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s08e05 - In Conversation with Lakes Festival Director JULIE TAIT ** Originally Aired on YouTube, Sunday 13th September 2020 ** The challenges placed on every aspect of pop culture, in the wake of the years global pandemic, have spilt over into every aspect of comics fandom including conventions and fan gatherings being cancelled across the board. Many of the organisers of such events have taken to the internet, putting on 'virtual cons'... but these substitutions have been found to work best when replicating a specific branch of fandom. How does this solution apply when your physical event covers many schools of creativity and even a large footprint, over a town or city? The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is an annual event held in the picturesque city of Kendal in the Lake District, one that is held in multiple venues - art installations, libraries, schools, shopping centres and more - over the course of a weekend, similar in scale (and, indeed, reputation) to the European benchmark for such events