Hark! A Vagrant: the book

Somehow, I missed last year's publication of the long-overdue Hark! A Vagrant collection, which puts Kate Beaton's fantastic webcomic between covers. Beaton is a Canadian who studied history but plumped for the glamorous life of a cartoonist instead. We're all richer for it, as she captures the true spirit of history with her mixture of biting sarcasm, spot-on comic timing, and skeptical take on history's heroes. Click through for a look at some of my favorite Beaton toons, and get a sense of why this book is a completely awesome treasury of snark, history and science.

Hark! A Vagrant

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

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http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai

Superbia fantastico.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Beth-Cravens/704440406 Beth Cravens

love it!
snowmentality

Seriously, everyone — if you don’t already read “Hark, A Vagrant” you should start now. It’s sort of like XKCD for history and literature. Kate Beaton makes me cry laughing on a regular basis.

Some of my all-time favorites include:
Canadian Stereotype Comics (Kate Beaton is Canadian)
Queen Bess at Tilbury
Dracula
Great Gatsbys

Oh, just go read the whole website. Your life will be better with “Hark, a Vagrant” in it.
- billstewart
  
  Yup. You’ll lose a day or so clicking through all the panels, but it will have been worth it.
- jimh
  
  Complete surrender is the only way; just start at the beginning. You have no idea how funny the Bronte sisters, Chopin and Liszt, Nancy Drew, Andrew Jackson, and a strangely overweight Shetland pony can be.
  
  And, buy the book! It’s very satisfying to own and display for others.
Labbit

AW YISS!
noah django

obligatory:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l268/filbypott/tychouncalledfor.jpg
- zarray
  
  She up dated it and gave him the silver nose.
http://profiles.google.com/darlingnikles Niki Horton

Sidenote! Katie Beaton’s Fat Pony was featured in an episode of Adventure Time, ‘cuz all the cool kids hang out together.