![]() Scholastic very casually asked if I was interested in doing kids’ books, and I thought, ‘Yes! Why not?’ So I gave them a few book ideas, and the pony was a natural thing. ![]() I put out the collection Hark! A Vagrant in 2011, and that book did really well, and I think that turned a few heads. You’ve been writing history-based web comics for an adult audience at Hark! A Vagrant for several years now, but this is your first time writing specifically for children. ![]() Beaton currently resides in Toronto we spoke with her about writing for a young audience, intentional anachronisms, and feminist comics. ![]() The Princess and the Pony teams up Princess Pinecone, a young warrior princess, with a fat little pony that was not at all what she expected when she asked her parents for a “real warrior’s horse” for her birthday. But this summer, Beaton dips her toe into children’s publishing for the first time with a picture book from Scholastic. A 2011 collection of her comics was a bestseller, and in September, she will release a second collection, called Step Aside, Pops. Beaton puts historical, literary, and pop culture figures into everyday situations, and her simple artistic style with attention to facial expressions brings out unexpected absurdities. ![]() Canadian artist Kate Beaton, making unusual use of her history degree, has been making people laugh with her web comics at Hark! A Vagrant since 2007. ![]()
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