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Bobby Joseph has been announced as the new Comics Laureate at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival being held in Bowness-on-Windermere in the Lake District of England this weekend. Bobby follows comic creators Dave Gibbons, Charlie Adlard and Hannah Berry, and comic shop owner Stephen L Holland in the role promoting the comics form in the[...]

Lakes International Comic Art Festival is launching a search for new Comics Laureate This is the first time it has done this, previously it has announced the new UK Comics Laureate as a fait accompli This meant last time, there was a lot of bad feeling (on Twitter at least) regarding Stephen Holland, owner of[...]

The Lakes Festival has announced that its appointed UK Comics Laureate, Stephen L Holland, store owner of Page 45 in Nottingham, will continue in that role for another year, until at least October 2023 He follows Dave Gibbons in 2014, Charlie Adlard in 2016, Hannah Berry in 2018, and Holland in 2020. YouTube screencap of Stephen[...]

Stephen L Holland has been announced as the new UK Comics Laureate, at LICAF Live, following on from Dave Gibbons, Charlie Adlard and Hannah Berry.  Promotional photo from Stephen L Holland. Stephen L Holland is the co-owner and curator of Nottinghgam's Page 45, the finest English-language comic book shop in the world The announcement was made as[...]

Hannah Berry, the UK Comics Laureate, has launched a survey of British comic book creators of all types, with £50 prizes for participants,