(September 2011)
Drawn & Quarterly,
2011 Series
Published in English
(Canada)
- Price
- 19.95 USD; 19.95 CAD
- Pages
- 176
- On-sale Date
- 2011
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Drawn and Quarterly
- Brand
- D & Q
- ISBN
-
978-1-77046-060-7
- Barcode
- 9781770460607
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- black and white; colour cover
- Dimensions
- 8 1/8" x 8 3/4"
- Binding
- hardcover
- Publishing Format
- collected edition
Issue Notes
This book has a barcode, but it is just a barcode, with no numbers underneath.
Collects the web comic Hark! A Vagrant (www.harkavagrant.com).
Collects the web comic Hark! A Vagrant (www.harkavagrant.com).
Get Me Off This Freaking Moor
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte
- Synopsis
- The Bronte Sisters check out men.
A History Debate
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Louis Riel; Emily Murphy; James Wolfe; Maurice Richard; Frederick Banting; Robert Service; John A. MacDonald; Jacques Cartier; Emily Carr
- Synopsis
- Great people from Canadian history debate how to make Canadian history more interesting.
A Magical Day
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charlie; Mr. Wanka
- Synopsis
- Charlie wins a trip to Mr. Wanka's turnip factory; Charlie hates turnips.
Susan B. Anthony May Not Approve
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Susan B. Anthony
- Synopsis
- Susan B. Anthony is frustrated at how easily-distracted her fellow suffragettes are.
Just Don't Fly During Red April
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Billy Bishop
- Synopsis
- Billy Bishop offers flying advice to new recruits: they should win.
Team Bolivar
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Simon Bolivar; Antonio Sucre
- Synopsis
- Sucre asks Bolivar to consider what he'll do when he isn't liberating nations. Bolivar thinks Sucre wants a nation of his own.
Peary I Thought We Were Friends
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Peary; Matthew Henson
- Synopsis
- Henson brings Peary to the North Pole
- Keywords
- North Pole
Watson I Miss You
Sherlock Holmes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sherlock Holmes; John Watson; Stupid Watson
- Synopsis
- Watson is perturbed to find Holmes has a second Watson – this one a fat nincompoop.
Another Case of Watsons
Sherlock Holmes / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; detective-mystery
- Characters
- Sherlock Holmes; John Watson; Stupid Watson; Gay Watson
- Synopsis
- Watson discovers there's yet another Watson – Gay Watson.
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Mystery Solving Teens / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Boys there is a mystery at the docks and we need you to solve it!
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mystery Solving Teens
- Synopsis
- The Mystery Solving Teens have no interest in solving their latest case and instead simply finger the baker as the culprit.
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Mystery Solving Teens / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nice one
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mystery Solving Teens
- Synopsis
- The Mystery Solving Teens have a discussions about how awesome skulls are.
Mystery Solving Teens in a Principal's Office
Mystery Solving Teens / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mystery Solving Teens
- Synopsis
- The Mystery Solving Teens' principal wants to know what they're doing in their spare time.
Bowie and Ronno Want an Ice Cream
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- David Bowie; Mick Ronson
- Synopsis
- Bowie and Ronn are denied service at an ice cream parlour as no glam is allowed.
The Prostitutes Are So Tired of This Shit
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Synopsis
- A gunfighter comes looking for the man who killed his father. The local prostitute finds it all very dull.
Do Something About It
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Pony; Prince Beefcakes
- Synopsis
- A prince is rambunctious but his ugly pony helps curb him through publicly emasculating him.
Pony
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Pony; Evil Wizard
- Synopsis
- A king is upset to find his kingdom at peace and blames the pony.
Anne of Sleeves
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Anne Shirley; Marilla Cuthbert; Gilbert Blythe
- Synopsis
- Anne Shirley fantasizes about the dress she wants.
Fox Hunt
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A fox insults the hunting party which has been pursing it.
Big Dreams
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- George Frideric Handel
- Synopsis
- Before he became famous, Handel had to play piano in a club as people requested Billy Joel tunes.
