Laura Watton

Self-portrait.

Laura Watton is an artist and writer based in Cambridge.

She began self-publishing her work in 1995 while still in her early teens. Her earliest work included the still-running Biomecha; this was one of the first British comics to be inspired by Japanese manga and was favourably reviewed in the magazine Anime FX.

In 2001 she became one of the founding members of Sweatdrop Studios, which she left in 2010.

Works

(Partial list)

• Biomecha
• "Black Peace" (published in Cold Sweat)
• "Body Parts" (published in Drop Dead Monstrous)
• Boiled Spoons
• "Different for Girls" (published in Stardust)
• "Pinkaa Fairy" (with Jake Laverde; published in Sugardrops)
• Reluctant Soldier Princess Nami
• "Steaming" (published in Blue is for Boys)
• "Until Death do us Party" (published in The Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom and Ireland volume 3)