Kate Beaton is planning a "different direction" for her next project. The award-winning cartoonist has been studying her hometown and its residents for the follow-up to Hark! A Vagrant. "I've been ...

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The line for Kate Beaton at Stumptown last year indicates that Portland loves Hark! A Vagrant. AS IT SHOULD. Here’s an interview Beaton recently did with the Hairpin. Some of my favorite comics of ...

For the cover of the December 23, 2024, issue, Kate Beaton created an image that doubles as a simple game. (To play, see the word bank below. Print subscribers can peel off the removable label.) “I ...

Last night saw Lucca Comics And Games 2024 in Italy give out their comic book awards, including The Yellow Kid Awards and the Gran Guinigi, among others. Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri "his self-portrait, ...

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Beaton posted a strip revealing that the pair had realised they seemed to be related to the same family of Smiths in a small Canadian town. Jeff Smith is the creator of the acclaimed Bone and Rasl ...

Time, as the Steve Miller Band so catchily pointed out, keeps on slippin’ (slippin’, slippin’) into the future. (Later, they also asserted that, abracadabra, they wanted to reach out & grab ya – but ...

The novel centres around Mia Kish, a young girl who struggles to find acceptance at her boarding school. When her fellow students begin to fall victim to a virus that ages and kills its victims, Mia ...

Human from the shoulders up, blue-haired, blue-skinned Shark Girl sports a shark’s powerful, finned body as well as her own sense of agency, autonomy, and justice. She vows revenge after escaping from ...

Cartoonist Kate Beaton On Staying Creative, Respecting Your Audience, And Poop Jokes The Hark! A Vagrant cartoonist is back with a new collection of comics, and it's every bit as weird and hilarious ...