Kate Beaton

About

Creator of Hark! A Vagrant, a webcomic that features MS Paint-drawn fictional characters as well as figures from history.

Before Fame

She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in anthropology and history from Mount Allison University in 2005.

Trivia

She won the 2009 Doug Wright Award for Best Emerging Talent for her self published work Never Learn Anything from History.

Family Life

She was born in Nova Scotia and was raised in Mabou, Cape Breton.

Associated With

She drew a comic titled "The Origin of Man" for Charles Darwin's 200th birthday.