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Aug. 5th, 2009 | 06:01 pm



Sucre was Bolivar's right hand man for sure (matching hairdos and everything baby), but I think he had a much different approach to leadership and I really wonder how different the outcome of the Spanish American wars of independence would have been if hadn't been assassinated just as he was poised to be Bolivar's obvious successor. I am definitely no expert in this area, but perhaps he would have had more success keeping the whole thing together the way Bolivar intended.

By the way, I'm changing the name of my comic to Generals And Some Other Guys

Also, check out this game my friend Kiril helped to do for the iphone! Iphones can do anything, it's crazy. If I had one I'd break it though because I can't have nice things.

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Cheese.

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from: [info]popehippo
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:17 pm (UTC)
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"Freedom is going to be AMAZING" is my new catchphrase.

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inkstuds

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from: [info]inkstuds
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:19 pm (UTC)
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I guess my talk of south american politics helped a little. Bolivar was actually pretty brutal to slaves. not so much the people's hero. fascinating stuff.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:47 pm (UTC)
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I was reading about Bolivar when we were talking! But eventually I came to find Sucre more interesting, and perhaps more the people's hero

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Jade

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from: [info]manatees
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:21 pm (UTC)
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I have NO IDEA who these folks are but I love it anyway! Especially panel 2 :)

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:48 pm (UTC)
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They are some amazing dudes! look them up!

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Empress of Elvis [Costello] Impersonators

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from: [info]ms_violet
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:23 pm (UTC)
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This is beautiful.

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Bex

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from: [info]flyingbex
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:24 pm (UTC)
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Are you really changing the name? Because I *love* "Hark, a Vagrant". Plus, that comic always makes me laugh no matter what.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:48 pm (UTC)
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haha naw I'm not changing it, I'm keeping my nonsensical name

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from: [info]ragepie1967
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:25 pm (UTC)
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Kate,

I am considering making the trip from Florida to Maryland so that I can attend this year's Small Press Expo. I know you are on the list of this year's convention, but in general, can you tell me if the expo is as cool as it would seem to be?

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:49 pm (UTC)
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Oh I liked SPX very much

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Gloria

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from: [info]twapa
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:26 pm (UTC)
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Zomg! This comic... Is awesome. XD

I seriously love the way you draw expressions!

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:49 pm (UTC)
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thank you!

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finkenstein

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from: [info]finkenstein
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:26 pm (UTC)
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This comic looks gorgeous Kate! All the little details in their outfits are GREAT!! Also, I don't know what he actually looks like, but Sucre looks ... SEXY. Maybe I just have a thing for sort of passive dudes in uniform? Now there is a fetish for you!

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khalinche

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from: [info]khalinche
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:33 pm (UTC)
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Yay, Bolivar/Sucre comics!

Also, have you come across classic South American comic hero Condorito? He's 60 today.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:06 pm (UTC)
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yes, I read about him recently! But I forget where.

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Puck Goodfellow

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from: [info]faepuck
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:34 pm (UTC)
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Hark! Some generals!

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Dave Valeza

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from: [info]davario
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:42 pm (UTC)
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Kate this is so good and they look so dashing I could eat my pen.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:50 pm (UTC)
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not gonna lie, I like drawing uniforms

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Alain

I think that all wil agree that your comic is much more impressive than his statue in Ottawa

from: [info]ndgmtlcd
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:51 pm (UTC)
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So are the next generals going to be wearing camouflage? Or are they just going to try to stand out in a group photo?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:American_World_War_II_senior_military_officials,_1945.JPEG

(you really need to go to the hi-res version to fully enjoy the expressions on their faces)

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Hark! A Vagrant

Re: I think that all wil agree that your comic is much more impressive than his statue in Ottawa

from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 09:53 pm (UTC)
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That is an ultra great photo!

As far as World War generals go, my heart belongs to Arthur Currie, no surprise

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jei_corsair

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from: [info]jei_corsair
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:11 pm (UTC)
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Kate, it would not surprise me if you have already seen this. However, I stumbled upon it and immediately thought of you. Perhaps because you are my favorite Canadian?



Also, I'm a sucker for some mad chops.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 6th, 2009 12:47 am (UTC)
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haha no, i've never seen this

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Adriana

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from: [info]little_teacup
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:24 pm (UTC)
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YES!!! I love this! I wish my Venezuelan history would have been like this when I was growing up :D

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mens rea of neligence

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from: [info]crankyliberal
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:29 pm (UTC)
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Kate Beaton has done a comic about Latin American history! It is as if everything I love in the universe is on a single web page.

