Laura Watton

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Laura Watton (Born August 2, 1979) is a semi-professional UK Manga artist, currently publishing under Sweatdrop Studios, with her well-known series, Biomecha. She currently resides in Cambridge and creates freelance illustrations.

Watton has been part of the anime scene since the early 90's entering artwork and letters to such magazines as Super Play and Anime FX, the fanzine 'Red Leopard' & provided the covers for Anime Connect 1-3. In 2001 she joined up with other comic creators Hayden Scott-Baron/Dock, Sam Brown/Subi and Foxy in founding one of the largest UK Manga Studios, Sweatdrop Studios.

Watton has produced a number of comics including 'Pinkaa Fairy' which featured in the Sweatdrop anthology 'Sugardrops' (2004)[1], 'Different for girls' which featured in the anthology 'Stardust' (2006) [2] and 'Steam' which featured in the anthology 'Blue is for Boys'. In 2006, Watton was one of the winners of the Neo magazine manga competition, with her short comic Sea Bream Dream.[3] She has also published a graphic novel volume of Biomecha (ISBN 1905038121), her ongoing manga style comic which has been shortlisted for the 2007 Eagle Awards.[4] She also achieved a runner-up position in the 3rd Rising Stars of Manga United Kingdom & Ireland competition.[5] Watton was also one of the Head Contributors to 'Draw Manga Sweatdrop Studios' for New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.[6]

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  1. ^ Sugardrops. Amazon UK. Retrieved on 2006-10-15.
  2. ^ Stardust. Amazon UK. Retrieved on 2006-10-15.
  3. ^ (October 2006) Neo Manga Competition 2006, issue 24 (in English), Uncooked Media, p62. 
  4. ^ The Eagle Awards. Retrieved on 2008-04-07.
  5. ^ Rising Stars of Manga UK & Ireland. Tokyopop. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  6. ^ Draw Manga. New Holland Publishers (UK) Ltd.. Retrieved on 2007-04-08.

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