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Some of Comics’ Biggest Names Shout-Out Their Favorite Female Creators

We love celebrating the women who are and have been working in the medium.

Add to our list–who are some of your favorite female creators?

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Giveaway: Kate Beaton’s The Princess and the Pony Prize Pack

Hark! A Vagrant author Kate Beaton's first-ever picture book, The Princess and the Pony, was released in stores yesterday, and to celebrate, we're giving away

We heard you like Kate Beaton, Tumblr.

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I imagine that this movie would be much more enjoyable if all the dialogue were replaced with those from Kate Beaton’s comics

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Kate Beaton Takes on Some Other DC Women

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Pissed off Wonder Woman by Kate Beaton is one of my favorite takes on the character. 

And today on Twitter, Beaton is posting her takes on some other women of DC.

Power Girl and

Black Canary.

Wait, I think I’ve seen these three together!

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DAT POWER GIRL.

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A reference to Hark! A Vagrant.

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Kate Beaton, while in Toronto for the IFOA, dropped by Studio Q to talk about her new book “Hark! A Vagrant” and to offer some insight on how she mines Canada’s often obscure historical figures for nuggets of comedy.

Kate Beaton is one of those rare people who is funny both on paper and extemporaneously, and this interview is a perfect example.

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Kate Beaton Sums Up Her Historiography

• Paris Review: Your work seems to involve a feminist reading of history and literature.
• Kate Beaton: I think that’s because I make comics that aren’t all about white presidents.