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Laura Watton |
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| Homepage: |
www.laurawatton.co.uk |
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| Date of Birth: |
The right side of 20! |
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| Gender: |
female |
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| Blood Type: |
Type O pos |
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| Favourite Artists: |
Alphonse Mucha, Coop, Junko Mizuno, Ai Yazawa, Miwa Ueda |
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| Favourite Comics: |
Peach Girl, Under the Glass Moon, GTO, Chobits, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Paradise Kiss, Even a Monkey can Draw Manga! |
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| Favourite Literature: |
FRUITS, anything by Taschen, The Devil's Advocate, Nocturnal, Narita Inspected, Juxtaposed mag. As far as books go, anything by Bill Bryson, esp. Notes From a Small Island etc |
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| Favourite Films: |
Donnie Darko, Secretary, Moulin Rouge, Edward Scissorhands, Mystery Men, Pee Wee's Big Adventure. |
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| Favourite Music: |
Para Para Paradise, Depeche Mode, Everclear, Muse, Pitchshifter, Rob Zombie, Daft Punk, Hikaru Utada, Dubstar. |
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| General Interests: |
EGL scene, Konami Bemani series, Japanese culture & design, contemporary illustration, animation, small-press. |
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| Recommended Sites: |
www.squareeyedstories.co.uk,
www.bugmonkey.50megs.com,
www.zumcomics.info,
www.favouritecrayon.co.uk,
www.bahala-na.co.uk. |
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| Biography: |
I started drawing my own manga at the age of 14. I then decided that I liked doing this very much and a good few years later found a bunch of likeminded people who liked to do that too. Thus Sweatdrop was born! And very happy I am too, within this productive little circle. There's some great mates are here. Yay!
Since graduation I have spent my free time drawing more comics than ever before. I promise more time will be spent doing these and less time spent hocking my possessions on eBay. Sorry.
My illustrations have been published in various national UK magazines such as Shout and Just 17, and most recently for Emotional Rescue greetings card range. You can see my art, paintings and illustration work on my website, http://www.laurawatton.co.uk
UK manga titles I have contributed towards include my Biomecha series, Boiled Spoons, Reluctant Soldier Princess Nami and all the Sweatdrop anthologies to date. I have also had illustrations included in numerous UK anime fanzines, sadly none of which are actually in print any more.
I'm keen to support the site and contribute towards it's running and productivity to the full, plus of course, to create small-press manga alongside the other members of Sweatdrop. In 2004 I will be in Japan - fingers crossed - for the year and I aim to continually publish more and more manga in the very near future!
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Titles available from Laura Watton:
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| Reluctant Soldier Princess Nami (Arcs 1-3) |
| by Laura Watton. £4.00 |
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| Blue is for Boys |
| by Selina, Subi, Dock, and others. With foreword by Paul Gravett.. £5.00 |
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