Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection (original 2015; edition 2015)

by Kate Beaton (Author)

Series: Hark! A Vagrant (2)

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"Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton's incisive wit in these satirical strips" --… (more)

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Title:	Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection
Authors:	Kate Beaton (Author)
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Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection by Kate Beaton (2015)

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Comic strips for English Literature and History nerds, what more could you ask for? I love the illustration style, the subject matter, and the delivery.

My issue with it: Perpetuates some pet peeve historical inaccuracies. (

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eurydactyl | Jul 20, 2023 |

love her. She's hilarious as always. :) (

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veewren | Jul 12, 2023 |

NSFW: some bits not suitable for work (or for children). Language and exaggerated stereotypes. It's full of historical and cultural references... I learned something from the cartoons (yeah I know they're fiction and exaggerated for the sake of humour, but they're still as accurate as most of the history and literature dished out to us in school... okay more accurate) and I might have to research.

I was all set to give it four stars for being excellent, and then I found the index. A comprehensive and detailed index just in case some nerdy soul needs to find the cartoons about Julius Caesar or Tom Longboat quickly. FIVE STAARS! (

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muumi | Jun 22, 2023 |

Funny as it always is with her stuff, but maybe not as novel as the first one. (

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zeh | Jun 3, 2023 |

Kate Beaton amuses me greatly. Occasionally, I have no idea what she's referencing though and this is definitely not a book for the ignorant. (

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fionaanne | Nov 28, 2022 |

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"The cover and title of this book play on 19th-century cartoons depicting velocipeding women as shocking and inappropriate, but we’d say “AWESOME” declares Beaton (Hark! A Vagrant; The Princess and the Pony). ..."

added by KoobieKitten | editLibrary Journal | September 2016 | Vol. 140 No. 15, Martha Cornog (Sep 15, 2016)

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Ignatz Award (Winner – Outstanding Anthology or Collection – 2016)

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NPR: Books We Love (2015)

Village Voice Favorite Books (2015)

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Great Graphic Novels for Teens (Fiction – 2016)

Rise: A Feminist Book Project for Ages 0-18 (Selection – Young Adult–Fiction – 2017)

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Thank you to Chris, Peggy, Tom, Julia, and Tracy at Drawn & Quarterly, who brought this book to you.

To Laureen, for talking humour with me.

To Becky and Maura for endless support.

To Mom and Dad, forever.

And to the readers who have been with me this whole time. Thank you! You're the reason I'm here.

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"Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton's incisive wit in these satirical strips" --

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