Hark!AVagrant

Hark!AVagranttakesreadersonarompthroughhistoryandliterature--withdignityforfewandcookiesforall--withcomicstripsaboutfamousauthors,theircharacters,andpoliticalandhistoricalfigures,alldrawninBeaton'spared-down,excitablestyle.Thiscollectionfeaturesfavouritestoriesaswellasnew,previouslyunpublishedcontent.Whethershe'swritingaboutNikolaTesla,Napoleon,orNancyDrew,Beatonbringsarefinedsenseoftheabsurdtoeverysituation.Injustfouryears,KateBeatonhastakenthecomicsworldbystormwithhernonsequiturs,cheekycomebacksandirreverentpunchlines.With1.2millionmonthlyhitsonhersite--500,000ofthemunique--andcomicsappearinginHarpersMagazine,theNationalPostandTheNewYorker,hercaricaturesofhistoricalandfictionalfiguresfilteredthroughacontemporarylensdisplayasharp,quickwitthatknowsnobounds.