Just like many European festivals, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival is doing its best not just to attract comic fans to Kendal next weekend (18th – 20th October), but also to involve the local community in the event. So far, along with longer-running exhibitions of comic art, this has also included shops featuring comic art in their window displays and the town’s knitting community preparing some ‘guerilla knitting’ antics to brighten up the streets with comic-inspired woollen promotions.
Now, a local church has announced it is to join in the inaugural event with a special Sunday Service on Sunday October 20th at Kendal Unitarian Chapel that will celebrate the power of comics during first
Join cartoonist John Pickering, as he opens his cosmic comic to look at the power of humour and that the pen is always mightier than the sword.
Whether it’s The Gospel According to Peanuts or The Zen of Ben, cartoons have been, and are, affirmations of human creative freedom that have crossed faith and cultural boundaries. John will be joining the dots and drawing some lines of thought to the Far Side of spirituality and the omnipresent Cartooniverse that surrounds us.
The Chapel says all are most welcome to join in this unique exploration into creative space! If you have a comic, cartoon or annual that you like, do take it along – if not, just bring yourself.
• For the full Festival programme visit www.comicartfestival.com