Laura Howell
Long time Beano artist Laura Howell has joined the guest list for ICE Birmingham in September, joining other Beano legends at the special celebratory retrospective panel for the long-running weekly British humour comic at the expo.
Laura Howell likes drawing and writing comics that make people laugh. In 2006, she became the first female artist to draw for the Beano, which she still contributes to every week. She has also worked on VIZ, The DFC, MAD magazine and popular media titles such as Angry Birds and Cartoon Network’s Regular Show and Uncle Grandpa.
Her first Regular Show graphic novel, Wrasslesplosion, was published by BOOM Studios in 2017 and her second, The Meatening, is out in this year.
Her own extremely silly comic strip The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan is also available in book form from Soaring Penguin Press.
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John Freeman
The founder of downthetubes, John works as a comics editor, writer, as Creative Consultant on the Dan Dare audio adventures for B7 Media, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Working in British comics publishing for over 30 years, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Star Trek Magazine and Babylon 5 Magazine. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War and “Dan Dare”. He’s the writer of “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz, published on Tapastic; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood for digital comic 100% Biodegradable.
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