The Lakes International Comic Art Festival

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Status	Active
Genre	Comics, Comic art
Date(s)	mid-October
Frequency	Annual
Venue	Venue(s) Old Laundry Theatre, Windermere Jetty Museum
Location(s)	Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria
Country	England, United Kingdom
Inaugurated	18 October 2013; 11 years ago
Founder	Julie Tait; Founder partners: The Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal College
Most recent	14–16 October 2022
Next event	October 2023
Patrons	Charlie Adlard, Yomi Ayeni, Kate Charlesworth, Stephen L. Holland, Sean Phillips, Zoom Rockman, Bryan Talbot and Mary M. Talbot ; Festival board: Chris Hogg, Maheen Murtaza, Dinah Rose, Peter Kessler and Gemma Sosnowsky
Website	https://www.comicartfestival.com/

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival, often referred to as LICAF, is an annual comics art festival. Established in 2013,^[1] the not-for-profit festival takes place for a weekend in October each year.

From 2013 until 2021 LICAF took place in Kendal, a market town on the edge of the English Lake District, United Kingdom. In 2022 LICAF moved to multiple venues in Bowness-on-Windermere for the tenth festival,^[2] in South Lakeland, Cumbria.

^ Sneddon, Laura. "Comic and graphic novel stars take over Kendal for new festival showcase". The Guardian (17 October, 2013). Retrieved 4 June 2018.
^ Badham, Matt. "Panel show: For a decade now comic makers have descended on the Lake District for a weekend of creativity". Big Issue North (10 October, 2022). Retrieved 17 October 2022.

[1] Sneddon, Laura. "Comic and graphic novel stars take over Kendal for new festival showcase". The Guardian (17 October, 2013). Retrieved 4 June 2018.

[2] Badham, Matt. "Panel show: For a decade now comic makers have descended on the Lake District for a weekend of creativity". Big Issue North (10 October, 2022). Retrieved 17 October 2022.

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