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You'll note that "Hark, A Vagrant" is written by Kate Beaton, a comic artist, history major (and woman) who hails from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, now based out o
by knowtheory 14y ago
You'll note that "Hark, A Vagrant" is written by Kate Beaton, a comic artist, history major (and woman) who hails from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, now based out of NYC.
Her comic focuses mainly on historical, literary, or just ridiculous topics, and is awesome.
- anthonyb 14y agoI've just read forward a couple of comics, and there's some amazing stuff in there. Just finished reading about Matthew Henson and how he was first to the north pole. It's like xkcd, but for history instead of maths/physics/CS.
- sp332 14y agoTo be fair, the avatar is a guy with a beard.
- knowtheory 14y agoYep, that's why I mentioned that it was Kate Beaton! Sorry, my intent wasn't to pedant the situation (although i think i have done anyway :\ ), i just wanted to point out a female comic artist who i think is badass :)
- bootload 14y ago"... To be fair, the avatar is a guy with a beard ..." and under the icon a name, 'Kate Beaton'
- smacktoward 14y agoIndeed! I'm a huge fan of her work, glad to see others enjoying it as well. If you like the comic, Ms. Beaton has all her online historical comics indexed by subject here: http://harkavagrant.com/archivecat.php http://harkavagrant.com/archivecat.php And she's published a book of them as well that Amazon picked as one of their "best books of 2011": http://www.amazon.com/Hark-Vagrant-Kate-Beaton/dp/1770460608 http://www.amazon.com/Hark-Vagrant-Kate-Beaton/dp/1770460608