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{{Short description|Canadian comics artist (born 1983)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox comics creator
| image = KateBeatonJune2011.jpg
| alt = Kate Beaton smiles for the camera
| caption = Beaton at the [[Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo]] in 2011
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|09|08|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Inverness County, Nova Scotia|Inverness County]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Morgan Murray]]|2018}}
| signature = Signature of Kate Beaton.svg
| notable works = ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]''<br>''[[Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands]]''
}}

'''Kathryn Moira Beaton''' (born 8 September 1983) is a Canadian [[comics artist]] best known as the creator of the [[comic strip]] ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'', which ran from 2007 to 2018. Her other major works include the children's books ''[[The Princess and the Pony]]'' and ''King Baby'', published in 2015 and 2016 respectively. The former was made into an [[Apple TV+]] series called ''[[Pinecone & Pony]]'' released in 2022 on which Beaton worked as an executive producer. Also in 2022, Beaton released a memoir in graphic novel form, ''[[Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands]]'', about her experience working in the [[Alberta oil sands]]. ''[[Publishers Weekly]]'' named ''Ducks'' one of their top ten books of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Best Books 2022: Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly |url=https://best-books.publishersweekly.com/pw/best-books/2022/top-10 |access-date=2022-10-24 |website=[[Publishers Weekly]]}}</ref>

==Early life==
Of Scottish descent, Beaton grew up with her three sisters in [[Mabou, Nova Scotia|Mabou]] on the isle of [[Cape Breton]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/canadian-cartoonist-kate-beaton-cleverly-combines-history-and-humour/article26545781/|title=Canadian cartoonist Kate Beaton cleverly combines history and humour|website=The Globe and Mail|date=25 September 2015 |access-date=4 March 2016|last1=Medley |first1=Mark }}</ref> She went to a small school for K–12, only having 23 people in her class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tcj.com/im-a-careful-person-an-interview-with-kate-beaton|title='I'm a Careful Person': An Interview with Kate Beaton - The Comics Journal|website=www.tcj.com|date=4 November 2015 |access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> She graduated from [[Mount Allison University]] in 2005 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and anthropology.<ref name="hark!">{{cite web|url=http://harkavagrant.com/about.php |title=About |publisher=Hark, a vagrant |access-date=17 February 2012}}
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Beaton began drawing comics for the university newspaper, ''The Argosy'', during her third and fourth years at school. After college, she worked as an administrative assistant in the [[Maritime Museum of British Columbia]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=wired />

==Career==
After graduating from Mount Allison in 2005 Beaton worked at an oil sands mining project in [[Fort McMurray]] to pay off her student loans.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/read/how-an-internationally-renowned-cartoonist-ended-up-on-a-secluded-canadian-island|title=Why This Famous Cartoonist Moved to a Secluded Canadian Island|date=16 May 2016|access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://drawnandquarterly.com/news/ducks-two-years-oil-sands-kate-beaton/|title=Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton|date=24 September 2021|access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
In 2007, while still working at the Maritime Museum of BC, Beaton decided to publish some of her history-inspired comics on the [[World Wide Web|Web]].<ref name=":2" /> She posted comics to a new [[website]], katebeaton.com, and to a [[LiveJournal]] [[blog]]. In December of that year, she published the first of two popular batches of history-themed comic strips, whose subjects were ones suggested by at least twenty of her readers.<ref>[http://www.metafilter.com/69040/Hark-A-Vagrant-History-Comics-by-Katie-Beaton Hark! A Vagrant History Comics by Kate Beaton] - [[MetaFilter]] (13 Feb 2008)</ref>