Hail Thane of Cawdor
comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- Macbeth; Banquo
- Synopsis
- Macbeth is upset to receive a prophecy that his sons will wet their beds until they're 30.
The Scottish Play
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Macbeth; Banquo; Lady Macbeth; King James I; William Shakespeare; Lord MacDuff
- Synopsis
- A parody of Macbeth in which messages are sent to Glam Castle by mistake, Lady Macbeth is rather manly and Macbeth's head winds up in a planter.
The Return of Annabel Lee
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Annabel Lee
- Synopsis
- Annabel Lee returns from the sea but it turns out to be an unfullfilling experience.
Come Dream with Me
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jules Verne; Edgar Allan Poe
- Synopsis
- Poe receives fan mail from Jules Verne.
Return of Verne
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jules Verne; H. G. Wells
- Synopsis
- Verne and Wells have a disagreement about the work of writing science fiction.
One of You Will Do It by God
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Joseph Kennedy; John F. Kennedy Jr.; Robert Kennedy; Ted Kennedy; Joseph Kennedy Jr.
- Synopsis
- Joseph Kennedy trains all of his sons to become President of the United States.
Protégé
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Karl van Beethoven; Ludwig van Beethoven
- Synopsis
- Karl can't stand criticism from his uncle Ludwig.
Criminal Masterminds
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robert Knox; William Burke; William Hare
- Synopsis
- Burke & Hare argue about whether to kill a prostitute for Dr. Knox.
John Muir's Hopes and Dreams
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- John Muir; Theodore Roosevelt
- Synopsis
- John Muir wants to preserve nature; the President is a little too excited about it.
Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charlotte Bronte; Emily Bronte; Anne Bronte
- Synopsis
- The Bronte Sisters decide to use pen names to write books but names such as “Bruce Punisher” don't quite work.
Kahlo's Process
comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Diego Rivera; Frida Kahlo
- Synopsis
- Diego and Frida cheat on each other.
Celebrate the Best Way
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Two lumberjacks decide to celebrate Canada Day.
Be a Hero
Wonder Woman / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Wonder Woman
- Synopsis
- Wonder Woman sourly rescues a cat from a tree.
World's Finest
Wonder Woman; X-Men / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Storm [Ororo Munroe]; Wolverine [Logan]; Cyclops [Scott Summers]; Wonder Woman
- Synopsis
- Wolverine is becoming domesticated and Wonder Woman doesn't want to get into a fight unless Nazis are involved.
Once Upon a
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Little Red Riding Hood; Wolf; Sleeping Beauty; Elves
- Synopsis
- The stories of Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and the Shoemaker and the Elves don't work out quite as expected.
Brunel Is Tired of These Time Traveling Assholes
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Synopsis
- Brunel is irritated to meet steampunk fans from the future.
- Keywords
- time travel
Firing Squad
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A woman before a firing squad says she did everything for love – but since it wasn't love for the firing squad captain, she still dies.
Sick Manuscript Bro
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A monk is making his own Gospel of Mark fan fiction.
Also It Is My Personal Fetish
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charles Dickens
- Synopsis
- Dickens receives criticism about his female characters.
WWII Hipster Batallion
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A squad of hipsters go to war and behave “ironically” about everything.
Hipsters Ruin Everything
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Synopsis
- A look at various kinds of hipsters throughout history.
Tudorama
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lord Burghley; Queen Elizabeth; Queen Mary
- Synopsis
- Queen Elizabeth's court is forced to become “sexy” to hold people's interest.
The Death of General Brock
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- General Isaac Brock
- Synopsis
- General Brock dies very easily while defending Canada.
- Keywords
- War of 1812
Stranger
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- Sal
- Synopsis
- A tough-looking man wanders into a saloon; he's looking for a washroom.
I Came for the Dick Jokes
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- Men talk about what they enjoy in Shakespeare's works.
It's How We Did It Back Then
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A grandfather tells his grandchildren what he had to do in order to marry his wife; it involves murder.
