We are very pleased to introduce our inspiring Lakes International Comic Art Festival Board!
We will be announcing new members soon.
With upwards of eleven years’ experience as a secondary school Librarian, Gemma is passionate about promoting literacy and reading for pleasure through the diverse and exciting medium of comics! She enjoys advocating the benefits of comics in the classroom, facilitating extra-curricular activities in her roles as Excelsior Award short list judge, Bronze and Silver Arts Award Adviser and coordinating a lively Comics Club. Continually inspired by comics, she is always on the lookout for opportunities enabling students to find their love of reading through this magic medium.
Maheen Murtaza is a student of Sociology at the University of Manchester with a keen interest in comics, anime and gaming. Maheen is the programmer of LICAF’s new anime festival which will now launch in 2021. She also acts as a volunteer at the University’s Counselling Service and joined the LICAF Board in 2019.