Who’ll be there?
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
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 Kristyna Baczynski Joe Bailey Sculpture & Design Nick Brokenshire P M Buchan & Byron Buchan Keith Burns Cartoonists’ Club of Great Britain Clockwork Watch Decadence Comics Disconnected Press EdieOP Everything & Monday Fancy Butcher Press Kieron Gillen Verity Glass Happy Space Sloth James Harvey Hitsville UK Jeff Hawke Club (with special guest Sydney Jordan) Ilya Antony Johnston Warwick Johnson-Cadwell Talib Kadhim Roger Langridge Laydeez do Comics Aimee Lockwood Mike Medaglia Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman John Miers Simon Moreton Alex Paknadel Jacob Phillips Roller Grrrls Seeing Poetry: Poetry in words and comics Team Girl Comics Tiny Pencil University of Cumbria Comic Book Collective Molly Wilkinson Wobbly Rock
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www.asiaalfasiart.com www.kristyna.co.uk www.facebook.com/JoeBaileySculpture www.nickbrokenshire.co.uk www.pmbuchan.com www.keithburns.co.uk www.ccgb.org.uk www.clockworkwatch.com www.decadencecomics.com www.disconnectedpress.co.uk www.edieop.com www.mattboyce.com/ www.fancybutcher.com www.twitter.com/kierongillen www.nadapta-art.com www.happyspacesloth.co.uk www.stopjamesharvey.com www.hitsvilleukcomic.com www.jeffhawkeclub.co.uk www.literature.britishcouncil.org/ilya www.antonyjohnston.com www.warwickjohnsoncadwell.blogspot.co.uk www.tkadz.deviantart.com www.hotelfred.com www.laydeezdocomics.wordpress.com www.aimeelockwood.co.uk www.mikemedaglia.com www.merrickcomic.co.uk www.johnmiers.com www.smoo-comics.com @alexpaknadel (twitter) www.jacobphillipsillustration.bigcartel.com www.garyerskine.tumblr.com www.seeingpoetry.co.uk www.teamgirlcomic.com www.tinypencil.com www.cumbria.ac.uk/graphicdesign/ www.themoonstruckowl.tumblr.com www.wobblyrock.com
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THE COMICS CLOCKTOWER
17 October 10am - 6pm 18 October 10.30am - 5pm at Kendal Town Hall
Publishers AdHouse Books The Analogue Press Avery Hill Publishing Black Hook Press Breakdown Press Centrala Cinebook Escape Books Failboat Press Fanfare – Ponent Mon Gazelle Improper Books Myriad Editions SelfMadeHero Soaring Penguin Press Titan Comics Tripwire
www.adhousebooks.com www.theanaloguepress.co.uk www.averyhillpublishing.com www.blackhookpress.com www.breakdownpress.com www.centrala.org.uk www.cinebook.co.uk www.escape-books.co.uk www.naniiebimhbd.co.uk www.ponentmon.com www.gazellebookservices.co.uk www.improperbooks.com www.myriadeditions.com www.selfmadehero.com www.soaringpenguinpress.com www.titan-comics.com www.tripwiremagazine.co.uk
Retailers First Age Comics Forbidden Planet International Orbital comics Page 45
www.stores.ebay.co.uk/First-Age www.forbiddenplanet.co.uk/ Imagination Station www.orbitalcomics.com www.page45.com
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Immerse yourself in Japanese comics, books and design as the Warehouse transforms into Café Doraku, the focus of the Brewery’s celebration of that most unique of comic art forms – Manga. Featuring special drawing events from UK Manga artists Chie Kutswada and Inko, and appearances from Japanese festival guests
Open from 10am Friday 16 October until Sunday 18 October (usual Warehouse opening hours over the weekend)
@the warehouse
FREE ENTRY
Created by Kendal College students working with the Brewery Arts Centre’s Artseen
Supported by
In partnership with
Also Supported by
ALSO AT THE BREWERY - GREAT FESTIVAL FOOD AUTHENTIC JAPANESE STREET FOOD, PIZZAS, BEER, COFFEE & MORE - ALL @ FESTIVAL’S PREMIER VENUE
Festival Updates Available @ BACKendal
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JAPANESE FOOD – The real thing: Miso Soups, Bento Boxes, Sticky Rice, Hello Panda Biscuits, Amanoya Rice Crackers, Jasmine Green Tea…
VISIT OUR STORE AT THE BREWERY ARTS CENTRE ALL OUT WAR Mini-Print Edition signed by Charlie Adlard
PRODUCT AVAILABLE AT TIME OF PRESS
WYTCHES Mini-Print Edition signed by Jock
CAPTAIN AMERICA GICLEE Print signed by John Romita Jnr. Limited editon of 50 world wide
SECRET WARS #1 Forbidden Planet Variant with Simone Bianchi cover
IN STORE:
ON LINE:
LONDON MEGASTORE 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London WC2H 8JR
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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!
