Laura Howell is a British-born comic strip artist. She is the first female artist in the history of '' The Beano'' comic, and is responsible for ''

Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green ''(Tales of) Johnny Bean from Happy Bunny Green'' was a comic strip in the comic ''The Beano''. It first appeared in Beano issue 3404, dated 27 October 2007. It is the first Beano comic strip ever to be regularly drawn by a female artist. The s ...

'', '' Les Pretend'', '' Tricky Dicky'' and the manga adaptation of ''The Beano''. She also drew Billy the Cat in the Special 70 Years ''Beano'', and two

Minnie the Minx Minnie the Minx, whose real name is Hermione Makepeace is a comic strip character published in the British comic magazine ''The Beano''. Created and originally drawn by Leo Baxendale, she first appeared in issue 596, dated 19 December 1953, ma ...

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 a manga artist. Her works includes a manga-stylized version of

Gilbert and Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan was a Victorian era, Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the dramatist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and the composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900), who jointly created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896, of which ...

. In 2006, she was awarded the International Manga and Anime Festival (IMAF) Best Comic Prize. She has also contributed to a number of publications including

Viz Viz may refer to: *''viz.'', a synonym for “namely” * ''Viz'' (comics), a British adult comic magazine **'' Viz: The Game'', a computer game based on the comic *Viz Media, an American manga and anime distribution and entertainment company *"V ...

and MAD magazine. She lives in Birmingham, England.

References

External links

Laura Howell's website

The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert and Sullivan
British comics artists Year of birth missing (living people) Living people The Beano people British female comics artists Female comics writers {{UK-comics-creator-stub