Laura Howell
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Laura Howell is a British
-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano
comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green
", "Les Pretend
" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx
strips in the same comic. Laura also works for Toxic magazine
, drew the comic strip "Sneaky, the world's cleverest elephant" for the DFC
comic, and is an award-winning Manga artist, including a stylized version of Gilbert and Sullivan
.
She also draws Bro VS Bro in Toxic.
She lives in Birmingham, England.
United Kingdom
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-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of The Beano
The Beano
The Beano is a British children's comic, published by D.C. Thomson & Co and is arguably their most successful.The comic first appeared on 30 July 1938, and was published weekly. During the Second World War,The Beano and The Dandy were published on alternating weeks because of paper and ink...
comic, and responsible for "Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green
Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green
Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green was a comic strip in the comic The Beano. It first appeared in Beano issue 3404, dated 27th October 2007. It is the first Beano comic strip ever to be regularly drawn by a female artist...
", "Les Pretend
Les Pretend
Lesley Presley Pretend is a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. Originally drawn by John Sherwood, he first appeared in issue 2493, dated 28 April 1990. In each issue, Les pretends to be something and dresses up like it, beginning with a martian in his debut...
" and Beano Manga. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years Beano, and two Minnie the Minx
Minnie the Minx
Minnie the Minx is a fictional character in the British comic The Beano. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953 making her the third longest running Beano character, behind only Dennis the Menace and Roger the Dodger...
strips in the same comic. Laura also works for Toxic magazine
Toxic magazine
Toxic magazine was launched in September 2002 by London-based Egmont Publishing UK. The intention was to address the elusive boys' magazine market...
, drew the comic strip "Sneaky, the world's cleverest elephant" for the DFC
The DFC
The DFC was a weekly British children's anthology comic, published by David Fickling Books . The first issue was published at the end of May 2008...
comic, and is an award-winning Manga artist, including a stylized version of Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan
Gilbert and Sullivan refers to the Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist W. S. Gilbert and the composer Arthur Sullivan . The two men collaborated on fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which H.M.S...
.
She also draws Bro VS Bro in Toxic.
She lives in Birmingham, England.