No era or tome emerges unscathed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and villains of the bestloved. Kate beaton this comic was conceived by carly monardo, meredith gran and myself one night. A vagrant remains a reliably witty presence online, and perhaps the only work in comics history where nancy drew, the great gatsby and the war of 1812 can all be. While looking though the boston public librarys flickr account, i found this picture, and decided to share with you all the reasons i find it funny. Oct 15, 20 explore seanmarkwells board hark a vagrant.
A vagrant by kate beaton, 9780224094146, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The main characters of this sequential art, graphic novels story are elizabeth bennet. A vagrant by kate beaton by lev grossman wednesday, dec. A vagrant was named one of the top ten fiction books of the year by time magazine, and rolling stone magazine placed the same collection on its list of the 50 best nonsuperhero graphic novels. She became a webcomics superstar within a year of her debut in 2007, drawing huge lines at events like spxto the general puzzlement of the print comics world. Recent comics sensation beaton probably, definitely, knows more about history and literature than the average reader, and this collection of her webcomicmostly collections of threepanel gag. A vagrant by kate beaton the top 10 everything of 2011. Several years ago, i was a juror for the doug wright awards for canadian comics and graphic novels, and we chose kate beaton as the best. A vagrant, from the author kate beaton, an anthology of the popular webcomic of the same name is a hoot. I ve been a fan of kate beatons work for years, starting with her genius webcomic hark. Jul 07, 2015 i ve been a fan of kate beatons work for years, starting with her genius webcomic hark. A vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of new yorker cartoonist and comicssensation kate beaton.
A vagrant heckles superheroes, scientists, sellouts check out kate beatons smartass strips skewering wolverine, wonder woman and whoever else she deems worthy. No era or tome emerges unscathed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless. Kate beaton is a canadian cartoonist who appeared in the comics scene in 2007 with her online work hark. Beaton began drawing historythemed comics for her student newspaper while studying history and anthropology at mount allison university. No era or tome emerges unscathbed as beaton rightly skewers the western worlds revolutionaries, leaders, sycophants, and suffragists while equally honing her wit on the hapless heroes, heroines, and. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 168 pages and is available in hardcover format. Quite a few literary and historical jokes in her comics, so would make a great gift for a big brained history buff.
Kate beaton is a cartoonist who draws wildly expressive portraits of historical and. Legends comics and books, victoria desert island, brooklyn all content c20062018 kate beaton. A vagrant a witty and wonderful collection of comics about historical and literary figures and events, based on her popular web comic of the same name. Kate beaton is a canadian cartoonist who appeared on the comics scene in 2007 with her online work hark. Kate beaton occupies a specific niche in the wideranging world of webcomics. 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. A vagrant remains a reliably witty presence online, and perhaps the only work in comics history where nancy drew, the great gatsby and the. Several years ago, i was a juror for the doug wright awards for canadian comics and graphic novels, and we chose kate beaton as. We are professionals in the entertainment industry and we think we know what we are talking about when we say that there needs to be more strong female characters out there and we know just what to do about it. Sep 18, 2015 kate beaton occupies a specific niche in the wideranging world of webcomics. Id like to dedicate this archive to my sister becky beaton, who we lost in 2018, and who always believed in me. A vagrant is a webcomic by canadian artist kate beaton. The first edition of the novel was published in january 1st 2011, and was written by kate beaton.
Since then, she has become a fan favourite and has garnered a significant following, with illustrations appearing in places like the new yorker, harpers, and marvels strange tales anthology. Nov 01, 2011 kate beaton has become a web comic superstar with her hilarious look at historical and pop culture tropes from julius caesar to gatsby. Its tough to say what list this book belongs on, but its the debut of a smart, funny, wholly unique voice, and it ought to be somewhere, so lets put it here. A vagrant, spent five months on the new york times. Kate beaton is a canadian history graduate who has turned her hand to. Everything is symbolic sure, but lets do this anyway. A vagrant, written by canadian cartoonist kate beaton, is not a book in the traditional nonliteral sense of the word, rather it is a collection, an album, an amassed trove, of mostly unlinked cartoons, spanning several years of this artists creative life. A vagrant, such as it is, is an archive website now. This is a book of comic strips by a new yorker cartoonist. New yorker cartoonist kate beaton will discuss and sign her collection of comic strips, hark.
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 then new york, and then back to toronto. A vagrant is an uproarious romp through history and litera. If you are not familiar with kate beaton, she is a canadian webcomic artist. 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. Beatons beloved webcomic skips lightly among minutiae from canadian history, english literature, 80s. Kate beaton discusses and signs her comics collection hark. Kathryn moira beaton born 8 september 1983 is a canadian comics artist and the creator of the comic strip hark. A vagrant by kate beaton, 9781770460607, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Gorey covers were so fun, i thought id give another kind a spin. The title is news from america, or the patriots in the dumps, so if you were wondering how old the phrase in the dumps is, the. When i was about 10 years old, i was put in the hospital for about two weeks. Do you like classic literature, historical fanfic, sassmouthed women, and cool comics.
I just finished a cover of a book from a series youve probably read. Beaton perfectly melds simplistic, yet endearing drawings with witty, sometimes crude, but always hilarious commentary. Oct 06, 2011 from new yorker cartoonist kate beaton comes hark. A vagrant chiefly draws its inspiration from the worlds of history and western literature, with a. Kate beaton has become a web comic superstar with her hilarious look at historical and pop culture tropes from julius caesar to gatsby. A vagrant, which covers, among many other things, 19th century novels, ludicrous superhero costumes. Born in nova scotia, beaton studied history and anthropology, discovering through her universitys newspaper that she could put her knowledge of people, places, and dates to work in a humor column and, later, in comic strips. A vagrant is best known for its humorous treatment of historical figures and events. Beatons beloved webcomic skips lightly among minutiae from canadian history, english literature, 80s corporate culture. The only things they had to read there were the entire collection of nancy drew books, and i think i must have read all of them at that time.
Its tough to say what list this book belongs on, but its the debut of a smart. Finds drollery in drawing rooms september 22, 2011 with a deceptively loose, doodlelike style, canadian webcomic creator kate beaton imbues historical and literary figures with. Kate beaton, as you hopefully already know, is the writer and illustrator of the phenomenal hark. I didnt think it would be when i stepped away to work on other projects, but not to kill the light mood around here 20162018 were very difficult years in a personal sense, and emerging on the other side, i feel like this is a project that has run its course. Since then, she has become a fan favorite and has garnered a significant following, with illustrations appearing in places like the new yorker, harpers magazine, and marvels strange tales anthology.
Sep 27, 2011 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. She became known for her funny comics about history and literature, after her comic about ladies throwing bloomers at the celibate scientist. A vagrant was named one of the top ten fiction books of the year by time magazine, and rolling stone magazine placed the same collection on. A vagrant kate beaton by ham i was delighted to find hark. Of scottish descent, beaton grew up with her three sisters in mabou on the isle of cape breton. This hilarious collection takes readers on a romp through history and literature, with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures. Kate beaton books list of books by author kate beaton.