Pay by cash OR credit card in the Page 45 Comics Clock Tower emporium! Follow us @pagefortyfive as creators pop in for free, impromptu sketches! Then pop to www.page45.com for our news & reviews every Wednesday! We ship worldwide with postage at cost, not a penny more. 32
hOur comiCs mArathon 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 wellbeing of their spines and wrists. Their only concern is to draw you the very finest stories, comfort be damned.
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Canada! VISIT
(without ever leaving the Lake District!)
THE CANADIAN COMICS LODGE
Featuring:
All the way from the great white north...
Estelle Bachelard
at The Shakespeare Centre
It’s Hard To Be A Girl.
Presented by The Toronto Comic Arts Festival
Kate Beaton
This 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!
Darwyn Cooke
Hark, A Vagrant, and Step Aside, Pops!
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.
DC: The New Frontier, and Parker: The Hunter.
Michael DeForge
Lose, Ant Colony, First Year Healthy, and Very Casual.
Stuart Immonen
Star Wars, Captain America, Russian Olive to Red King, and All-New X-Men.
Kathryn Immonen
Moving Pictures, Operation: SIN, Spider-Verse, and Russian Olive to Red King.
Samuel LeBlanc Perfume of Lilacs.
Conor McCreery
Kill Shakespeare, and Sherlock Homes vs. Houdini.
Seth
Palookaville, George Sprott, and Wimbledon Green.
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.
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Shōjo Manga World Of Japanese Girls’ Comics from the Kyoto International Manga Museum Date: 2 October - 1 November 2015 • Usual Opening Hours at Brewery (www.breweryarts.co.uk) Venue: Brewery Arts Centre - The Sugar Store Gallery
FREE ENTRY
We are proud to present the first 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.
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 fiction 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.
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.
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.
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 fiction (“To Terra”).
Akiko Hatsu will make her first trip outside of Japan to appear at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
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KONNICHIWA
JAPAN
STOP PRESS!
This exhibition will now be on tour :7 January – 14 February 2016 The Atkinson, Southport www.theatkinson.co.uk 15 March – 12 June 2016 House of Illustration, London www.houseofillustration.org.uk 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 Partner Images: Copyright © Akiko Hatsu, Yukiko Kai & Keiko Takemiya
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Curated by Sean Phillips Date: 5 October - 20 October 2015 Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm plus Sunday 18 October 10am-4pm Venue: Kendal Museum Station Road, Kendal LA9 6BT Tel:01539 815597 • www.kendalmuseum.org.uk
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 internationallyrenowned 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.
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Entry including to Museum
£2
PARALLEL
WORLDS
“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.
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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.
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Opening Times: Friday 16 October 5pm-1am Saturday 17 October 10.30am-1am Sunday 18 October 11am-1am Venue: Ruskins Bar, Yard 2, Stricklandgate, Kendal LA9 4ND
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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
The bar features exclusive live entertainment 16 & 17 October
Friday 16 October - 10pm Live 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
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Hungry? Thirsty? 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 finding 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 fine food and drink offering right across the town and you’ll find 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 Clocktower Emma’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 - find out why and how! Light snacks and drinks with an authentic Canadian twist
WE ALSO RECOMMEND The Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins Le Chien Blanc @ Burgundy’s Sawadee Thai Pizza Express Costa Coffee
Buy any Medio drink and cake or sandwich and get 10% discount when a valid event ticket is shown.
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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
PizzaExpress, 6 Wainwrights Yard OPENING IN GRANTHAM OPENING IN GRANTH Kendal LA9 4AP Telephone: 01539 728598 The Lakes International Comic Art Festival ON WEDNESDAY 1ST MAY ON WEDNESDAY 1ST PizzaExpress proud to support
BREW BROTHERS 69 Highgate • Kendal 01539 722237
Shabby Chic Licensed Coffee Lounge serving fresh, artisan foods including breakfast all day long. Cakes baked on premises and serving Illy coffee 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 FOLLOW US ON:
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Festival Goodies
Festival Goodies The Festival is not-for-profit 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 profits 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 find new ways of improving the general festival experience. And, of course, we won’t let you down with the quality of guests and programme.
