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THE BEST TEDDY ROOSEVELT CARTOON YOU’LL READ TODAY: Katie Beaton might be our favorite web cartoonist since Chris Onstad. This one’s called “Theodore Roosevelt on the Presidency.” You might also enjoy this one, about the assassination of President James Garfield. The history sections are all awesome, the end. [KateBeaton.com]


4:27 PM on Wed June 18 2008
By Ken Layne
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  1. ronaldpagan says at 4:32 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Why would you link us to some poorly-drawn shit from someone’s LiveJournal? Oh yeah, because it’s actually fucking hilarious! Esp Teddy Roosevelt. Love it!

  2. Son of Mark Penn says at 4:35 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Wow, so Russia and Japan were engaging in terrorist fist jabs in the early 20th century? This explains A LOT.

  3. My favorite is still the Assisi one. It’s the assisiest.

  4. jjgittes says at 4:39 pm, June 18th, 2008

    No way! Thucydides and Tintin FTW!

  5. shortsshortsshorts says at 4:42 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Im voting for the Garfield one. That was funny.

  6. SayItWithWookies says at 4:44 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Bully for him. And Kate Beaton.

  7. queeraselvis v 2.0 says at 4:53 pm, June 18th, 2008

    The Battle of the Georges! OMG, the BEST.

  8. Dave J. says at 4:56 pm, June 18th, 2008

    That website totally rocks, I completely love it. Thanks for linking to it, I would have never known about it otherwise.

    (Off to waste the rest of my day reading her hilarious comics.)

  9. Iggy Plop says at 5:02 pm, June 18th, 2008

    psst. She’s Canadian!!! don’t say I didn’t warn you. they’re very sneaky. first it’s good beer and then - BAM - socialized medicine. just like that.

  10. shortsshortsshorts says at 5:04 pm, June 18th, 2008
  11. jjgittes says at 5:04 pm, June 18th, 2008

    If socialized medicine and good beer are wrong, I don’t want to be right.

    You had me at Charles Guiteau and Herodotus…

  12. edgydrifter says at 5:10 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Sonofabitch. That gal is a genius–that is hands-down the funniest Garfield comic I have ever read.

  13. Kittenloss says at 5:19 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Yeah. What they said.

    There goes my work week.

    Damn, smart, talented Nova Scotians, making smoked fish and funny comics.

  14. Lascauxcaveman says at 5:27 pm, June 18th, 2008

    And I also sometimes wonder if James Monroe really had it goin’ on.

    It’s teh funneh.

  15. bitchincamaro says at 5:28 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Best waste of a half-hour in the office in at least…um…
    2 hours.

  16. ronaldpagan says at 5:29 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Did any other lit dorks catch the one with the Shelleys and Byron? I died! It’s on this page:

    http://www.katebeaton.com/Site/History_Project.html

  17. Iggy Plop says at 5:43 pm, June 18th, 2008

    I liked the Michael Ondaatje bookreading one which makes me probably just like the people she was making fun of. But it’s funny cuz it’s true. On this page: http://www.katebeaton.com/Site/Maybe_Its_A_Journal.html.

    And I have it on good authority that my wife is also related to nearly everyone on Cape Breton. So there’s that.

  18. edgydrifter says at 5:44 pm, June 18th, 2008

    I also appreciated her attention to the strange Canadian obsession with “For Better or For Worse” and Stan Rogers.

  19. Dave J. says at 6:04 pm, June 18th, 2008

    Iggy Plop: I loved that one too, mostly because I get up and leave book readings when the audience question period starts, because close to 100% (excluding me) of the audience at a book reading is composed of total freaks.

    Mostly I love these comics because, in addition to be cleverly hilarious, they make me feel as though my years of expensive and useless education were somewhat useful.

    Me: “Hey, Kierkegaard! I get that! High five!” [High fives self.]

  20. Gopherit v2.0 says at 6:13 pm, June 18th, 2008

    ronaldpagan: That one was good, but I’m torn between the Pope and the Tesla cartoons on the same page.

  21. ronaldpagan: Oh God, just found the Lamarck/Cuvier one. X-D

  22. Magsbe says at 8:49 pm, June 18th, 2008

    May I be the first to say I would totally throw my bloomers into Tesla’s machines? There’s something sexy about a man with a death ray.

  23. ReelectTilden says at 9:10 pm, June 18th, 2008

    As long as she doesn’t start making Mackenzie King comics. Even Canadians don’t get that shit.

  24. toastandlove says at 12:35 am, June 19th, 2008

    Magsbe: Ladies, would you please

  25. Neilist says at 12:58 am, June 19th, 2008

    “Canadian Humor.”

    Another self-cancelling concept.

    As in “President Bush.”

  26. Captain Crook says at 1:38 am, June 19th, 2008

    Kate Beaton does indeed have the best webcomix EVAR.

  27. Delicious says at 8:04 am, June 19th, 2008

    She rocks.

    I love the Pope John “That’s How I Roll” Paul II comics. And the Squid Hunt, and the Walrus Milk, and the 2 Garfields…

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