Kate Beaton

Kathryn Moira Beaton (born 8 September 1983) is a Canadian comics artist, and creator of the comic strip Hark! A Vagrant.

Early life

Of Scottish descent, Beaton grew up in Mabou on the isle of Cape Breton. She has three sisters. She graduated from Mount Allison University in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts in history and anthropology. Beaton began drawing comics for the university newspaper, The Argosy, during her third and fourth years at school. Previously she worked in the maritime museum in Victoria.

Career

In 2007, at her friends' insistence, Beaton decided to publish some of her history-inspired comics on the Web. She posted comics to a new website, katebeaton.com, and to a LiveJournal blog. In December 2007 she published the first of two popular batches of history-themed comic strips; the subject of each comic was one that at least twenty of her readers suggested. She moved to her current website, Hark! A Vagrant, in May 2008.

Beaton publishes her webcomic, Hark! A Vagrant, occasionally. Its subjects are usually historical figures (such as James Joyce and Ada Lovelace) or fictional characters from Western literature. In several comics, Beaton caricatures herself, past and present. All were drawn by Beaton using MS Paint during her breaks at work. Beaton has a simple artistic style, with great importance given to characters' facial expressions; her skill at comic pacing has also been noted.Hark! A Vagrant won the 2011 Ignatz Award for Outstanding Online Comic.

Kate

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Kate (given name)

Kate is a feminine given name and nickname. It is a short form of multiple feminine names, most notably Katherine but also Caitlin and others.

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Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps is a British comedy television series sitcom that ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011 and starred Sheridan Smith, Will Mellor, Ralf Little, Natalie Casey, Kathryn Drysdale and Luke Gell. Created and written by Susan Nickson, it is set in the town of Runcorn in Cheshire, England, and originally revolves around the lives of five twenty-somethings. Little departed after the airing of the sixth series with Smith and Drysdale leaving following the airing of the eighth series. The ninth and final series had major changes with new main cast members and new writers.

The core cast have been augmented by various recurring characters throughout the series, including Beverly Callard, Lee Oakes, Hayley Bishop, Alison Mac, Thomas Nelstrop and Jonathon Dutton. The show was first broadcast in 2001 on BBC Two. The title was inspired by the 1980 hit single “Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please” by Splodgenessabounds. On 23 July 2011, it was confirmed that the series would not be returning due to BBC Three wanting to make room for new comedies and feeling that the series had come to a natural end following the departures of most of the main cast members.