Beaton published her webcomic, ''[[Hark! A Vagrant]]'', from 2007 to 2018.<ref name=hark! /> She moved her work from LiveJournal to her new website, also titled ''Hark! A Vagrant'', in May 2008.<ref>{{cite web |author=Beth Dunn |title=Interview with Kate Beaton |url=http://www.bethdunn.org/2009/09/08/interview-with-kate-beaton |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927043945/http://www.bethdunn.org/2009/09/08/interview-with-kate-beaton |archive-date=27 September 2013 |access-date=17 February 2012 |publisher=Bethdunn.org}}</ref> Its subjects included [[historical figure]]s, such as [[James Joyce]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=32|title=Hark, a vagrant: 32|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> and [[Ada Lovelace]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=141|title=Hark, a vagrant: 141|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> or fictional characters from [[Western literature]]. In several comics, Beaton caricatured herself, past and present.  Beaton has a simple artistic style, with particular attention to detail paid to her characters' facial expressions; her skill at comic pacing has also been noted.<ref>{{Cite news |work=NPR: Monkey See |first=Glen |last=Weldon |author-link=Glen Weldon|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/09/22/140658742/cartoonist-beatons-hark-a-vagrant-finds-drollery-in-drawing-rooms |date=22 September 2011 |title=Cartoonist Beaton's "Hark! A Vagrant!" Finds Drollery in Drawing Rooms}}</ref> ''Hark! A Vagrant'' won the 2011 [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Online Comic.<ref name=ignatz2012>{{cite web|title=Ignatz Awards 2012|url=http://www.spxpo.com/ignatz-awards-2012|publisher=SPX|access-date=2 February 2015}}</ref>

Beaton's work has been profiled in ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'',<ref name=wired>{{cite web | url = http://blog.wired.com/defense/2009/03/kate-beaton-mil.html | title = Web Comic Artist Redraws Military History | work = Danger Room | publisher = [[Wired.com]] | access-date = 28 March 2009 | date = 11 March 2009 | last = Hodge | first = Nathan }}
</ref> ''[[Maclean's]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.macleans.ca/2009/03/13/making-fun-of-canadian-history/ | title = Making fun of Canadian history | work = [[Maclean's]] | access-date = 28 March 2009 | last = Shimo | date = 13 March 2009 | first = Alexandra }}</ref> and [[Comic Book Resources]].<ref name=cbr>{{cite web | url = http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=20550 | title = Kate Beaton Debuts w/ Darwin at MySpace DHP | work = CBR News | publisher = [[Comic Book Resources]] | access-date = 28 March 2009 | last = Manning | first = Shaun | date = 25 March 2009 }}
</ref> "The Origin of Man", her comic celebrating [[Charles Darwin]]'s 200th birthday, was showcased by [[MySpace Dark Horse Presents]] in March 2009.<ref name=cbr/> In June 2009, she released a book titled ''Never Learn Anything from History''.<ref name=tsun>{{cite news | url = http://www.torontosun.com/life/2009/06/02/9648816.html#/life/2009/06/02/pf-9645841.html | title = History in the making | newspaper = [[Toronto Sun]] | access-date = 22 July 2009 | last = Wolfe-Wylie | first = William | date = 2 June 2009}}</ref> Several of her cartoons have been published in ''[[The New Yorker]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|title=I thought we agreed—no moms!|last=Beaton|first=Kate|date=7 June 2010|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=I accidentally picked up my daughter's backpack this morning|last=Beaton|first=Kate|date=28 June 2010|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=Uninvited|last=Beaton|first=Kate|date=10 August 2015|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=My eulogy is, of course, contingent on the will|last=Beaton|first=Kate|date=28 February 2011|magazine=The New Yorker}}</ref> [[Drawn & Quarterly]] released her second book, also titled ''Hark! A Vagrant'', in September 2011.<ref name=drawnandquarterly>{{cite web| url = http://www.drawnandquarterly.com/newsList.php?item=a4d2e19acd9ec1| title = D+Q to Publish Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant | work = Drawn & Quarterly| access-date = 3 August 2011 | date = 12 January 2011}}</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Hark-A-Vagrant-Kate-Beaton/dp/1770460608/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1380581949&sr=8-1&keywords=Hark!+A+Vagrant ''Hark! A Vagrant''].  [[Amazon.com]]. Retrieved 30 September 2013.</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine named it one of the top ten fiction books of the year, with [[Lev Grossman]] calling it "the wittiest book of the year."<ref>{{Cite magazine |magazine=Time |url=http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101086_2101094,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107191406/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101086_2101094,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 January 2012 |title=7. Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton |first=Lev |last=Grossman |date=7 December 2011 |author-link=Lev Grossman}}</ref>

