July 23, 2014
Webcartoonist Kate Beaton’s New Project Involves a Fat Pony | Underwire | WIRED

boohooboombuh:

“I’ve had kids come up to me at comics shows, and they really love that pony. The book is about a little warrior princess who is given a silly looking pony on her birthday, and it’s not exactly what she wanted… So [the story] is about finding value in something unexpected, but it’s also really fun and really silly. She’s a very energetic little girl and she wants to be a warrior. Then on her birthday she gets the pony as as gift and she’s like, what can I do with this? It’s embarrassing. It’s too old. It’s too fat. It’s too short. It’s not right for someone as rough and tough as me. You remember getting gifts as a kid that weren’t quite up to snuff and not quite knowing what to do with them because they’re kind embarrassing. Like how you had to wear that shirt your grandma gave you to school that you hated … But you look back later and it’s almost a fond thing, because grandmas are amazing and you know that their heart was in it. It becomes a treasured memory all the same.”

Kate Beaton is making a Fat Pony Children’s Book!

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