the lakes Archives

Earlier this year, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, working in collaboration with Palestinian cartoonist Mohammad Sabaaneh, published Safaa and the Tent, her diary translated by Nada Hodali, from Ramallah, with all profits from sales going to Safaa In addition to creating comics, documenting life in Gaza on her Instagram, Safaa has been supporting young Palestinians[...]

Human Rights NGO Cartoonists Rights announced Zehra as the recipient of the award earlier in the year in Washington, DC, at a special event marking World Press Freedom Day, but she was unable to accept the Award in person. Cartoonists Rights Executive Director Terry Anderson and Zehra Ömeroğlu at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival on Friday night[...]

Robin Lang and Helge Dascher won the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation – English, for their translation of The Jellyfish

The National Cartoonists Society and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) have announced Lorenzo Mattotti as the winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art Lorenzo was presented with the award during the Opening Night event of the Festival's weekend-long event in Bowness-on-Windermere yesterday The Sergio Aragonés International Award for[...]

Announcing the longlist at the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival in Bownesson-Windermere today, Emma Hayley said: 'This year the Award received a massive 220 entries, a 30% increase since 2023, giving the judges a very difficult task to choose who should go forward! I'm grateful to my fellow judges for all their hard work, and[...]

The project is also about encouraging climate action and each comic is presented alongside organisations and campaigns who are providing solutions or ways to create positive change. Art by Kevin Eric Raymundo (Philippines) Julie Tait, Director of The Lakes International Comic Art Festival said: "The project has an urgent message, we have ten years to make the big changes[...]