Beaton's self-published ''Never Learn Anything from History'' won the 2009 [[Doug Wright Award]] for Best Emerging Talent.<ref name=wright>{{cite news | url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/outsider-tale-skim-quirky-history-comics-nab-cartooning-awards-1.781686 | title = Outsider tale Skim, quirky History Comics nab cartooning awards | work = CBC News | publisher = [[cbcnews.ca]] | access-date = 17 May 2024 | date = 10 May 2009 | last = Wong | first = Jessica}}</ref> ''Hark! A Vagrant'' won the 2011 [[Harvey Award]] for Best Online Comics Work, having been nominated the previous year,<ref name=harvey>{{cite web |url = http://www.harveyawards.org/2010ballot/Harvey_2010_final_ballot.txt |title = 2010 Harvey Awards Ballot |access-date = 25 February 2012 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120317083854/http://www.harveyawards.org/2010ballot/Harvey_2010_final_ballot.txt |archive-date = 17 March 2012 |url-status = dead }}</ref> and was also nominated for [[Joe Shuster Award]]s in 2009 and 2010.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://joeshusterawards.com/2009/04/02/nominations-for-the-2009-joe-shuster-awards/ |title=Nominations for the 2009 Joe Shuster Awards |date=2 April 2009 |publisher=The Joe Shuster Awards |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|author=joeshusterawards |url=http://joeshusterawards.com/2010/03/17/nominations-for-the-2010-joe-shuster-awards/ |title=Nominations for the 2010 Joe Shuster Awards |publisher=The Joe Shuster Awards |date=17 March 2010 |access-date=17 February 2012}}</ref> Beaton followed up her 2011 Harvey win by taking home three Harveys in 2012, for Humor, Online Work, and Best Cartoonist.

She is a former member of [[Pizza Island]], a cartoonist's studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn which was formed by herself and cartoonists [[Lisa Hanawalt]], [[Domitille Collardey]], [[Sarah Glidden]], [[Meredith Gran]], and [[Julia Wertz]].<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://nymag.com/arts/books/features/pizza-island-2011-4/|title=Books|last=Ward|first=Katherine|date=3 April 2011|website=NYMag.com|publisher=New York|access-date=8 April 2016}}</ref>

Beaton has contributed to [[Marvel Comics]]' ''[[Strange Tales]]'' anthology.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marvel.com/comics/creators/10332/kate_beaton|title=Kate Beaton - Comics - Marvel.com|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref> In 2014, Beaton uploaded the five-part webcomic ''Ducks'', which presents a more serious and complex story based on Beaton's experiences working at a remote mining site in Canada.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/12/the-20-best-webcomics-of-2014.html?p=2|magazine=[[Paste Magazine]]|title=The 20 Best Webcomics of 2014|last=Jackson|first=Fannie|date=17 December 2014}}</ref>

''Step Aside, Pops'', a collection of her ''Hark! A Vagrant'' comics, topped ''The New York Times'' graphic novel bestseller list in October 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2015-10-04/hardcover-graphic-books/list.html|title=Hardcover Graphic Books - Best Sellers - October 4, 2015 - The New York Times|work=The New York Times |access-date=10 February 2018}}</ref> In a 2015 poll, Beaton ranked fourteenth among the top all-time female comics artists.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2015/03/25/top-25-female-comic-book-artists-15-11/|title=Top 25 Female Comic Book Artists #15-11 - Comics Should Be Good @ CBR|date=25 March 2015|access-date=20 August 2016}}</ref>

Beaton's first children's book, ''[[The Princess and the Pony]]'', was released in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/how-an-internationally-renowned-cartoonist-ended-up-on-a-secluded-canadian-island|title=Why This Famous Cartoonist Moved to a Secluded Canadian Island - VICE|website=Vice|language=en-us|access-date=3 February 2017}}</ref> In 2016, she published the picture book ''King Baby''.

