eat the bananas you’re starving
A new friend came in the mail today!
Baby nephew has tested it rigorously and we all agree that the design is finally Just Right and so we are going to order up a big batch for the Topatoco store! Coming as soon as we can get ‘em in!
MAJESTIC
Picture books that draw the line against pink stereotypes of girls →
Glad to be included with some good looking books!
It’s rare to be home so much. But Malcolm is here. MALCOLM
Basina, daughter of Chilperic I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
You know sometimes you’re just browsing stuff on wikipedia and then you read an article that is whoa, wow
In which Panelteers draw beatonna‘s fat pony. It’s Fat Pony Friday!
it’s fun to draw, true!
(Source: bookriotcomics)
Google Pays Tribute To Ida B. Wells, Fearless Journalist And All-Round Badass →
Ida gets a Google Doodle! She is our hero.
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Look who made good on a throwaway twitter mashup idea from 2013
It really doesn’t make sense (what are they doing? mystery.) but their names sounded good together! A classic #1 and a classic #2. I had a little time on this book deadline so I sketched it up quick for you. It was fun anyway!
Bessie
Benkei
I have started selling original art through The Beguiling store. This is new to me!
And as always, The Princess and the Pony is in stores. Here is a link roundup of related articles there! Some cool things in it, like a visit to Time magazine.
I didn’t want a pony as a child, but I did want a cat really really bad. Here is a little comic about that cat.
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Link Roundup!
Hey! I’ve been around the block lately with The Princess and the Pony. Thank you for all your support! Here is a select pile of links. Thanks all the parent and picture book blogs who have also taken the time to review it! There are more out there than I know.
Time - How to Make it as a Cartoonist (video autoplays, warning!)
Time - tutorial: How to Draw a Fat Pony (again, autoplay)
School Library Journal - interview
School Library Journal - review
and here is my nephew thoroughly engrossed the book, he is a thoughtful baby:
I have answered a lot of questions about The Princess and the Pony since it came out, and since it is about a little girl who doesn’t get the present she wanted, I’ve been asked if I got a present I didn’t want. The answer is not really. And I didn’t want a pony, but I really, really wanted a cat.
So here (click through, zoom in) is a sketch comic about our cat.
Kate Beaton Teaches You How to Draw the Fat Pony →
Get your MFA’s out for this one folks
Being home in June is a rarity.
All those comics I made are here in the long pile, click through and zoom in.