24 hour Comic Marathon book Anthology from 2014
£15
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
T Shirts
Stickers
£15 each
£3
per set
Badges
£12 each
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£3
per set
Tote bags
Tea Towel
£5
£5
each
Postcards
each
Notebook £3.50
50p
each
each
Exclusive to Soaring Penguin Press at the Elephant Emporium
Boulet’s The Gaenaviad!
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.
£5
each
Soaring Penguin Press
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Festival Goodies
FESTIVAL LIMITED EDITION PRINTS
ÂŁ20 each
unframed
2014 PRINTS
Mark Buckingham
Emma Vieceli
Rian Hughes
Sean Phillips
Doug Braithwaite
Duncan Fegredo
Bryan Talbot
Junko Mizuno
Sean Phillips
Warwick Johnson-Cadwell
Stuart Immonen
2015 PRINTS
Jamie Hewlett
look out for more limited edition prints at the festival Visit our shop at comicfestival.com Hunt Emerson
Hunt Emerson
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FRIDAY TIMETABLE
Venues and Locations
16th October 2015 BAC: T
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Brewery Arts Centre Screen 1
BAC: 2
Brewery Arts Centre Screen 2
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Brewery Arts Centre Theatre
BAC: AR1 Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 1 BAC: AR2 Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 2
18.00
THE TALE OF PRINCESS KAGUYA Kaguyahime no monogatari
18.15 18.30 18.45 19.00
BAC: WC
Brewery Arts Centre Warehouse Cafe
CCT
Comic Clocktower
LIB
Kendal Library
SC
Shakespeare Centre
KM
Kendal Museum EVENTS
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IF BURSTS OUT: An Evening with Steve Bell
20.45 21.00 21.15
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LUNA Dave McKean
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SATURDAY TIMETABLE 17th October 2015 Brewery Arts Centre Screen 1 (BAC: 1)
Brewery Arts Centre Screen 2 (BAC: 2)
Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 1 (BAC: AR1)
JUSTICE LEAGUE: Darwyn Cooke
FELT MISTRESS WORKSHOP: Louise Evans
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THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF MANGA EVENTS
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GRAPHICS TO GAMES: Antony Johnston, Ian McQue, Bach, Kieron Gillen family
EVENTS KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE: Hayao Miyazaki
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SHOJO A GIRLS WORLD:
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WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORLDS: Mattias Adolfsson Workshops
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WOO HOO! IT’S BILL MORRISON
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Panel Discussions
OTHER ACTIVITIES film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
clocktower
Exhibitions
comics in performance
Meet the Creators
Meet the Creators
family
family
Price: £8
comics in performance
comics in performance
comics in performance
TAKE ME BACK TO MANCHESTER: Oliver East
clocktower
Meet the Creators
OTHER ACTIVITIES Price: £15
clocktower
Exhibitions
GIRL POWER: 21st Century Tank Girl
16.15 Exhibitions family
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
comics in performance
clocktower
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES
OTHER ACTIVITIES
HOW TO DRAW EVENTS HALF-ARSED CARTOONS: Viz
film
Price: £8
EVENTS watch them draw
family
film presentation
Exhibitions
Meet the Creators
Price: £10 watch them draw
family
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
Exhibitions
Price: £8
Price: £8
OTHER ACTIVITIES
presentation
clocktower
watch them draw
Masterclasses watch them draw
Workshops
EVENTS
EVENTS
EVENTS
presentation
film
Meet the Creators
family
clocktower
Price: £8
EVENTS
THE ART OF JOCK
Masterclasses
OTHER ACTIVITIES BRYAN TALBOT’S HOW I MAKE A GRAPHIC NOVEL
comics in performance
IN GOD WE TRUST: Winshluss
presentation
Meet the Creators
family
16.00
17.00
Meet the Creators
comics in performance
family
Panel Discussions
Exhibitions
OTHER ACTIVITIES watch them draw
comics in performance
Workshops
clocktower
watch them draw
OTHER ACTIVITIES
15.45
16.45
Panel Discussions
EVENTS
EVENTS
watch them draw
16.30
Workshops
Exhibitions
Price: £8
15.00 15.15
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
14.15
14.45
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES
14.00
clocktower
film
Price: £15
OTHER ACTIVITIES
14.30
Price: £8 film
EVENTS
family
13.45
family
PLEASE DON’T TOUCH: Steven Appleby
