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Judged by comics editor John Freeman and publisher Andrew Mark Sewell of B7 Media, this digital anthology features strips by (in order of presentation) entries by James Newell, David Livens, Gavin Pollock, Martin Cater, Craig Fletcher, newcomer Naomi D’Silva, Alan Holloway and Ed Doyle, the publishers of Sentinel, Fred Eggs Comics publisher David Robertson, Eagle Award shortlisted creator John Maybury and 2015 Observer/ Cape/ Comica graphic short story prize winner Richard Woods.
A wide range of entries were received, mix of straight adventure, humour, surreal – no easy choice – from creators of different ages, from all over the world.
The anthology includes only entries published with the express permission of their creators and features on the LICAF Tapas channel, where you can also read other LICAF-published works such as Edward Taylor’s Godzilla’s Lockdown Diary and more.
Backed by the Arts Council, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival supports a number of projects spotlighting comic creators work from the UK and beyond.
More about Lakes International Comic Art Festival Special Projects can be found on the Festival web site - https://www.comicartfestival.com/projects
The result was this ‘Pass the Panel’ original comic, created by artists from around the world exclusively for LICAF Live - and you can read it now here on Tapas.
Pass the Panel reveals the speed, style and sheer imagination of these incredibly talented creators, who are, in order of appearance: Luke McGarry, Duncan Fegredo, Steven Appleby, Rick Stromoski, Steve McGarry, Craig Gleason, Johnny Sampson, Tom Richmond, Lucie Lomová, Charlie Adlard, Bill Morrison, Sean Phillips, Michael Lark, Francis Desharnais, Jibé, and Alex A
Pass the Panel was edited by Joe McGarry, with music by Pop Noir and with special thanks to Thomas-Louis Côté and Richard Foster. This digital edition was designed and edited by John Freeman.
All art and story © respective artists and writers.
Find out more about the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and its many publishing projects at www.comicartfestival.com
40 of these drawings were exhibited at the Brewery Art Centre during the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019.
This diary was started in February 2020, a month before the Coronavirus Pandemic shut everything down. These pages were drawn from mid-March to mid-May.
Sue Auty provided a valuable editorial eye as the stories emerged on paper.
Edward Taylor has spent 38 years touring nationally and internationally with the Whalley Range All Stars (www.wras.org.uk) a street theatre company he formed with Sue Auty. Drawing plays an important part in the early stages of every company production.
In the last few years, Edward has worked on a variety of comic strip stories as a side-line to the theatre shows.
Godzilla's Lockdown Diary is © 2020 Edward Taylor
The competition, co-ordinated by Katie White and Phil Welch asked comic artists and writers to to create an original comic of four to six pages in length, with the winners seeing their strips published in a digital anthology, originally released by Titan Comics on behalf of the Festival.