You'll note that "Hark, A Vagrant" is written by Kate Beaton, a comic artist, history major (and woman) who hails from Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, now based out of NYC.
Her comic focuses mainly on historical, literary, or just ridiculous topics, and is awesome.
I've just read forward a couple of comics, and there's some amazing stuff in there. Just finished reading about Matthew Henson and how he was first to the north pole.
It's like xkcd, but for history instead of maths/physics/CS.
Yep, that's why I mentioned that it was Kate Beaton!
Sorry, my intent wasn't to pedant the situation (although i think i have done anyway :\ ), i just wanted to point out a female comic artist who i think is badass :)