In October 2018, Beaton ended the ongoing serialization of her webcomic, saying, "I feel like this is a project that has run its course."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=404|title=Hark, a vagrant: 404|website=www.harkavagrant.com}}</ref>

In 2022, an animated TV series based on Kate Beaton's ''The Princess and the Pony'', called ''[[Pinecone & Pony]]'', was released on the streaming service [[Apple TV+]], with Beaton serving as executive producer.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/streaming/trailer-kate-beatons-pinecone-pony-charges-to-apple-tv/|title=Trailer: Kate Beaton's 'Pinecone & Pony' Charges to Apple TV+|first=Mercedes|last=Milligan|date=March 17, 2022}}</ref>

In September 2022, Beaton released a memoir in graphic novel form called ''[[Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands]]'', which documented her experience working in the energy extraction industry for [[Alberta oil sands]] before she became a cartoonist. It expanded on her earlier 2014 webcomic ''Ducks''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Balkissoon |first=Denise |date=September 13, 2022 |title='Money jail': Cape Breton cartoonist Kate Beaton reflects on her time in the oilsands |work=[[The Narwhal]] |url=https://thenarwhal.ca/kate-beaton-ducks-oilsands-memoir/ |access-date=September 18, 2022}}</ref> The book won  the 2023 edition of ''[[Canada Reads]]'', where it was championed by [[Mattea Roach]].<ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/meet-the-canada-reads-2023-contenders-1.6716837 "Meet the Canada Reads 2023 contenders"]. [[CBC Books]]'', January 25, 2023.</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=CBC Books |title=Mattea Roach, championing Ducks by Kate Beaton, wins Canada Reads 2023 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/mattea-roach-championing-ducks-by-kate-beaton-wins-canada-reads-2023-1.6795030 |website=CBC Books |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=6 April 2023 |date=March 30, 2023}}</ref>

The American Library Association listed ''Ducks'' among their top ten in the 2022 Best Graphic Novels for Adults list.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ala.org/rt/gncrt/best-graphic-novels-adults-reading-list-2022 | title=2022 Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List | date=25 April 2021 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Katebeaton.jpg|thumb|right|alt=Kate Beaton at NEWW, wearing a Remembrance Poppy|Kate Beaton at NEWW, wearing a Remembrance Poppy]]
She is married to writer [[Morgan Murray]].<ref>Elizabeth Patterson, [https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/lifestyles/regional-lifestyles/mabou-based-writer-happy-his-novel-included-on-2021-canada-reads-542136/ "Mabou-based writer happy his novel included on 2021 Canada Reads"]. ''[[SaltWire Network]]'', 18 January 2021.</ref> She has two children. After living in New York and Toronto, Beaton now lives in Nova Scotia with her family.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armistead |first=Claire |date=2022-09-15 |title='We had to leave home for a better future': Kate Beaton on the brutal, drug-filled reality of life in an oil camp |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/15/we-had-to-leave-home-for-a-better-future-kate-beaton-on-the-brutal-drug-filled-reality-of-life-in-an-oil-camp |access-date=2022-12-25 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