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
12.15
13.00
Masterclasses
OTHER ACTIVITIES
12.00
EVENTS
presentation
Brewery Arts Centre Theatre (BAC: T)
comics in performance
Price: £8
presentation
11.45
12.45
COMICS AS EVENTS MUSIC: The Architecture of Time and Space: A Frank Santoro Masterclass AgeOTHER 15+ ACTIVITIES watch them draw
watch them draw
12.30
Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 2 (BAC: AR2)
clocktower
EVENTS
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
Price: £8 Price: £8 Masterclasses
film
Workshops
watch them draw
Panel Discussions
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
Meet the Creators
OTHER ACTIVITIES comics in performance
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
OTHER ACTIVITIES
17.45
ACTIVITIES
18.00 18.15
clocktower
18.30 Exhibitions
19.00
comics in performance
family
20.00 20.15
clocktower
PERSEPOLIS: Vincent Paronnaud, Marjane Satrapi
Exhibitions
BARTKIRAEVENTS
22.00
Exhibitions
THREE ROOMS IN VALERIE’S EVENTS HEAD (PREMIER) presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Price: £8
OTHER ACTIVITIES
comics in performance
EVENTS watch them draw
presentation
AKIRA: OTHER ACTIVITIES Katsuhiro Otomo
watch them draw
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
presentation
Masterclasses
FALLEN (PREMIER)
Meet the Creators
Price: FREE
EVENTS OTHER ACTIVITIES
Price: £8
family
clocktower
film
Workshops
Exhibitions
comics in performance comics in performance watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
EVENTS OTHER ACTIVITIES
21.45
clocktower
watch them draw
Price: £8
19.15 19.30
EVENTS family
comics in performance
Price: £8
family
clocktower
9 LIVES Dave McKean
watch them draw family
comics in performance
Exhibitions
presentation
Masterclasses
clocktower
Exhibitions
film
Price: £10
OTHER ACTIVITIES
comics in performance watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
family
Panel Discussions
clocktower
Meet the Creators
Exhibitions
50 For Timetable of events, please go to pages 49-53 OTHER ACTIVITIES
Box Office 01539 725133 comics in performance
www.comicartfestival.com
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
Workshops
Comic Clocktower (CCT)
Shakespeare Centre (LIB)
at the at
Price: £8 EVENTS film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
EVENTS Kendal Library (KL)
EVENTS
A VISION OF UTOPIA: Mary Talbot
Meet the Creators
THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR IN THE WORLD: Seth
RAILHEAD: Philip Reeve &OTHER IanACTIVITIES McQue watch them draw
Price: £8
presentation
FREE
comics in performance
SHINY NEW RED SHOES: OTHER ACTIVITIES Metaphrog watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
family
comics in performance
Workshops
clocktower Panel Discussions
STEP ASIDE POPS: Kate Beaton
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
presentation
Masterclasses
comics in performance
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
comics in performance family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family
Masterclasses
FREE watch them draw
Workshops
FREE
Masterclasses
EVENTSACTIVITIES OTHER clocktower
11.30
film
Workshops
comics in performance Workshops
film
Panel Discussions
Masterclasses
film
clocktower presentation
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
NEW FRONTIERS: Darwyn Cooke
presentation
Masterclasses
Price: £8 film
Workshops
watch them draw
family
Panel Discussions
clocktower
Meet the Creators
Masterclasses
13.15
film
13.30
Exhibitions
Workshops
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
13.45 14.00
EVENTS
comics in performance
14.30
watch them draw
clocktower
Workshops
presentation
Exhibitions
Panel Discussions Masterclasses Meet the Creators
Masterclasses
film
Panel Discussions
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Cre
Meet the Creators
comics in performance
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
clocktower
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
POBLIN’S BEDTIME COMIC JAM from 12am to 4.30pm
CHAMELEON: Stuart Immonen
Workshops
watch them draw
Meet the Creators family
presentation
film
comics in performance
comics in performance
FREE Panel Discussions
EVENTS FLAP, 14.45 SNAP,SQUARK OTHER ACTIVITIES & WRIGGLE OTHER ACTIVITIES 15.00 Sally Kindberg ZOOM COMICS & 15.15 FAIRY TALES : FREE FREE Metaphrog OTHER ACTIVITIES 15.30 film
Meet the Cre
13.00
comics in performance
clocktower
Exhibitions Masterclasses
watch them draw
presentation
Panel Discussions
12.45
14.15 family
WHAT CAN I READ NEXT : OTHER ACTIVITIES Mel Gibson
