Hark! A Vagrant
$40.66
- Paperback
168 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2011
Summary
A compendium of cartoons from the hugely popular online comic artist Kate Beaton.
Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few.
Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best known for their wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at histo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780224094146 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0224094149 |
| Author: | Kate Beaton |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Jonathan Cape |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 168 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2011 |
| Weight: | 468g |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 203mm x 14mm |
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Critics Review
Simply put, this is the most well-drawn, funniest comic that I’ve read in a while.
Kate Beaton has become a Web comic superstar with her hilarious look at historical and pop culture tropes from Julius Caesar to Gatsby. Hark! A Vagrant is a newly expanded collection of her witty, literate comics. * Publishers Weekly *
[Beaton’s comics] are witty reinventions of literary and historical figures navigating modern times … A high-minded version of The Far Side that is at once of-the-moment and timeless.
– Deborah Vankin * Los Angeles Times *Simply put, this is the most well-drawn, funniest comic that I’ve read in a while. – Adrienne So * Wired *[Beaton’s] neat linework and terrific grasp of simple caricature and facial expression sells a lot of the best strips, including Sasaki Kojiro meeting an undignified end, Jane Austen and Nikola Tesla being pestered by their fans, and Lord Byron muttering ‘Bitches, man’ to a grieving Percy Bysshe Shelley. * The Onion *This is that rarest combination of literate irony and devastatingly funny humor. * Publishers Weekly *[F]unny, clever, and sneakily instructive along the way. – Tom Gatti * The Times *About The Author
Kate Beaton
Kate Beaton was born in Nova Scotia, took a history degree in New Brunswick, paid it off in Alberta, worked in a museum in British Columbia, then came to Ontario for a while to draw pictures, then Halifax, and now New York. Maybe the moon next time, who knows.
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