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Hark! A Vagrant
About this book
Hark! A Vagrantis an uproarious romp through history and literature seen through the sharp, contemporary lens of New Yorkercartoonist and comics-sensation Kate Beaton. No era or tome emerges unscathbed 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 Vagrantfeatures sexy Batman, the true stories behind classic Nancy Drewcovers, and Queen Elizabeth doing the albatross. As the 5600.000 unique monthly visitors to already know, no one turns the ironic absurdities of history and literature into comedic fodder as hilarious as Beaton.
Book Details
| ISBN13 | 9781770460607 |
|---|---|
| ISBN10 | 1770460608 |
| Series/Work | OL16420202W View on OpenLibrary |
| Publisher | Drawn and Quarterly |
| Pages | 168 |
| Language | ENG |
| Created At | January 30, 2025 |
| Updated At | April 18, 2025 |
| Last OL update | January 18, 2025 |