Meet the Creators
12.15
Workshops
Meet the Creators
FREE
PETER PAN OTHER ACTIVITIES Stephen White EVENTS
Meet the Creato
clocktowercomics in performance Exhibitions
family Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
comics in performance presentation Masterclasses clocktower Exhibitions Workshops Panel Discussions
watch them draw family film
Panel Discussions
12.30
OTHER ACTIVITIES
presentation
11.45 12.00
Exhibitions
Masterclasses
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
11.15
comics in performance
presentation
presentation
11.00
film
Exhibitions
comics in performance
comics in performance
family
watch them draw
10.45
WE DRAW U DRAW from 11am to 5pm
presentation
CREATE A COMIC: Laura Howell
EVENTS
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
Exhibitions
family watch them draw
EVENTS
Workshops
clocktower
FREE comics in performance
OTHER Price: £8ACTIVITIES film
Workshops
FREE clocktower
NEW WAVES IN CONTEMPORARY COMICS: Breakdown Press watch them draw
film Meet the Creators
comics in performance watch them draw
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Price: £8 film
Masterclasses Panel Discussions
FLAP, SNAP,SQUARK OTHER ACTIVITIES & WRIGGLE OTHER ACTIVITIES EVENTS Sally Kindberg ZOOM
film
EVENTS
family
family
Exhibitions
FREE
FREE
Price: £8 presentation
presentation Workshops
comics in performance
POBLIN’S BEDTIME COMIC JAM from 12am to 4.30pm
COMICS JAM: Reeve & EVENTS McIntyre
watch them draw
watch them draw
watch them draw film
comics in performance
EVENTS
REINVENTING THE HORROR COMIC: OTHER ACTIVITIES Si Spencer & Dix
10.30
EVENTS
Masterclasses
FREE
Exhibitions Meet the Creators
clocktower
10.15
DINOSAUR POLICE!: Sarah OTHER ACTIVITIES McIntyre MONSTER EVENTS PORTRAITS FREE Jonathan OTHER ACTIVITIES EVENTS Edwards watch them draw
Price: £8 film
family
10.00
Westmorland Shopping Centre
comics in perform
15.45
FREE
16.00
EVENTS
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
16.15
CREATE A COMIC: Laura Howell
watch them draw
EVENTS
WE DRAW U DRAW from 11am to 5pm
presentation
Masterclasses
film
16.30 Workshops
Panel Discussions
16.45
Meet the Creato
17.00
OTHER ACTIVITIES comics in performance
17.15
FREE
Price: £8 watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
17.30
Meet the Creators family
ALSO AT KENDAL LIBRARY OVER THE EVENTS WEEKEND: Fairy Geekmother
OTHER ACTIVITIES
comics in performance
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
clocktower
Exhibitions
ALSO AT THE WESTMORLAND SHOPPING CENTRE OVER THE WEEKEND: EVENTS
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, OTHER ACTIVITIES OTHER ACTIVITIES crafting and comic-making tables watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
comics in performance
comics in perform
PLUS mini-Harajuku makeovers with the irrepressible Bunny and Chip family
clocktower
family
Exhibitions
NEILL CAMERON & LAURA ANDERSON
11.00-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM, 3.00-4.00PM
clocktower
Exhibitions
all tickets
£3
For Timetable of events, please go to pages 49-53
Box Office 01539 725133
www.comicartfestival.com
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SUNDAY TIMETABLE Brewery Arts Centre Screen 1 (BAC: 1)
18th October 2015
Brewery Arts Centre Screen 2 (BAC: 2)
Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 1 (BAC: AR1)
SETH’S DOMINION
LIVE FROM KYOTO: An Introduction to Drawing Manga
Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 2 (BAC: AR2)
Brewery Arts Centre Theatre (BAC: T)
BREAKING THE RULES: Stuart EVENTSMedley
THE ART OF DAVE MCKEAN
10.00 10.15 10.30 10.45 11.00 11.15 11.30
EUROPEAN GIANTS: Mattias Adolfsson EVENTS & Boulet Price: £8
EVENTS
Price: £8 watch them draw
11.45
presentation
13.15 13.30
Masterclasses
film
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Workshops
Workshops
Price: £10
ARKWRIGHT: Bryan Talbot
family
clocktower
watch them draw
PUSHING BOUNDARIES: Frank Santoro EVENTS watch them draw
presentation
family
clocktower
presentation
film
15.15 15.30
watch themMeet drawthe Creators
presentation
Masterclasses
film
family Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
clocktower
Masterclasses
Exhibitions
film
Workshops
comics in performance clocktower
family
Panel Discussions
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Exhibitions
ARCHITECT OF THE IMAGINATION: Benoit Peeters
clocktower
Exhibitions
watch them draw
presentation
Price: £8
Exhibitions
ILLUSTRATE YOUR MANTRA: Mike Medaglia
Meet the Creators
EVENTS
Price: £10
Price: £8
EVENTS
Exhibitions
