We bring glorious graphic novels and very own special creator guests:
Adam Brockbank, Ben Haggarty, Bryan Lee O’Malley, Dan Berry, Dave McKean, Emma Vieceli, Felt Mistress, Hannah Berry, Isabel Greenberg, John Martz, Jonathan Edwards, Katriona Chapman, Paul Thomas, Sean Phillips, Tillie Walden, Tom Gauld and the magnificent AveryHill Publishing!
Oh, How We Adore The Lakes Festival!
Kendal is kindness personified, and Page 45 is back in our very own Georgian Room upstairs in the Clock Tower on Saturday & Sunday October 15th & 16th 2016 with swoonaway comics and comic stars.
Entry is Free!
All-Access by Lift!
I’m on a Panel for creators on how to get stocked, promoted & even published!
New Service: pre-order any graphic novel for collection, postage-free!
Details below, you’ll see!
Page 45’s Creator Guests
Everything below occurs in our Georgian Room upstairs in the Kendal Clock Tower and is it FREE!
Dave McKean: signing Saturday 10-30am
Page 45 is proud to launch the Dark Horse editions of BLACK DOG: THE DREAMS OF PAUL NASH which will be published that very week. Please click on those covers at thank link for reviews.
We’ll have copies on the day, but to guarantee your copies in case they sell out (especially the limited edition oversized hardcover!) please order at either link now then select “Collect in Kendal”. No charge for postage. All you have to do is ask for your copy on the day.
You can also have any other Dave McKean graphic novels waiting on the day by popping him into our search engine, ordering, then selecting “Collect in Kendal”. Postage-free but ASAP, please! I’m a particular fan of PICTURES THAT TICK VOL 2.
Isabel Greenberg: signing Saturday 5pm to 6pm
THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY EARTH was my fav graphic novel of that year!
THE ONE HUNDRED NIGHTS OF HERO (already reviewed!) may well be my next!
We will also have:
DISCOVER THE ANCIENT EGYPTIANS
DISCOVER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
But only a few so pre-order, please, then select “Collect in Kendal”.
Tom Gauld: signing Sunday 10am to 12am
We’ll be giving FREE preview copies of MOONCOP away all weekend long! Suggest you pick up on Saturday, absorb overnight, then high-tail back to us on Sunday for the signing!
We’ll have the MOONCOP graphic novel itself available all weekend too, but to guarantee your copy in case they sell out, please pre-order then select “Collect in Kendal”.
We will also have limited quantities of:
GOLIATH
YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK
But I suspect by now that you know what to do if you want your copies guaranteed on the day.
Sean Phillips: signing Sunday 2pm to 3pm
That would be one of the Lakes Festival founding Patrons. Ever so slightly stoked.
We will have on the day:
More, including DESTINATION: KENDAL by Jonathan Edwards & Feltmistress – also in our room so get it signed by them too! – and photographed by Sean, with a cameo appearance himself! But to guarantee your copy of anything Sean-centric, please pop him in our search engine, pre-order and… yeah, you’ve got it.
Bryan Lee O’Malley: signing Sunday 3pm to 5pm
LICAF is Bryan’s only UK appearance this year! See Festival Guide below for his multiple contributions, then pop back here for our farewell signing! We will have many things including:
SECONDS
SCOTT PILGRIM colour editions
LOST AT SEA
SECONDS HELPING co-starring Mr O’Malley himself.
SNOTGIRL depending on whether we have any stock left back at Page 45 HQ. Sales have been phenomenal, especially since it was our last Page 45 Comicbook Of The Month!
For the last Page 45 / Bryan Lee O’Malley Print (Worldwide Exclusive!), you MUST pre-order for collection in Kendal, please.
Fun fact: Page 45 is the only comic shop which Bryan has kindly signed with on every UK visit.
Page 45’s Creator Residents
Selling, signing and sketching in our Georgian Room upstairs in the Kendal Clock Tower for FREE! Names linked to their websites!
Tillie Walden and Katriona Chapman with Avery Hill Publishing almost ALL weekend long!
They will be bringing:
KATZINES by Katriona
A CITY INSIDE by Tillie
I LOVE THIS PART by Tillie
THE END OF SUMMER (new deluxe edition launch!)
And dozens of the exceptional comics and graphic novels for which Avery Hill is renowned.
Dan Berry signing Sunday am
Dan will be orchestrating a brand-new 24-Hour Comics Relay Race which we will be selling on Sunday, hot-off-the-press, including brand-new stories by Craig Thompson, Charlie Adlard, Emma Vieceli, Joe Decie, Mike Medaglia Bryan Talbot and more! He will also have some of these for sale – and much more besides – depending on what’s still in print:
24 BY 7
CARRY ME
SENT / NOT SENT
THROW YOU KEYS AWAY
THE END
Hannah Berry signing Sunday pm
We will be bringing:
ADAMTINE
BRITTEN AND BRULIGHTLY
Who knows what besides Hannah will bring? Mischief and quick-fire wit, guaranteed! Chuffed to be reunited a year after our 21st Birthday party.
Emma Vieceli signing Saturday pm
Another LICAF Patron! We will be bringing:
ALEX RIDER: SCORPIA
BREAKS PROLOGUE
DOCTOR WHO: THE EIGHTH DOCTOR
VAMPIRE ACADEMY VOL 1
VAMPIRE ACADEMY VOL 2
VAMPIRE ACADEMY VOL 3
And more, including – we hope – a sly surprise for Emma.
Jonathan Edwards & Felt Mistress As their events allow
They will be bringing: all kinds of crazy.
Plus McFelty’s new book on making your own creatures and Jonathan’s swoonaway landscape prints.