Substitute Teacher
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Tits Palmer
- Synopsis
- A substitute teacher thinks the name “Tits Palmer” is a joke; it isn't.
Wrong Island
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A boy finds the island where the lame things are.
Big Business
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Men financing a railroad are so drunk, they'll agree almost anything is a great idea.
Best Friends Forever
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Carrie; Samantha; Charlotte; Miranda
- Synopsis
- Five girls meet for the first time and instantly decide which one of them doesn't belong.
Messin' with Your Kids
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A boy refuses to go to bed so his parents start removing clothes to frighten him.
News from the Front
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; war
- Synopsis
- A carrier pigeon brings spam instead intelligence.
- Keywords
- World War I
A Bad Affair
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Characters
- Yeti
- Synopsis
- A father is annoyed to learn his daughter is in love with a Yeti.
Regrets
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- In 2063, an old man can't remember any important moments in his family's life but he does remember the Thundercats.
Stupid Rooster Comics
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Synopsis
- A rooster struts before the hens.
The Old Fox
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Louis-Joseph de Montcalm
- Synopsis
- Montcalm is annoyed to find General Wolfe died before him and that the death will be hard to upstage.
Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything Till Now
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Rosalind Franklin
- Synopsis
- When Rosalind is around all the male scientists deride her; when she leaves they start stealing her ideas.
An Education
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A young man learns reverse psychology so he can obtain a double degree.
Intervention
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- There is no end to the terrible addiction which is Hungry, Hungry, Hippos.
The Latest Fashions
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Ways to make your dog more like Donald Trump.
Charles' Poetry
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Charles; Janita
- Synopsis
- In his head, Charles is an eloquent poet; when he puts his thoughts into words, they come out extremely crass.
Radium Eyes
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Marie Curie; Pierre Curie
- Synopsis
- Marie plays with radium.
The True Faith
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Josh; Chad
- Synopsis
- The Church of Bros offers salvation to those who want things to “rule.”
Scoundrelly
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lord Lovat; King George
- Synopsis
- Lord Lovat's messenger sends the wrong letters to King George and the Jacobites, causing Lovat to enter exile.
Canadian Stereotype Comics
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Canadians are enraged by Americans insulting them and form a mob; the President defuses the situation by greeting them politely.
- Reprints
Birthday
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A Canadian boy receives a canoe on his birthday.
Soh-ry
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A Canadian man finds his wife cheating on him with another man. They all apologize.
Finally the Right Leader
comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The Prime Minister calls upon Bryan Adams to save Canada.
St. Francis and the Birds
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- St. Francis of Assisi
- Synopsis
- St. Francis' love for animals irritates other people.
The Brave Crew of the Nautilus Battle the Monstrous Squid
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ned Land; Captain Nemo
- Synopsis
- The crew of the Nautilus fight a giant squid.
- Keywords
- giant squid; Nautilus
Peril
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Gyrth
- Synopsis
- Vikings pillage Britain for its loot.
Matricide
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nero; Agrippina
- Synopsis
- After having his mother killed, Nero is haunted by her ghost.
15th Century Peasant Romance Comics
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- Two peasants in the 15th century fall in love and face the challenges of their age, such as superstition and pestilence.
Credit Where Credit Is Due
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nikola Tesla; Thomas Edison; Guglielmo Marconi
- Synopsis
- Tesla is frustrated to see his inventions constantly patented by rival inventors.
Goreys
comic story / 11 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Stories inspired by Edward Gorey's book covers.
- Reprints
Laura
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Laura Secord
- Synopsis
- Laura Secord helps the British but has to wait 60 years for her reward - $100.
The One Commandment
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Moses; God
- Synopsis
- The One Commandment is: “Get down get down get down tonite.”
Help Me Handsome Doctor
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A handsome doctor can only help patients by posing for them.
The Wisest
comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- An owl with a beard is the wisest of all owls.
Oceans in Need
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Aquaman [Arthur Curry]
- Synopsis
- Aquaman complains about children on the beach and is much too neurotic to actually fight evil.
Pirates
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- Pirates show off the different ways to maintain their nemesis' status.
