Last time in this “segment”, I crowned Felicia Day as Queen of the Nerds. I stand by this. However, if there is a princess, or maybe a countess (Let’s go with the latter, actually), of the nerds, I would say it is Ms. Kate Beaton:
Kate Beaton is the writer/artist behind “Hark, a Vagrant!”, the absolutely hilarious and brilliant comic, which mostly concerns itself with zany, but accurate, depictions of historical events, although it also has references to literature, original characters, and some autobiographical material as well.
I hesitate focusing on Kate Beaton being a women, because it’s a disservice to her, and to women, to call her “The Funniest Female Webcomic Creator.” She’s just one of the funniest webcomic creators, period. First of all, and the reason why I’m talking about her: She’s very smart. Her synthesis of historical events and figures is amazing, clever, insightful, and, yes, hilarious. Also: nerdy.
But, she is female, and, also, actually really cute. Add all those things together, and you definitely get the Countess of Nerds.
Oh. Go read www.harkavagrant.com right now.
