Laura Howell - Newark Library

In this 60-minute workshop Laura will guide you through the basics of cartooning, as well as sharing a behind-the-scenes look at how a Beano page is created, from script to the finished comic in your hand.

For children ages 7 – 11

£3 children  | Free accompanying adults

Booking advised

Laura Howell likes making comics that make people laugh.  In 2006 she became the first woman to draw for the Beano and is currently the artist in charge of everyone’s favourite pigtailed powerhouse Minnie the Minx.

Laura has drawn and written for many publications including the Dandy and the DFC, as well as comic adaptations of Angry Birds and Cartoon Network’s Regular Show. 

In 2021, her artwork was displayed in the Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules exhibition in Somerset House, London, and can currently be seen in the V&A Museum in Dundee.