Austen Maria
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jane Austen; Emily Bronte; Elizabeth Bennet; Fitzwilliam Darcy
- Synopsis
- Jokes about Jane Austen and her characters.
The Rochester Wedding Party
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Edward Rochester; Jane Eyre
- Synopsis
- A parody of Jane Eyre.
- Reprints
Dirty Words
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Tycho Brahe
- Synopsis
- Jokes about Tycho Brahe and Victorians making lewd remarks.
What a Stupid Comic I Have Made
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Benjamin Franklin
- Synopsis
- Franklin isn't interested in inventing, he'd rather spend his time with whores.
Nemesis Returns
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- A pirate encounters his nemesis yet again.
Mythical Teens
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
- Characters
- Icarus; Daedalus
- Synopsis
- Icarus faces peer pressure to fly close to the sun.
Pug Comics
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A dog owner's pug has a squished-in face – literally.
How Did You Get This Number
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Alexander Graham Bell; Elisha Gray; Thomas Watson
- Synopsis
- Gray discovers Bell has beaten him to the telephone patent.
The Very Canadian Rebellion of Upper Canada
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Canadians rebel in a very polite fashion.
Editorial Cartoon
comic story / 0.33 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- St. Peter
- Synopsis
- A celebrity dies but St. Peter isn't ready to deliver a punchline.
- Keywords
- Heaven
Show Some Respect
comic story / 0.34 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A king insists his jester is an artist; the jester's antics suggest otherwise.
Odysseus and His Crew Encounter the Facebook Peril
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; fantasy-supernatural; satire-parody
- Characters
- Odysseus; Sirens
- Synopsis
- Odysseus sees Sirens posing as though they were on Facebook.
- Keywords
French Revolution Comics
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Madame Lamballe
- Synopsis
- During the French Revolution, public sentiment turns against royals, babies and open mic night guitarists.
- Keywords
- Bastille; French Revolution
John Adams Lightens Up
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- John Adams; Benjamin Franklin
- Synopsis
- John Adams lightens up and his colleagues are quite annoyed by his new attitude.
Jackson
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Andrew Jackson; Lyncoya Jackson
- Synopsis
- Andrew Jackson deals with assassination attempts, rivalries with Thomas Jefferson and his role in the Indian Removal Act.
Extra Extra
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Benjamin Franklin
- Synopsis
- Benjamin Franklin receives criticism on his “join or die” cartoon.
Gangsters
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; crime
- Synopsis
- Jokes about gangsters showing off dead bodies, sending threatening messages, talking in their sleep and throwing birthday parties.
Courtly Love
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- Jokes about the days of courtly love wherein the man is frequently a bit thick-headed about what the woman wants.
Borgias
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- Lucrezia Borgia
- Synopsis
- Lucrezia is irritated when her father wants her to marry ten different men at once.
The Madness of King Lear
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- King Lear; Cordelia
- Synopsis
- A parody of King Lear where Cordelia sends him to a rest home.
Young Ada Lovelace
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Ada Lovelace
- Synopsis
- Ada's mother tries to shield her from poets.
Dracula
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Dracula; Jonathan Harker; Mina Harker; Lucy Westernra; Professor Van Helsing; Arthur Holmwood; John Seward
- Synopsis
- A parody of Dracula where the vampire's lust for sluts provides a clue for the men hunting him.
- Keywords
- vampires
Crusoe
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Robinson Crusoe; Friday
- Synopsis
- The story of Robinson Crusoe from Friday's perspective.
Javert
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jean Valjean; Javert
- Synopsis
- Javert pursues Valjean but finds himself in the wrong musical.
Sloppy Leadership
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Moses
- Synopsis
- No one can take Moses seriously since he began wearing socks with his sandals.
Fiber Craze
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- People are so intense about fiber they drink entire glasses of it.
The Sweater Issue
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- A man is flummoxed by his girlfriend's interest in knitting.
WWII Movie
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- In World War II, handsome men are needed to fight the Nazis.
