Of Ponies and Princesses: An Interview with Kate Beaton

Well, I’m just about as pleased as I can be. For years I’ve adored and promoted and generally yammered endlessly about webcomic artist Kate Beaton and her Hark, A Vagrant strips. Whether it was her Nancy Drew covers or her psychedelic take on The Secret Garden (to say nothing of her history strips) she’s one of my heroes. This year, she’s gone a step further and created her very first picture book. Called The Princess and the Pony, it’s edited by Cheryl Klein and Emily Clementand published by...