Last weekend we were at The Lakes International Comics Art Festival in Kendal.

Our highlights were:

• Staying with our friend Julie in her lovely cottage and seeing this view at breakfast:

• The Scott McCloud talk on Friday evening which was inspirational and entertaining.
• Being on the ‘To End All Wars – Art of Editing” panel and taking part in the TEAW signing afterwards. Sorry I didn’t get to speak to some of other contributors properly! (Selina)
  • You can listen  to a recording of the panel by Alex Fitch over at Panel Borders.

Jonathan Clode, Stuart Richards, Selina Lock (I’m looking a tad serious there!) & John ‘Brick’ Stuart Clark at the TEAW – Art of Editing Panel. Photo courtesy of Alex Fitch

• Catching up with lots of friends and helping out on the Borderline Press table.
• Meeting with folks from Lancaster University who are doing a research project looking at comics as a means of research communication.
• The Audrey Niffenegger talk – which started with the most surreal moment of the weekend – being introduced to Eddie Campbell & Audrey before the talk by Sarah McIntyre, so that Eddie could identify comic panels on my comic strip skirt!
• Being interviewed by Alex Fitch for a forthcoming podcast on our involvement with Obverse Books – Jay editing and writing for their Faction Paradox line, me writing for Iris Wildthyme and us both writing for the Senor 105 pulp novella line.
• Becky Cloonan talk.
• Felt Mistress workshop (Selina) and making a felt creature (not quite finished yet):

• Nick Abadzis & Rian Hughes talks (Jay).
• Buying far too many comics and graphic novels….
• Including new Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge in Meanwhile…
• Just some of the swag…