==Awards==

{{Awards table|2}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009
| rowspan="3" | ''Hark! A Vagrant''
| [[Doug Wright Award]] for Best Emerging Talent
| {{won}}
| <ref name=dwright>{{cite web|title=Doug Wright Awards: Past Winners|url=https://dougwrightawards.com/past-winners/|access-date=18 July 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023002433/https://dougwrightawards.com/past-winners/|archive-date=23 October 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kimberly Yale Award for Best New Talent]]
| {{won}}
| <ref name=Lulu>{{cite web | url = http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | title =  Lulu Award | publisher = Comic Book Awards Almanac | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130126234514/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | archivedate = January 26, 2013 | url-status = live}}</ref>
|-
| [[Joe Shuster Award]]s
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2010
| Overall body of work
| [[Lulu Award|Lulu of the Year Award]]
| {{won}}
|  <ref name=Lulu />
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''Hark! A Vagrant''
| [[Joe Shuster Award]]s
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=":1" />
|- 
| [[Harvey Award]] for Best Online Comics Work
| {{Nom}}
| <ref name=":1" />
|-
| ''Never Learn Anything From History'' 
| [[Doug Wright Award]] for The Pigskin Peters Award
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=dwright/>
|-
| 2011
| ''Hark! A Vagrant'' 
| [[Ignatz Award]] for Outstanding Online Comic
| {{won}}
| <ref name=ignatz2012/>
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012
| rowspan="4" | ''Hark! A Vagrant'' 
| [[Harvey Award]] for Best Online Comics Work
| {{won}}
| <ref name="harvey2012">{{cite web|title=Congratulations to the Harvey Award Recipients! |url=http://www.harveyawards.org/2012/09/09/congratulations-to-the-harvey-award-recipients/ |access-date=13 September 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315054928/http://www.harveyawards.org/2012/09/09/congratulations-to-the-harvey-award-recipients/ |archive-date=15 March 2016 }}</ref>
|-
| [[Harvey Award]] Special Award for Humor in Comics
| {{won}}
| <ref name=harvey2012/>
|-
| [[Harvey Award]] for Best Cartoonist
| {{won}}
| <ref name=harvey2012/>
|-
| [[Doug Wright Award]] for Best Book
| {{Won}}
| <ref name="TBR2016">{{cite web |title= 2016 Eisner Award Winners |url= https://www.booklistreader.com/2016/07/26/book-awards/2016-eisner-award-winners/ |website=The Booklist Reader |access-date=25 April 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2016
| rowspan="2" | ''Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection''
| [[Eisner Award]] for Best Humor Publication
| {{won}}
| <ref name=dwright/>
|- 
| [[Doug Wright Award]] for Best Book
| {{nom}}
| <ref name=dwright/>
|-
| rowspan="2" | ''The Princess and The Pony''
| CBC Children's Choice Book Award: Illustrator
| {{won}}
| <ref name="CBC2016">{{cite web |title= NINTH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S CHOICE BOOK AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED DURING THE 97TH ANNUAL CHILDREN'S BOOK WEEK |url= https://www.cbcbooks.org/2016/05/06/ninth-annual-childrens-choice-book-awards-winners-announced-during-the-97th-annual-childrens-book-week/ |website=The Children’s Book Council |access-date=25 April 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| E.B. White Read-Aloud Book Award: Picture Book
| {{nom}}
| <ref name="ABA2016">{{cite web |title= 2016 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced |url= https://www.bookweb.org/news/2016-indies-choice-and-eb-white-read-aloud-award-winners-announced-33531 |website=The Children’s Book Council |date= 13 April 2016 |access-date=25 April 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| ''King Baby''
| NAPPA Awards
| {{won}}
| <ref name="NAPPA2016">{{cite web |title= King Baby by Scholastic / Arthur A. Levine Books |url= https://www.nappaawards.com/product/king-baby-by-scholastic-arthur-a-levine-books/ |website=NAPPA Awards |access-date=25 April 2021 }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| rowspan="3" | ''Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands'' 
| [[Eisner Award]] for Best Graphic Memoir
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Eisner23">{{Cite web|url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info|title=Eisner Awards Current Info|date=17 December 2014|website=Comic-Con International: San Diego|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725165427/https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisner-awards-current-info|archive-date=2023-07-25}}</ref>
|-
| [[Eisner Award]] for Best Writer/Artist
| {{won}}
| <ref name="Eisner23"/>
|-
| [[Harvey Award]] for Book of the Year
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{cite web|last=Chiu-Tabet|first=Christopher|title=NYCC '23: Harvey Award Winners Announced|url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/2023-harvey-awards/|website=Multiversity Comics|date=14 October 2023|access-date=3 January 2024}}</ref>
{{end}}

== Bibliography ==

=== Comic collections ===
* ''Never Learn Anything From History'' (2009)
* ''Hark! A Vagrant'' (Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2011, {{ISBN|978-1770460607}})
* ''Step Aside, Pops'' (Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2015, {{ISBN|978-1770462083}})

=== Children's books ===
* ''[[The Princess and the Pony]]'' (New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2015, {{ISBN|978-0545637084}})
* ''King Baby'' (New York, NY: Arthur A. Levine Books, an imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2016, {{ISBN|978-0545637541}})

=== Non-fiction ===
* ''[[Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands]]'' (Montréal: Drawn & Quarterly, 2022, {{ISBN|978-1770462892}})

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
* [http://harkavagrant.com/ ''Hark! A Vagrant''] Comics by K. Beaton
* {{Twitter}}

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