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Hark! A Vagrant Hardback - 2011

by Kate Beaton

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"Hark! A Vagrant" by Kate Beaton might be described as a graphic novel, but it's really more a collection of cartoons. Beaton interprets and draws various people from history and literature. Many times Beaton's interpretation - of an historical event, a literary character, an author - is so funny, and spot on. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to rethink history and literature or learn about some part of either one for the first time. I love this book.

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FEATURED ON MORE THAN TWENTY BEST-OF LISTS, INCLUDING TIME, AMAZON, E! AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY!

Hark! A Vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorker cartoonist and comics sensation Kate Beaton. No era or tome emerges unscathed as Beaton rightly skewers the Western world's revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the best-loved fiction.
She deftly points out what really happened when Brahms fell asleep listening to Liszt, that the world's first hipsters were obviously the Incroyables and the Merveilleuses from eighteenth-century France, that Susan B. Anthony is, of course, a "Samantha," and that the polite banality of Canadian culture never gets old. Hark! A Vagrant features sexy Batman, the true stories behind classic Nancy Drew covers, and Queen Elizabeth doing the albatross. As the 500,000 unique monthly visitors to harkavagrant.com already know, no one turns the ironic absurdities of history and literature into comedic fodder as hilariously as Beaton.

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  • Title Hark! A Vagrant
  • Author Kate Beaton
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Drawn & Quarterly, Montreal
  • Publication date 2011-09-27
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product - Canadian
  • ISBN 9781770460607 / 1770460608
  • Weight 1.54 lbs (0.70 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.14 x 8.04 x 0.84 in (23.22 x 20.42 x 2.13 cm)
  • Category Graphic Novels
  • Library of Congress subjects Graphic novels, Comic books, strips, etc
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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  • Booklist, 10/15/2011, Page 34
  • Library Journal, 03/15/2012, Page 98
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/12/2011, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly Best Books, 11/07/2011, Page 28
  • Quill & Quire, 11/01/2011, Page 28
  • Quill & Quire Books of the Yr, 12/01/2011, Page 17

About the author

Kate Beaton was born and raised in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. After graduating from Mount Allison University with a double degree in History and Anthropology, she moved to Alberta in search of work that would allow her to pay down her student loans. During the years she spent out West, Beaton began creating webcomics under the name Hark! A Vagrant, quickly drawing a substantial following around the world.

The collections of her landmark strip Hark! A Vagrant and Step Aside, Pops each spent several months on the New York Times graphic novel bestseller list, as well as appearing on best of the year lists from Time, The Washington Post, Vulture, NPR Books, and winning the Eisner, Ignatz, Harvey, and Doug Wright Awards. She has also published the picture books King Baby and The Princess and the Pony.

Beaton lives in Cape Breton with her family.

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