THE GUARDIANS OF SATIRE: Steven Appleby & EVENTS Steve Bell
clocktower
Age 12+
EVENTS
comics in performance
family
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
watch them draw
Price: £10
OTHER ACTIVITIES
presentation
OTHER ACTIVITIES
comics in performance
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
watch them draw
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
EVENTS
Price: £8ACTIVITIES OTHER
FESTIVAL FINALE: PUGS OF THE FROZEN NORTH Reeve & McIntyre
OTHER ACTIVITIES family
clocktower
Exhibitions
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
family
comics in performance
comics in performance watch them draw
Meet the Creators
15.45 16.00
watch them draw
OTHER ACTIVITIES family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family
comics in performance
clocktower
comics in performance
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family
17.00 17.15
EVENTS
EVENTS watch them draw
Venues and Locations
Themes
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES presentation
Masterclasses
Workshops
film
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
Brewery Arts Centre Screen 1
Watch them draw
EVENTS watch them draw
Masterclasses
presentation
Masterclasses
Workshops
film
Panel Discussions
family
OTHER ACTIVITIES
watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops comics in performance
OTHER ACTIVITIES watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
family
EVENTS
BAC: WC
Brewery Arts Centre Warehouse Cafe
CCT
Comic Clocktower
LIB
Kendal Library
SC
Shakespeare Centre
Panel Discussions
family
Meet the Creators
clocktower
Masterclasses
EVENTS
BAC: AR2 Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 2
film
Workshops comics in performance
Panel Discussions
family
presentation
clocktower
Exhibitions
Masterclasses
film
family
clocktower
Film & Creator Events clocktower
Workshops
Exhibitions
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
Workshops comics in performance
EVENTS
Exhibitions
OTHER ACTIVITIES watch them draw
presentation
EVENTS EVENTS OTHER ACTIVITIES presentation
Masterclasses
Masterclasses
film
family
clocktower
film
Workshops
Workshops comics in performance
Exhibitions
Panel Discussions
presentation
watch them draw
Masterclasses
film
family
clocktower
clocktower
presentation Workshops comics in performance
Exhibitions
Masterclasses Panel Discussions
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussion Meet the Creators
Meet the Creators
comics in performance family
OTHER ACTIVITIES watch them draw
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
Meet the Creators
Comics on Performance
Exhibitions
OTHER ACTIVITIES OTHER ACTIVITIES
comics in performance comics in performance
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family family
clocktower
clocktower
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
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film
Workshops
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
clocktower
Exhibitions
Comic Clocktower Exhibitions
Exhibitions Meet the Creators
OTHER ACTIVITIES
watch them draw
watch them draw
Family Zone comics in performance
OTHER ACTIVITIES
BAC: AR1 Brewery Arts Centre Art Room 1
See map on page 54
presentation
Presentations
EVENTS
Brewery Arts Centre Theatre
Kendal Museum
OTHER ACTIVITIES
watch them draw
comics in performance
Brewery Arts Centre Screen 2
Panel Discussions
EVENTS
EVENTS
watch them draw
BAC: T
film
Price: £8
16.45
BAC: 2
Masterclasses
OTHER ACTIVITIES
16.30
BAC: 1
presentation
Exhibitions
16.15
KM
Meet the Creators
THE BIG COMIC DRAW family
film
OTHER ACTIVITIES
clocktower
Meet the Creators
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Workshops
Masterclasses
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
comics in performance
presentation
Workshops
Price: £10 OTHER ACTIVITIES presentation
MANGA: Chie Kutsuwada
watch them draw
EVENTS
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
Price: £8 Masterclasses
Price: £8
watch them draw
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Exhibitions
OTHER ACTIVITIES
family
film
watch them draw
14.15
15.00
Price: £8
EVENTS
Masterclasses
Exhibitions
EVENTS
14.00
14.45
Meet the Creators
comics in performance
13.45
14.30
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
Panel Discussions
OTHER ACTIVITIES
12.15
13.00
Age 8+
film
comics in performance
12.00
12.45
Masterclasses
EVENTS watch them draw
12.30
presentation
www.comicartfestival.com
Meet the Creators
Meet the Creators
clocktower
Exhibitions
clocktower
Workshops
