{"product_id":"9781770462083","title":"Step Aside, Pops : A Hark! A Vagrant Collection","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eStep Aside, Pops\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Kate Beaton\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSix months on the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestseller list! Featured on 25 best of the year lists! \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e“Somewhere in my heart is a folder titled Things I Did Not Know I Wanted  and it is full of Kate Beaton comics… Sharp, charming, and weird,\u003ci\u003e Step Aside, Pops\u003c\/i\u003e is a fine sampling of Beaton's work, and I can't recommend it enough.” —\u003ci\u003eNPR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Nobody’s ever gotten so much comedy out of omitting punctuation.” —\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIda B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of \u003ci\u003eStep Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e     Beaton began her infectiously popular web comic, \u003ci\u003eHark! A Vagrant,\u003c\/i\u003e in 2007 and it quickly attracted the adoration of hundreds of thousands of fans. It was an unequivocal hit with critics and fans alike, topping best-of-the-year lists from \u003ci\u003eE!\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmazon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Now Beaton returns with a refined pen, ready to make jokes at the expense of hunks, army generals, scientists, and Canadians in equal measure. With a few carefully placed lines, she captures the over-the-top evil of the straw feminists in the closet, the disgruntled dismay of Heathcliff, and Wonder Woman's all-conquering ennui. \u003ci\u003eStep Aside, Pops\u003c\/i\u003e is sure to be the comedic hit of the year: sharp, insightful, and very funny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“...Hilarious and hyper-literate.” —\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Beaton's work is in a class all its own.” —\u003ci\u003eBust\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eStep Aside, Pops\u003c\/i\u003e, reminds us why it’s been a blessing that Beaton has enjoyed the free-range evolution of an auteur.” —\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eStep Aside, Pops\u003c\/i\u003e: a new \u003ci\u003eHark! A Vagrant \u003c\/i\u003ecollection that delights and dazzles.” —\u003ci\u003eBoing Boing\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The range and singular wit of her brilliant historical, literary and pop-culture parodies is simply impossible to capture in just a few words.”\u003ci\u003e—The Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"From Julius Caesar to \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Garden\u003c\/i\u003e and from the late Romantics to \u003ci\u003eKokoro\u003c\/i\u003e, Beaton knocks it out of the park, having a go at anything and everything with her razor-sharp wit.\"-\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Starred Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed NPR Best Book of the Year (2015), Long-listed The Guardian (UK) Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Amazon.com Best Books of the Year (2015), Long-listed Chapters Indigo Best of the Year (2015), Long-listed Slate Book Review Best Books of the Year (2015)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781770462083\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Drawn and Quarterly","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40596418756814,"sku":"9781770462083","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_cfd9ce49-ac9e-490a-b51d-fa6cc048ea0a.jpg?v=1637857684","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781770462083","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}