Hark! A Vagrant
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780224094146 (0224094149)
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Jonathan Cape
Pages no: 168
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Humor,
Funny,
Comedy,
History,
Cultural,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Comics,
Graphic Novels Comics,
Canada,
Webcomic
I had heard a lot of good things about Kate Beaton's Hark! A Vagrant and since the premise of it (historical parody + comics) sounded intriguing I naturally thought it would be a winner for me. Well, I can't in all honesty say that it was a winner in my books. There were certainly some comics that I...
I've seen a few of these cartoons from time to time, the stupid Watson one in particular has entertained me several times before. However, many of these were unknown or barely known to me and I greatly enjoyed turning the page to see what it had in store for me next. A few that stand out in my me...
Kate Beaton has created a collection of cartoons that includes an index. The index alone is worth an extra star. She has a way of drawing eyes that are amazingly expressive considering they are just sideways ovals with a black dot. Beaton has filled a niche that no one realized needed filling. T...
So funny.
I spent half this cartoon collection laughing and the other half feeling like a complete idiot. Beaton is a history/lit heavyweight who can't stop riffing on her obsessions. Yes, plenty of her humor shot straight over my head; but I would adore her for the comic about *all three* Brontë sisters even...
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