research and other wanderings - see my website! There are comics and a store and everything: Hark! A Vagrant

The 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2015 →

I am very humbled by these words from New York Magazine, and I hope to live up to them.

COMING FALL 2016!
I think you’ve met him

COMING FALL 2016!

I think you’ve met him

Kate Beaton, The Beguiling Original Art Store →

A holiday reminder (hopefully not a too late one) - I do have a sampling of original art at The Beguiling for sale!  

A lil’ Cantonese version of Little Women!  Is Amy still the worst?  Let’s FIND OUT 

More Goreys!
Shipping deadlines are coming on hard for the Topatoco store, so get your orders in!

More Goreys!

Shipping deadlines are coming on hard for the Topatoco store, so get your orders in! 

I was asked to do a little promo image for the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Turner exhibit. Of course I jumped at the chance!
There is a bit of who’s who going on here, go to the AGO site for more!
And be sure to go to the AGO for J.M.W. Turner:...

I was asked to do a little promo image for the Art Gallery of Ontario’s Turner exhibit. Of course I jumped at the chance!

There is a bit of who’s who going on here, go to the AGO site for more!

And be sure to go to the AGO for J.M.W. Turner: Paintings Set Free. Details here!

At the Toronto Public Library in September we had this stage event!  Talking comics and drinking wine.  It was a lot of fun, thanks all for coming, and now anyone can watch!

prozdvoices:

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SING US A SONG, YOU’RE THE PIANO MAN

You can get monthly personal voice requests from me through my Patreon

haha bravo! 

Best Picture Books 2015 — Goodreads Choice Awards →

To have received over 7000 votes for each of my books in the Goodreads Choice Awards is amazing. That’s 5 times the size of my hometown.  Thank you very, very much.

Kate Beaton Book Sale! | Facebook →

I made an event - come get a book, Toronto!  On December 10th!  I’ll sign it and wave goodbye to this fair city!

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Pictures Mean Business →

Sarah McIntyre’s Pictures Mean Business site is a lot of thought to chew on, and provides a roundup of issues facing illustrators these days.  A must see for any artist, writer, publisher, media provider, teacher or lover of books and illustration.

juhaniotsoberg:

cro-mignonette:

beatonna:

um do you like to feel feelings 

My partner just made me watch this and now I’m sobbing hysterically.

As nice as this video is, might I suggest checking out the original that the video is from as well? It’s got a fraction of the views this one with an Adele cover slapped on has got. 

oh!  I thought the video WAS the original, and the credit was the obvious youtube link.  But I did wonder where it was shot that was so wintry, to cover a song so recent!  Should always look just a second more.

Thanks for pointing this out!  Crediting work y’all

(via krablord)

um do you like to feel feelings 

Did you miss Gorey Cover Comics? They are a favourite I know! But there are only so many Goreys to go around. You’ll be seeing more here before year’s end! And if you are unfamiliar with the man himself, you won’t be disappointed by looking into his...

Did you miss Gorey Cover Comics? They are a favourite I know! But there are only so many Goreys to go around. You’ll be seeing more here before year’s end! And if you are unfamiliar with the man himself, you won’t be disappointed by looking into his work. But I feel like everyone knows his work anyway, that’s like saying, “if you like living, try breathing.”

You may have to go through to the website to see it not squished:

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Jeanne de Clisson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →

Wikipedia lady for the day