Comic Clocktower (CCT)
Shakespeare Centre (LIB)
at the at
Kendal Library (KL)
EVENTS
SUPERHEROES: Kathryn & Stuart Immonen
EVENTS
Panel Discussions
POBLIN’S BEDTIME COMIC JAM
Meet the Creators
Price: £8 presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
presentation
KING TRASH: Michael DeForge Masterclasses
film
Workshops
family
watch them draw
Price: £8
clocktower Masterclasses
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
presentation
WHAT BECAME OF BUNTY:OTHER ACTIVITIES Mel Gibson
comics in performance
family
clocktower
Meet the Creators
clocktower
11.45 12.00
Exhibitions
film
watch them draw
Workshops presentation
clocktower
presentation
Panel Discussions Masterclasses
film
Workshops
clocktower
Exhibitions
EVENTS
Masterclasses
film
ZOOM
clocktower
Exhibitions
film
Workshops
family
clocktower
Exhibitions
family
clocktower
watch them draw
presentation
comics in perform
13.30
Exhibitions
Masterclasses
film
14.00
COMICS & FAIRY TALES: FREE Metaphrog OTHER ACTIVITIES Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
14.15
Workshops
family
Panel Discussions
clocktower
comics in perform
Meet the Creators
14.30
Exhibitions
comics in performance presentation
Masterclasses
film
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
14.45 15.00
OTHER ACTIVITIES
family comics in performance
clocktower
Exhibitions
15.15 15.30 family
clocktower
Exhibitions
15.45 16.00
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
film Meet the Creators
SIMPSONS 13.45 SKETCHES Bill MorrisonOTHER ACTIVITIES
EVENTS
FREE
Masterclasses
Masterclasses
Panel Discussions
13.15
FREE
Exhibitions
CHARITY AUCTION
presentation
Workshops
comics in performance
comics in performance watch them draw
film
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
FREE family comics in performance
Meet the Creators
FREE
family
Price: FREE presentation
Exhibitions
Masterclasses
comics in performance
Masterclasses
Exhibitions
WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU: The Cartoonists’ EVENTS Club of Great Britain
watch them draw
FREE
12.30
clocktower
presentation
FREE comics in performance
Meet the Creators
11.30
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
EVENTS EVENTS
comics in performance family
FREE
Workshops
OTHER ACTIVITIES Price: £8 Panel Discussions
Workshops
Exhibitions film
family
Workshops
film
watch them draw
ZOOM FINGER PUPPETS FREE Felt OTHER ACTIVITIES EVENTS Mistress
watch them draw
film
Masterclasses
CREATE A COMIC: CREATE YOUR 12.45 OWN CARTOON Laura Howell CHARACTER OTHER ACTIVITIES OTHER ACTIVITIES 13.00 OTHER ACTIVITIES EVENTS Reeve & McIntyre family
Meet the Creators
Panel Discussions
comics in performance
presentation
Panel Discussions
11.15
12.15
Exhibitions
DISPOSSESSION: Simon Grennan watch them draw
11.00 Workshops
FREE
OTHER ACTIVITIES
EVENTS
film
comics in performance
Price: FREE watch them draw
presentation
EVENTS
Meet the Creators
watch them draw
clocktower
Masterclasses
FREE OTHER ACTIVITIES
EVENTS
family
presentation
comics in performance
comics in performance
BORDER CROSSING: ACTIVITIES FunOTHER with Comics EVENTS
WE DRAW U COMICS & DRAW FAIRY TALES: from 11am Metaphrog OTHER ACTIVITIESto 4pm watch them draw
watch them draw
watch them draw
10.30 10.45
Price: £8 Workshops
10.15
EVENTS
DEATH OF THE ARTIST: Experimenting with Comics
film
10.00
Westmorland Shopping Centre
16.15 OTHER ACTIVITIES
WE DRAW U DRAW from 11am to 4pm
comics in performance
family
clocktower
EXHIBITIONS
Exhibitions
16.30 16.45 17.00 17.15
EVENTS
The Brewery Arts Centre
Kendal Museum
PHONO + GRAPHIC 5th October - 20th October 2015 Tuesday-Saturday 10am-4pm plus OTHER ACTIVITIES Sunday 18 October 10am-4pm watch them draw
presentation
Masterclasses
film
comics in performance
Price: £2 including entry to the EVENTS Museum with under 5s free family
clocktower
presentation
Masterclasses
SHOJO 2 October - 1 November 2015 OTHER ACTIVITIES Usual Opening Hours
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
NEILL CAMERON & LAURA ANDERSON
SATURDAY 17TH
11.00-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM, 3.00-4.00PM
Exhibitions
The Sugar Store Gallery - Brewery Arts Centre watch them draw
Workshops
film
all tickets
£3
SUNDAY 18TH
Workshops
Panel Discussions
Meet the Creators
11.00AM-12.00PM, 1.00-2.00PM AND 3.00-4.00PM comics in performance
ALL WORKSHOPS SUITABLE FOR 6 TO 12 YEARS +
Price: FREE family
clocktower
Exhibitions
For Timetable of events, please go to pages 49-53
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www.comicartfestival.com
