![]() ![]() ![]() But then, when I tackle a historical or literary topic I used to just make one comic and now I tend to make, like, six, because I think it adds a bit more depth to the comics that I’m making. I got tired of it and wanted to try something new. I started some long form ones in “Step Aside, Pops” because I was just sort of breaking loose from the rigid structure that I had before. ![]() And then they started to get longer than that, and they started to become less traditional comic strip forms sometimes. They started out being this six-panel gag, six-to-eight panel. How have your comics evolved since you started publishing them on the Web years ago? The NewsHour talked with the Canadian cartoonist about her first children’s book, how she selects her subjects and why there’s humor to be found in some of history’s saddest tales. ![]() “Is that low hanging fruit? Don’t mind if I do,” one caption reads elsewhere in the book. While some of her comics have tackled feminist commentary, she’ll still take the time to draw a version of Batman galavanting in a cowboy hat and chaps. Sara Josephine Baker and her contributions to public health care. A self-described history and literature nerd, Kate Beaton’s comic collections come with an index.īeaton, the creator of the massively popular webcomic “Hark! A Vagrant,” has a new collection out this week - “Step Aside, Pops” - where a clingy Superman and an annoyed Lois Lane rub shoulders with some of history’s unsung heroes, such as Dr. ![]()
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