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Book SynopsisKate 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.
Trade ReviewKate 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 *