We will be bringing:
DESTINATION: KENDAL, remember, which you can get signed by Sean Phillips as well from 2pm to 3pm on Sunday!
Last Minute Additions:
John Martz who will be bringing BURT’S WAY HOME and signing Saturday all morning!
Paul Thomas of AN UNRELIABLE HISTORY OF TATTOOS signing Saturday 1.15pm
Ben Haggarty and Adam Brockbank of MEZOLITH VOL 1 and MEZOLITH VOL 2 (we will have stock) signing Saturday 3pm
“But Where, Oh Where, Is La McIntyre?”
Do not doubt us, my darlings!
This is the first year that the legendary Sarah McIntrye has been unable to appear with Page 45 in our Georgian Room. Last year Sarah was even joined by co-creator Philip Reeve to sign their PUGS OF THE FROZEN NORTH etc!
Sarah and I could not bear to disappoint the loyal following of families she’s built up at the Festival so Page 45 will be bringing the brand-new JINKS & O’HARE FUNFAIR REPAIR… and Sarah in spirit! How…?
Sarah has very generously drawn four original sketches which we will give out FREE OF CHARGE to the first families to buy a copy or twelve of JINKS & O’HARE FUNFAIR REPAIR during the weekend and who then declare:
“I read your blog, and I’ve got a sprog!”
Terms & Conditions: Adults must be accompanied by a child (which is a nice twist, don’t you think? This is such a family-friendly festival!). Also, the rhyme above is mandatory.
Yes, this is one of those actual sketches! That’s how much La McIntyre loves you!
Page 45 Panel To Help & Encourage Emerging Creators!
Sunday October 16th, 1pm to 2pm in the Clock Tower Council Chamber
You Ask, We Tell! Helping Creators Pitch To Publishers, The Press and to Comic Shops.
This bit will cost you £8 plus a £1-50 booking fee, I’m afraid (see link), but consider it an excellent investment in your creative and commercial future! Here’s why:
Independent publishing and self-publishing isn’t just a means to critical acclaim but to concrete, commercial success.
Collage created by Down The Tubes’ most excellent John Freeman
Page 45’s biggest-selling graphic novel of 2015 was PORCELAIN: BONE CHINA, independently published by Improper Books and beating everything from DC, owned by multi-millionaire mega-corps Time Warner.
Page 45’s biggest-selling comic was EXPECTING TO FLY, self-published by John Allison and beating everything from Marvel, owned by multi-billionaire Disney.
With independent publishers you can retain creative control, ownership and be nurtured like nowhere else, fostering long-lasting, personal relationships with retailers and review sites like Broken Frontier which will prove invaluable throughout your career. We’ll show you how.
On that experienced, hand-picked panel:
Ricky Miller (Director, Avery Hill Publishing)
Katriona Chapman (self-publisher of KATZINE, freelance for larger publishers and part of Avery Hill)
Andy Oliver (Editor-in-Chief of pioneering review website Broken Frontier, and brand-new self-publisher)
Stephen L. Holland (Festival patron, award-winning retailer at Page 45 and prize buffoon.)
Every week I’m asked at the counter, “What’s the best way to get my comic published?”, “How do I get myself covered by Broken Frontier?” and “How do I get my self-published comic onto your shelves?”
We’re about to answer your questions.
Page 45 Brings Glorious Graphic Novels to Kendal
N.B. A previous year’s spread. What will we be bringing this year?
Newcomers to comics and seasoned veterans:
Ask for recommendations tailored to your specific tastes!
We’ll be providing show-and-tells on any book you fancy all weekend long!
We’ll help find your friends presents too!
And yes, of course we’ll have all-ages beauties!
Another previous year’s spread, though many will return!
Important: Page 45 will be accepting cash AND credit cards!
New Service: Pre-order For Collection in Kendal, postage-free:
As ever we’ll be selecting the very best current crop of graphic novels to bring, but now you can choose which graphic novels we bring for you! Simply select any of our 6,000 different graphic novels at the Page 45 Website and instead the postage options please select “Collect In Kendal” for free!
Offer closes Tuesday 11th October. We’ll be all packed up by then and ready to roll.
More Lakes Festival Information
Twitter: @comicartfest
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2016 Programme online now!
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival website
Buy Tickets for the Ticketed Events
Plan Your Visit!
Includes Accomodation & Travel Information, Family Zone etc
Follow Page 45 on Twitter @pagefortyfive as other creators pop in to draw free, impromptu sketches like last year!
Page 45’s photo-filled review of The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2014!
Page 45 credentials
Page 45 is a proud Patron of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival.
Stephen was on the judging panel of the British Comics Awards in 2012, 2013 and 2015.
Page 45 won the first ever award for Best Independent Retailer in Nottingham 2012.
Page 45 won the Best Independent Business in Nottingham 2013.
Page 45 was shortlisted for the Bookseller’s Independent Bookshop Of The Year 2014.
Page 45 won the only ever Diamond Comics Award for Best Retailer in the UK in 2004 before links began.
Lakes Festival Director Julie Tait, said:
“Stephen, your eloquence, enthusiasm and encouragement inspires me!”
Also: “I think three bottles of Sauvignon Blanc is enough for this morning, don’t you?”
Lakes Festival Patron and Page 45’s Stephen L. Holland said:
“I’m writing this blog; why are you quoting me?”
Remember, Entrance to all our events and the Kendal Clock Tower with so many other creators is FREE!
And all the above is just what’s happening in our room alone! OMG there is so much more on offer: HABIBI‘s Craig Thompson for starters!
But if you want to attend creator talks or our very own panel, there is a nominal fee.
Buy Tickets for the Ticketed Events
Please book in advance and as soon as possible and – oh look! – here’s our Jonti Edwards and Poblin again:
