Nov 03, 2011 kate beaton has become a web comic superstar with her hilarious look at historical and pop culture tropes from julius caesar to gatsby. A vagrant collection is perfect for fans of her work both new and old. Kate beaton is a canadian cartoonist who appeared on the comics scene in 2007 with her online work hark. If youre unfamiliar with what were talking about here, educate yourself about janet. Reviews have remarked on her mastery of facial expressions in particular. Nov 17, 2017 kate beaton is the creator of the astoundingly great hark. Id like to dedicate this archive to my sister becky beaton, who we lost in 2018, and who always believed in me. Kate beaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic hark. This webcomic won the 2011 igantz award for outstanding online comic, as well as the 20112012 harvey award for best online comics work. Historical personages that have made appearances in the comic include napoleon bonaparte, ada lovelace, marie antoinette, and the founding fathers.
Sep 27, 2011 a vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of new yorker cartoonist and comics sensation kate beaton. A vagrant is a webcomic created by cartoonist kate beaton. Kate beaton previously is the creator of the astoundingly great hark. A vagrant often portrays historical figures or fictional characters from western literature in comic form. Beaton s distinctive drawing style is loose and light, and has been compared to the illustrations of quentin blake. A vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of new yorker cartoonist and comics sensation. The main characters of this sequential art, graphic novels story are elizabeth bennet. The unique variant of the tesla cannon known as the tesla beaton prototype is named for kate, with a nod to the hark. Here is a sketch comic i made called ducks, in five parts. Quite a few literary and historical jokes in her comics, so would make a great gift for a big brained history buff. Of scottish descent, beaton grew up with her three sisters in mabou on the isle of cape breton. Kate beaton, as you hopefully already know, is the writer and illustrator of the phenomenal hark. A vagrant a witty and wonderful collection of comics about historical and literary. A vagrant, an irreverent web comic that has skewered everyone from jane austen to the zhou dynasty.
Canadian artist kate beaton draws wonderfully expressive comics which she publishes variously on her website and her livejournal, hark. Hark a vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of new yorker cartoonist and comics sensation kate beaton. Kate beatons hark a vagrant dude watchin with the brontes. A vagrant features sexy batman, the true stories behind classic nancy drew covers, and queen elizabeth doing the albatross. She heightens emotion by dropping punctuation marks or doubling the size or thickness of her letters, a move that helps emphasize her use of anachronistic language. Having previously earned a bachelors degree in history, much of the humor in beatons comics comes from comedic depictions of historical figures and scenes, although she does occasionally post about more contemporary subjects, such as superhero comics and nancy drew books. Beatons often absurdist, seemingly effortless style is deceiving. Many of the comics are available as prints but not all of them. Beaton perfectly melds simplistic, yet endearing drawings with witty, sometimes crude, but always hilarious commentary. Beaton began drawing historythemed comics for her student newspaper while studying history and anthropology at mount allison university. A fantastic webcomic by kate beaton of canada, visit and rejoice.
A vagrant, which covers, among many other things, 19th century novels, ludicrous superhero costumes. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 168 pages and is available in hardcover format. A vagrant remains a reliably witty presence online, and perhaps the only work in comics history where nancy drew, the great gatsby and the. Suites of strips about a single subject tend to be the strongest in the. A vagrant heckles superheroes, scientists, sellouts check out kate beaton s smartass strips skewering wolverine, wonder woman and whoever else she deems worthy. I didnt think it would be when i stepped away to work on other projects, but not to kill the light mood around here 20162018 were very difficult years in a personal sense, and emerging on the other side, i feel like this is a project that has run its course. Ducks is about part of my time working at a mining site in fort mcmurray, the events are from 2008. I ve been a fan of kate beatons work for years, starting with her genius webcomic hark.
A vagrant, spent five months on the new york times. Since then, she has become a fan favourite and has garnered a significant following, with illustrations appearing in places like the new yorker, harpers, and marvels strange tales anthology. Beatons strips range from historical and literary references to superhero comics parodies, to random bits of comedy and riffs on old bookmagazine covers, posters. Hark, a vagrants kate beaton on comics, history, and drawing. A vagrant often portrays historical figures or fictional characters from western literature in. Do you like classic literature, historical fanfic, sassmouthed women, and cool comics.
