Comic Art Festival releases Lake District postcards

Leading illustrators in the world of Comic Art have lent their support to the Kendal festival that's fast becoming the place to be for their profession.

They've donated their illustrations as postcards advertising the festival and Cumbria.

The original artwork will be auctioned off in London later this year to raise money for the festival, which is not for profit and the charity Comics Literary Awareness, which aims to improve children's literacy through comics and graphic novels.

The Lake District National Park is England’s largest covering 229,200 hectares of land with 16 large lakes and more than 200 fells.

It's inspired many artists and writers from Beatrix Potter to JMW Turner and William Wordsworth.

These artists hope their work is a modern day interpretation.

Bill Morrison, Sean Phillips, the first comics laureate Dave Gibbons, Bryan Talbot, Jonathan Edwards, Steven Appleby and Philip Reeve and Sarah McIntyre have all provided artworks for a series of work titled "Wish You Were Here – Postcards from the Edge of Reality".

Most of the artists will be attending The Lakes International Comic Art Festival - the only festival of its kind in the UK.

Modeled on European-style festivals, it takes over the whole town of Kendal for a weekend with events, talks, cinema, live draws, exhibitions, a family zone, marketplace and the chance to see these leading comic creators at work.