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Practical information The 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 The Walk Inn Dead @Ruskins and a focused, uninterrupted experience for the artists and creators. Brewery Arts Centre Kendal Library These figures will give you an idea of walking times a The Walk Inn Deadat @ Ruskins steady walking pace but Comics obviously if you have mobility Brewery Arts Centre Clocktower difficulties, or walk particularly slowly, you may take Kendal Library Westmorland Shopping The Centre Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins longer! Comics Clocktower Shakespeare Centre Brewery Arts Centre
Shopping Centre TheWestmorland Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins TheKendal Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins Library
Brewery Arts Centre Shakespeare Centre Brewery Arts Centre/ Kendal Museum Brewery Arts Centre Comics Clocktower Abbot Hall Gallery Kendal Library Quiet Bar Burgundy’s Shakespeare Centre to Library/ Westmorland Kendal Library Shopping Centre Comics Clocktower Kendal Museum Westmorland ShoppingElephant Centre Yard 10 mins Comics Clocktower Shakespeare Centre
Westmorland Centre The Walk Walk Inn InnShopping Dead @ @ Ruskins Ruskins The Dead Westmorland Shopping Centre Abbot Hall Gallery Shakespeare Brewery Arts ArtsCentre Centre Brewery Centre Shakespeare Centre Kendal Museum Abbot Hall Gallery Kendal Library Brewery Arts Centre to Kendal Library Abbot Hall Gallery The Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins Kendal Museum Comics Clocktower Comics Clocktower Comics Clocktower The Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins Kendal Museum Brewery Arts Centre 5 mins Westmorland Shopping Centre Centre Westmorland Brewery ArtsShopping Centre Kendal LibraryCentre Shakespeare Shakespeare Centre The Walk Inn Dead @ Ruskins Kendal Library Comics Clocktower Abbot Hall Hall Gallery Abbot Gallery Brewery Arts Centre Comics Clocktower Comics Clocktower to Library/ Westmorland Shopping Centre Kendal MuseumShopping Centre Westmorland Kendal Museum Kendal Library Westmorland Shopping Centre Shakespeare Centre 5 mins Comics Clocktower Shakespeare Centre Abbot Hall Gallery Westmorland Shopping Centre Abbot Hall Gallery Kendal Museum It’s a good idea to leave yourself more than enough Shakespeare Centre Kendal Museum
time, and if you are collecting tickets from the Abbot Hall Box Gallery Office in advance, be aware that there is Kendal likely to be a Museum 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.
The Walk Inn Dead @Ruskins
More detail about getting to Kendal, each event and all the venues is available on our website
Shakespeare Centre
www.comicartfestival.com
Quiet Bar - Burgundy’s
Brewery Arts Centre Kendal Library Comics Clocktower Westmorland Shopping Centre Kendal Museum Elephant Yard
SEE & DO
Embrace our Heritage and Culture
WHAT’S ON
Latest Events and Festivals to Enjoy
ENJOY
Eat, Drink, Shop, Relax
ACTIVITIES
By Foot, By Bike, By Boat
HIDDEN GEMS
Discover our Local Treasures
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TRAVEL
Getting Out and About
Thank yous The core festival team is:Festival Director & Producer – Julie Tait Development Associate – Aileen McEvoy Festival Co-Producer – Matt Burke Clocktower Producer – Sharon Tait Film Programmer - Chris Ashton Guests’ Co-ordinator – Carole Tait Windows Trail Producer/Volunteers Co-ordinator – Sandra Wood Family Zone Producer – Angela Diggle PR Support – John Freeman Design and other great ideas – Steve Kerner Marketing and PR support – Creative Concern Japan programme translator and advisor - Kirstie Sobue 24 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 MTP The team at Waterstones The team at the Premier Inn The team at The Castle Green Hotel The team at Ruskins Bar All 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 Baker Leigh Beavis Tony Bennett Christopher Butcher Andrew Woodrow-Butcher Mary Davidson Steve Dixon Liz Duncan Jonathan Edwards Louise Evans Richard Foster David Gaffney Jon Harrison Suzie Hayman Peter Kessler Ian Lambert John McShane Chris Medcalf Andrew & Finlay Miles Stephen Robson Phil Welch Katie White Imelda Winters-Lewis Lynn Wood
A very big thank you to our fantastic patrons:Boulet Stephen Holland Sean Phillips Bryan Talbot Mary Talbot Emma Vieceli
And a huge thank you to our fabulous volunteers
THE RED SHIRT BRIGADE
For information over the festival weekend look out for the red shirt brigade.
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