Beaton, Kate
Summary: "Hark! A Vagrant" takes readers on a romp through history and literature -- with dignity for few and cookies for all -- with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Kate Beaton's pared-down style. This collection features favorite stories from the webcomic of the same name, as well as new, previously unpublished content. Whether...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEABeaton, Kate
Summary: "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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BEAJohnston, Lynn Franks
Summary: In her touchingly funny daily strip, Lynn Johnston gives her fans realistic characters who humorously deal with both the good and bad that life gives them. Every day, Johnston demonstrates--through hormonal children and parents who aren't always right--that life goes on For Better or For Worse. In Middle Age Spread, parents John and Elly have started to notice their own aging process: the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews and McMeel 1998
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Summary: This book about the science of smells takes a funky subject and makes it fascinating --- and hilarious! It starts with the basics, from the reason why things stink to how our sense of smell works (hint: it has to do with the six million scent receptors way up inside our noses). Then come some specifics such as how and why smells are closely linked to memories, descriptions of some of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kids Can Press 2019
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2009
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WRIClasky, Leonard
Summary: "Monkeys and apes are the stars of this show in this engaging and accessible joke book. Readers are sure to find new favorite jokes to share with family and friends as they practice their punchlines with the help of some primates. In addition to learning new jokes, they also learn important information about monkeys and apes, connecting comedy with common curriculum topics related to beginner...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Windmill Books 2023