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Creating Comics: Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast interviews rising creator, Mollie Ray

Creating Comics: Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast interviews rising creator, Mollie Ray

The first Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast of 2022, features a great chat with a new comic creator, Lancashire-based artist and writer Mollie Ray, whose first graphic novel, Giant, will be published by Faber and Faber, supported by a grant from the Society of Authors. Mollie – one of leading comic web site Broken Frontier’s “Six to Watch” last year – is a graphic novelist and…

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Martin Rowson kickstarts new "The Interviews" format for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

Martin Rowson kickstarts new “The Interviews” format for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast brings us an all-new interview with Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson, who chats to show hosts Nikki Bates and Ian Loxam about his career, and how he got into political cartooning. Oh, and what exactly was in the cocktail, the “Martin Rowson”… “There’s no introduction to the episode, sadly,” Ian tells us, “as the podcast…

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast hits landmark 100th Episode

Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast hits landmark 100th Episode

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team are celebrating as they hit 100 episodes – our congratulations to the hard working team. Since launching back in 2017, they’ve delivered a huge range of content – comic creator interviews, reviews, and plenty of fun along the way. To celebrate, Awesome Comics Podcast co-host Tony Esmond (335 episodes and counting) interviews artist and…

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast relives some 2021 gathering highlights with new creator interviews

Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast relives some 2021 gathering highlights with new creator interviews

The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast finds hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates relive the jam packed Festival weekend in Kendal last month – and they were certainly busy! Gustaffo Vargas at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021 Interviewed in Episode 99 are Joe Latham (Haru), Martin ‘SIMO’ Simpson (Nord), Matt Simmons (Bastard Galaxia), Norm Konyu (The…

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Podcast offers exclusive preview of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

Podcast offers exclusive preview of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

It’s almost time for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021 – once again a physical event, in Kendal – and the LICAF podcast team have a brilliant preview of the upcoming comics gathering of comic creators and fans, taking place Friday 15th – Sunday 17th October. Not long to go, now! Nicole Bates, Pete Taylor, Mike Williams and Ian Loxam explore this year’s lively event programme,…

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Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast lands exclusive interview with “Sweet Tooth”creator Jeff Lemire

Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast lands exclusive interview with “Sweet Tooth”creator Jeff Lemire

The team at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast have landed a great interview with comic creator Jeff Lemire, the man who brought us Sweet Tooth, on their latest episode. Jeff who, due to filming commitments, will this year be a virtual guest of the Festival in Kendal in October, has written some amazing books including Underwater Welder, Sweet Tooth and more. Streaming service…

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Alex Paknadel talks "Immortal Hulk", Octobriana secrets revealed in latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

Alex Paknadel talks “Immortal Hulk”, Octobriana secrets revealed in latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

This week’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, hosted by Ian Loxam and Nicole Bates, features not one, not two but three separate interviews with comic creators. First up is Alex Paknadel, on the podcast for the second time, to discuss how life has been since he was last on the show. He discusses his feelings on writing for Marvel, as well as talking about The Immortal Hulk – Time…

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Rachael Smith chats about "Quarantine Comix" on Lakes Festival Podcast

Rachael Smith chats about “Quarantine Comix” on Lakes Festival Podcast

Comic creator Rachael Smith returns to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast this week, to talk about her new upcoming web comic collection Quarantine Comix. Rachael released a strip over the first COVID-19 quarantine almost daily, and this book collects all those in one handy volume. The book has already attracted plenty of deserved attention and a lot of people are looking forward…

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