What got me into the strip were the history comics. But there’s also other features like fond mocking of old book covers, a look at comic book characters in a realistic sense – Beaton’s Lois Lane seems to be forever fed up with Superman interrupting her when she’s trying to get her job done – realistic teen detectives, and I really could go on here. So what are these comic strips about then? Oh, everything and anything, though history is always a recurring topics.
We’re going to have a very brief look at Hark! A Vagrant, by Kate Beaton. Well, technically, it’s more a series of web-comic strips. Today, I’m going to talk about a web-comic that I really like.
People, what I’m basically trying to say here is that even if you think you don’t like comics, it’s probably just because you haven’t found the right type for you. There’s also web-comics, which are I suppose still relatively new when considering the bigger picture, and the variety available there is also immense and amazing. A lot of great writers and artists work for them, and those same people go on to publish their own, independent works that are really work checking out. I know most people stick to the main big two companies, but that’s alright really. I’m looking forward to giving this book as a gift to others and to reading it again.There are a lot of different types of comics out there in the world, and I think it’s great that there is such a variety to chose from. I love this idea of Wonder Woman having some meta knowledge about how creators and DC fans have treated her over the years, and that she would be extremely unhappy with it. She can just write Wonder Woman all the time.
Engagements with history is only bound to rise with humor. Sometimes history, especially the kind taught in primary schools, can be a little dull and dry. I imagine that Beaton’s drawings could be used in an education setting to liven up ideas about famous historical people. I love exploring parts of history and making them humorous. Darcy seduces Elizabeth from Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton Seriously, all those guys were a bunch of jerks and those heroines could’ve done better. Mostly, because I’ve always been in agreement with Beaton’s assertion that their romantic heroes were not as romantic as they were played to be. My favorite jokes are probably the ones about Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters and their books. (Jason, who a scientist, was not so entertained by these jokes mostly because he didn’t get a lot of them, and he doesn’t like when that happens. Anyone who enjoys a literary, historical, or Canadian joke will appreciate this collection. I’ve been reading her web comic for a while, and it was great to re-read some of my favorite ones and to discover new-to-me ones. Hark! A Vagrant is a brilliant collection of Beaton’s web comics.
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