Finds drollery in drawing rooms with a deceptively loose, doodlelike style, canadian webcomic creator kate beaton imbues historical and literary figures. Hark, a vagrants kate beaton on comics, history, and. No era or tome emerges unscathbed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and. Nov 11, 2011 it must also be said that beaton is a fantastic letterer. Im guessing that i started hark a vagrant about six months after octopus pie began, but merediths was already a name to be reckoned with, due to the solid reputation of her previous comic skirting danger and because she was an honest to god trained animator in a sea of stickmen comics or twodudesonacouch comics rip forever kisses. Apr 07, 2014 here is a sketch comic i made called ducks, in five parts. Kathryn moira beaton born 8 september 1983 is a canadian comics artist and the creator of the comic strip hark. Kate beaton is a canadian cartoonist who appeared in the comics scene in 2007 with her online work hark. A vagrant a witty and wonderful collection of comics about historical and literary figures and events, based on her popular web comic of the same name.
The game cabinet with a lady twisted into a boobsandbutt pose is a clear homage in style and pose to kate beaton s strong female characters from hark. Jan 17, 2020 kate beatons hark a vagrant dude watchin with the brontes duration. A vagrant remains a reliably witty presence online, and perhaps the only work in comics history where nancy drew, the great gatsby and the war of 1812 can all be. A vagrant is best known for its humorous treatment of historical figures and events. Sep 03, 2015 kate beaton returns with a second collection of strips from her brilliant website, hark. I havent been updating the lj, because i dont like seeing people link to it instead of my website which is still my home base and main source of comicsrelated income. A vagrant is a largely historybased webcomic by kate beaton, best known for its historical comics, which are oneshots of varying length focusing on historical events or figures getting into pretty inaccurate situations recurring themes include beaton visiting her younger self, canada, a pony called fat pony, and a story about a sailor who meets a mermaid. A vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of new yorker cartoonist and comicssensation kate beaton. A vagrant history comics by kate beaton metafilter. A vagrant, talked with the newshour about her online fan base, her first childrens book and how she made historys saddest tales funny. No era or tome emerges unscathed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the bestloved. Kate beatons hark a vagrant dude watchin with the brontes duration.
Kate beaton has become a web comic superstar with her hilarious look at historical and pop culture tropes from julius caesar to gatsby. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2011, and was written by kate beaton. A vagrant, which now receives more than a million hits each month. Since then, she has become a fan favourite and has garnered a significant following, with illustrations appearing in places like the new. Kate beaton is an eisner award winning artist from canada. She is perhaps the only cartoonist ever to be published by both marvel comics and the new yorker. Kate beaton is living proof that it is, in fact, possible to do something with an undergraduate history degree. A vagrant, from the author kate beaton, an anthology of the popular webcomic of the same name is a hoot. This year, jeremy and emily read the entire holmes series. In december 2007 she asked her readers to suggest historical figures and promised to draw comics based on the first twenty submissions. Scientists and artists, revolutionaries and superheroes, suffragists and presidents theyre all there, as antique hipsters, and theyre all skewered with equal parts comedic and. She became a webcomics superstar within a year of her debut in 2007, drawing huge lines at events like spxto the general puzzlement of the print comics world. A vagrant heckles superheroes, scientists, sellouts check out kate beatons smartass strips skewering wolverine, wonder woman and whoever else she deems worthy. Born in nova scotia, beaton studied history and anthropology, discovering through her universitys newspaper that she could put her knowledge of people, places, and dates to work in a humor column and, later, in comic strips.
Hark a vagrant created by kate beaton dude watchin with the brontes episode cast andrea. Finds drollery in drawing rooms september 22, 2011 with a deceptively loose, doodlelike style, canadian webcomic creator kate beaton imbues historical and literary figures with. A vagrant is drawn in black and white with pens, watercolours, brush pens, and a wacom tablet in later comics. Since then, she has become a fan favorite and has garnered a significant following, with illustrations appearing in places like the new yorker, harpers magazine, and marvels strange tales anthology. Kate beaton i made a joke about this on twitter like two years ago, and now it has reemerged as an insane scrawl. A vagrant is a newly expanded collection of her witty, literate comics. Sep 26, 2011 kate beaton is living proof that it is, in fact, possible to do something with an undergraduate history degree. It is a complicated place, it is not the same for all. No era or tome emerges unscathed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless. I didnt think it would be when i stepped away to work on other projects, but not to kill the light mood around here 20162018 were very difficult years in a personal sense, and emerging on the other side, i feel like this is. Whether youve already read every single strip online or are completely new to the work, the book is a must have for any comics fan that likes their humor smart and their visuals hilarious.
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