Either the Wallpaper Goes or I Do
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- In a parody of The Yellow Wallpaper, a doctor tells his patient that the woman seen inside the wallpaper has a feminist agenda.
WWII Movie II
comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- In World War II, all hunks are drafted.
Pearson
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Lester Pearson; John Diefenbaker; Lyndon Johnson
- Synopsis
- Lester Pearson struggles to fashion a national Canadian identity.
Brahms's First Impression
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Johannes Brahms; Franz Liszt
- Synopsis
- The story of Brahms falling asleep during one of Liszt's concerts, much to Liszt's chagrin.
The Adventures of Sexy Batman
Sexy Batman / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; superhero
- Characters
- Batman; Catwoman; Two-Face; The Joker; Harley Quinn; Alfred Pennyworth; Commissioner James Gordon; The Penguin
- Synopsis
- A distressingly sexy Batman throws off all of his villains' expectations.
- Keywords
- Batmobile
Queen Bess at Tilbury
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Queen Elizabeth
- Synopsis
- Queen Elizabeth demonstrates her fortitude – and power of flight.
1980s Businesswoman Comics
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An extremely businesslike woman in the 1980s treats everything in life as though it were her job.
Nancys
Nancy Drew / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; detective-mystery; teen
- Characters
- Nancy Drew
- Synopsis
- Parodies of Nancy Drew novels, based on their covers.
Raskolnikov
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Rodion Raskolnikov; Razumikhin; Sonya
- Synopsis
- A parody of Crime and Punishment in which Raskolnikov is unbearably Napoleon-like.
- Reprints
A Brand New Era
comic story / ? pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Synopsis
- The Middle Ages end; people immediately begin wearing frilly collars and writing newspapers.
The Famous Fitzgeralds
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- F. Scott Fitzgerald; Zelda Fitzgerald
- Synopsis
- Zelda suggests she write a book about her husband where she portrays him as a failed, pathetic drunk.
Great Gatsbys
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Characters
- Jay Gatsby; Jordan Baker; Daisy Fay Buchanan; Tom Buchanan; Nick Carraway
- Synopsis
- A parody of the Great Gatsby in which Daisy is ridiculously negligent and Gatsby's death isn't noticed.
- Reprints
Henry's Lesson
comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- Henry VIII; Edward
- Synopsis
- King Henry goes hunting monks.
Hamlet
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- Hamlet; King Claudius; Ophelia; Laertes; Prince Fortinbras
- Synopsis
- A parody of Hamlet where Hamlet forgets Ophelia is present for his big soliloquy and Prince Fortinbras deems the kingdom “nutballs.”
Sacagawea and York Travel to the Pacific
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody; historical
- Characters
- Sacagawea; William Clark; York; Meriwether Lewis
- Synopsis
- The story of Lewis & Clark's trip across America with Sacagawea and York doing most of the work.
Industrial Revolution Fun
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Early in the industrial revolution there are diseases, Luddites, child labourers, and quite a bit of poverty.
Sitcom, Victorian Style
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humour; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Jokes about infant mortality rates, betrothals, laudanum and immigrants.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
[Title Page & Credits]
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2.
[Introduction]
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3.
Get Me Off This Freaking Moor
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4.
A History Debate
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5.
A Magical Day
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6.
Susan B. Anthony May Not Approve
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7.
Just Don't Fly During Red April
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8.
Team Bolivar
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9.
Peary I Thought We Were Friends
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10.
Watson I Miss You
Sherlock Holmes -
11.
Another Case of Watsons
Sherlock Holmes -
12.
["Boys there is a mystery at the docks and we need you to solve it!"]
Mystery Solving Teens -
13.
["Nice one"]
Mystery Solving Teens -
14.
Mystery Solving Teens in a Principal's Office
Mystery Solving Teens -
15.
Bowie and Ronno Want an Ice Cream
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16.
The Prostitutes Are So Tired of This Shit
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17.
Do Something About It
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18.
Pony
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19.
Anne of Sleeves
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20.
Fox Hunt
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21.
