Coelifer Atlas

The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has recently published two great books as part of its developing publishing program. They are Coelifer Atlas, this year’s special 24 Hour Marathon Comic project featuring a stellar line up of talent, which aims to raise awareness of the medical condition Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, and has already raised £1000 for the charity OCD Action; and Carrot to the Stars, an English language edition of La carotte aux étoiles by Riff Reb’s. Coelifer Atlas was written by Alex Paknadel and Dan Watters, and drawn by Dan Berry (editor), Craig Thompson, Charlie Adlard, Emma Vieceli, Petteri Tikannen, Bruce Mutard, Nick Brokenshire, Bryan Talbot, Ken Niimura, Joe Decie, Mike Medaglia and Jacob Phillips, offering an exciting mix of styles of art for this challenging charity project. Between them, they produced the comic on 13-14th October during the Festival weekend in Kendal, which was then printed and launched in the Comics Clock Tower. OCD Action, the UK’s largest and most comprehensive OCD charity, provides accurate and up-to-date information on OCD and related conditions, runs a helpline, advocacy service, support group network and forum to help people with the disorder. They also work to raise awareness in the media and campaigns to improve access to quality treatment for OCD.