You don’t want to be that person who’s unfunny. I didn’t put my name on the first comics I submitted in case people hated them. And it’s putting yourself out there quite a bit for someone who is a little bit shy, which I was. In comics, everybody is an expert in their own sense of humor, so either you’re funny to someone else or you’re not.
The Vikings were very interested in biology class, apparently. It was a how-to guide for dealing with this breaking news. It was about Vikings! Vikings invading the school campus.
Her new book, of the same name, lampoons Kierkegaard, lumberjacks, Marie Curie, Jay Gatsby, Anne of Cleves, Oedipus, and everyone in between.ĭo you remember the first comic you drew in college? In 2007, she launched Hark! A Vagrant, which now receives more than a million hits each month. Born in Nova Scotia, Beaton studied history and anthropology, discovering through her university’s newspaper that she could put her knowledge of people, places, and dates to work in a humor column and, later, in comic strips. Little is spared her lively pen and waggish, incisive wit. Terry, if you're reading this (you're not, but just in case you are), you're the best.Kate Beaton makes comics about the Bröntes, Canadians, fat ponies, the X-Men, Hamlet, the American founding fathers, Raskolnikov, gay Batman, Nikola Tesla, Les Misérables, Nancy Drew, Greek myths, and hipsters throughout history. Weren't we talking about Middle Ages stuff? Well, read all about it in my new book, How to write jokes about topics that are unrelated.Īnd for heaven's sake, watch Terry Jones' Medieval Lives and do it now- you won't find a more charming, intelligent host anywhere. Can you imagine, an old timey French dude just chowing down baguettes every day and wondering what the heck was the matter while all the doctors bang their heads on the wall? C'est tragique. I once read that it's possible Jean Paul Marat suffered from a gluten intolerance which led to him being confined to his bath, which led to him being murdered, which led to him being painted Pieta-style with a bathtub instead of the Virgin Mary. I should really make a tumblr or something to record research travels on the internet, because I just want to share everything with you! There is so much great stuff out there! We'll see. And I've been looking at medical Medieval image catalogues like nobody's business. For allergies, I'll be honest: I have no idea what people thought then. I like a good old mix of funny history with a lil' anachronism thrown in the mix. I like the idea of recurring characters in this strip, and that's why you're seeing more of it! Though we might take them from 15th century to 14th century.
It only seemed natural to come back to the world of our old friends. I have been obsessing over Medieval history in the past while.
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