Hark! A Vagrant

Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton, 166 pages

New Yorker cartoonist and native Canadian Kate Beaton presents a series of comic strips riffing on history and literature, with a healthy dose of modern-day pop culture thrown in. While it may seem to be solely for the snooty intelligentsia who actually know about Canadian history (so, what, two whole people?), there's plenty for the rest of us. I particularly liked the bits referring to the Bronte sisters, comic book superheroes, and Macbeth, though there's something for the nerd in all of us. Can't wait to check out her second book, Step Aside Pops, which came out last year.