Big Dreams
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22.
Hail Thane of Cawdor
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23.
The Scottish Play
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24.
The Return of Annabel Lee
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25.
Come Dream with Me
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26.
Return of Verne
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27.
One of You Will Do It by God
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28.
Protégé
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29.
Criminal Masterminds
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30.
John Muir's Hopes and Dreams
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31.
Acton, Currer and Ellis Bell
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32.
Kahlo's Process
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33.
Celebrate the Best Way
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34.
Be a Hero
Wonder Woman -
35.
World's Finest
Wonder Woman; X-Men -
36.
Once Upon a
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37.
Brunel Is Tired of These Time Traveling Assholes
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38.
Firing Squad
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39.
Sick Manuscript Bro
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40.
Also It Is My Personal Fetish
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41.
WWII Hipster Batallion
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42.
Hipsters Ruin Everything
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43.
Tudorama
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44.
The Death of General Brock
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45.
Stranger
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46.
I Came for the Dick Jokes
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47.
It's How We Did It Back Then
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48.
Substitute Teacher
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49.
Wrong Island
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50.
Big Business
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51.
Best Friends Forever
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52.
Messin' with Your Kids
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53.
News from the Front
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54.
A Bad Affair
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55.
Regrets
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56.
Stupid Rooster Comics
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57.
The Old Fox
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58.
Every Lady Scientist Who Ever Did Anything Till Now
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59.
An Education
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60.
Intervention
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61.
The Latest Fashions
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62.
Charles' Poetry
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63.
Radium Eyes
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64.
The True Faith
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65.
Scoundrelly
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66.
Canadian Stereotype Comics
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67.
Birthday
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68.
Soh-ry
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69.
Finally the Right Leader
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70.
St. Francis and the Birds
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71.
The Brave Crew of the Nautilus Battle the Monstrous Squid
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72.
Peril
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73.
Matricide
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74.
15th Century Peasant Romance Comics
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75.
Credit Where Credit Is Due
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76.
Goreys
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77.
Laura
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78.
The One Commandment
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79.
Help Me Handsome Doctor
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80.
The Wisest
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81.
Oceans in Need
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82.
Pirates
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83.
Austen Maria
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84.
The Rochester Wedding Party
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85.
Dirty Words
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86.
What a Stupid Comic I Have Made
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87.
Nemesis Returns
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88.
Mythical Teens
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89.
Pug Comics
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90.
How Did You Get This Number
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91.
The Very Canadian Rebellion of Upper Canada
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92.
Editorial Cartoon
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93.
Show Some Respect
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94.
Odysseus and His Crew Encounter the Facebook Peril
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95.
Jock City Elections
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96.
French Revolution Comics
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97.
John Adams Lightens Up
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98.
Jackson
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99.
Extra Extra
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100.
Gangsters
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101.
Courtly Love
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102.
Borgias
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103.
The Madness of King Lear
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104.
Young Ada Lovelace
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105.
Dracula
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106.
Crusoe
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107.
Javert
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108.
Sloppy Leadership
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109.
Fiber Craze
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110.
The Sweater Issue
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111.
WWII Movie
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112.
Either the Wallpaper Goes or I Do
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113.
WWII Movie II
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114.
Pearson
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115.
Brahms's First Impression
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The Adventures of Sexy Batman
Sexy Batman -
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Queen Bess at Tilbury
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118.
1980s Businesswoman Comics
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119.
Nancys
Nancy Drew -
120.
Raskolnikov
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121.
A Brand New Era
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122.
The Famous Fitzgeralds
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123.
Great Gatsbys
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124.
Henry's Lesson
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125.
Hamlet
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126.
Sacagawea and York Travel to the Pacific
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127.
Industrial Revolution Fun
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128.
Sitcom, Victorian Style
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129.
Index
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130.
[About Kate Beaton]
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131.
["Simly put, this is the most well-drawn..."]
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- Shad Z. Daly
- Jochen G.
- Michael Hoskin
- Karsten S.
- Ramon Schenk
- Jim Van Dore
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