While not nearly as important as Bolivar, my favorite Latin American war hero is the poor mule who decided Costa Rica's first civil war while Bolivar was off doing important things:

http://www.liveincostarica.com/articles/library/civil_war.htm

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rowein

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from: [info]rowein
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:35 pm (UTC)
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hahahaha!!!
The second panel, with Bolivar and his big "WHAT" is gorgeous :D

Oh!!!
You must try a comic with San Martín... is one of our heroes here (I'm from Chile, and San Martín is like Bolivar, but in the south-south america, hahaha)

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:41 pm (UTC)
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Yes, he is the one who met with Bolivar and no one knows what happened in the meeting but afterwards, San Maritn left the operation, yes?

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Ariel Silvera

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from: [info]re_silvera
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:37 pm (UTC)
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Oh my god Kate! Thank you so much for this comic! Latin american history is so interesting and there's so many chances for humour (and hell it'd make some awesome films too). I'm from Argentina myself and every time I see a good historical fiction or comedy I always think we need more of that with Latin American history. So yeah!

(Also, forgot to say, the one about the Irish war of independence you did a while back was fantastic! I now live in Ireland so, again, very close to home)

Do you still take suggestions for history-based comics? If so it'd be great to see something about Jose Gervasio Artigas! Did you know he was betrayed by the government of Buenos Aires five times? All because he wanted to give peasants some land instead of landowners. He was awesome.

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:44 pm (UTC)
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There is a movie about Bolivar but I've only seen clips of it on youtube with no subtitles :c

Artigas sounds like one of the first presidents of Haiti who did the same thing (I forget his name) but he actually did it (it ruined the economy though)

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Cat Loaf 2010

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from: [info]melly_gloworm
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:56 pm (UTC)
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You sure draw a nice set o' sideburns

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 10:59 pm (UTC)
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I cannae help it if there were sideburns galore in the past

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agustina

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from: [info]agguss
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:23 pm (UTC)
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:D love it!

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Mr. Malpractice

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from: [info]armyofone
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:30 pm (UTC)
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Great Odin's beard, those last two panels, so excellent! Not to say the rest of it isn't the bee's various limb joints. Love your work, Kate!

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ahueonao

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from: [info]ahueonao
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:38 pm (UTC)
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kate beaton this is great
also it properly conveys how bolívar and sucre were dashing and mysterious while we got stuck with a conceited jerk (Carrera) and some guy who was alright but looked like a creepy ginger weirdo (O'Higgins)

there are so many documentaries and movies joking about how everything in latin america since independence was totally awful! theres this argentinean tv series where they teach about this guy who was a general and looted like a ton of gold from the spanish and was like "heeey how about we use it to build five schools for poor children, wouldn't that be nice", and then it shows how none of them got built at all, the guy dies of pneumonia in the miuntains, and roughly a hundred years later Perón tries to build one of those schools but it takes like thirty years to open, and then it closes because the nation enters bankruptcy

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feisty_robot

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from: [info]feisty_robot
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:39 pm (UTC)
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Your spiffy drawings of Bolivar reminds me: you know who deserves a Kate Beaton comic? Gregor MacGregor, that's who! A wastrel British soldier, who later fought for Bolivar (and eventually for whomever would pay him), he is most famous for inventing a Central American country (called "Poyais"), naming himself King, and convincing a bunch of luckless mopes to move there. Surprise! You all get malaria and die in the middle of nowhere. There's a pretty good book about him and his Poyais scheme called The Land that Never Was: Sir Gregor MacGregor and the Most Audacious Fraud in History, by David Sinclair. If you like the history of cads and scoundrels, you will enjoy this book!

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 6th, 2009 12:48 am (UTC)
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man those outlaw macgregors

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evillevonrandom

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from: [info]evillevonrandom
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:42 pm (UTC)
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This comic is excellent! :D

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Adriana

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from: [info]little_teacup
date: Aug. 6th, 2009 12:14 am (UTC)
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Off topic: I love your icon!!

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Bill

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from: [info]mycroftholmes
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:47 pm (UTC)
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Whenver I encounter someone shouting "WHAT" I invariably think of Darth Vader.*

This was the natural conclusion.




You know how he shouts "WHAT?" when his wingman is shot just as he's about to shoot Luke's X-Wing? Yeah I'm a nerd.

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Robin Bougie

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from: [info]bougieman
date: Aug. 5th, 2009 11:48 pm (UTC)
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Haha I really enjoyed the "acting" and the range of emotion by the characters in this one. Nice work, Kate!

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Hark! A Vagrant

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from: [info]beatonna
date: Aug. 6th, 2009 12:50 am (UTC)
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Thanks Robin! I like drawing "acting," hope to get better at it.

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