The prominence of beards in history has finally and goodly been explored for all the to see, plus a bunch of dudes get knifed.

Beaton just kills me. She tickles every funny bone I ever had.

My favourite comic was about M. Trudeau.

Kate Beaton is the smartest and funniest cartoonist to come onto the scene in years. This first collection of her work is some of her earlier history and literature based cartoons. I think both her cartooning and her sense of humor has exploded since the strips that appear here so this collection is a little spotty. But maybe the ones I didn't find that funny just went over my head. The more familiar you are with her subjects the more brilliant these are and she doesn't stoop down to explaining every little joke.

I think I lost a few brain cells reading this.

<3 Kate Beaton. That is all.

* Lugares: Canadá.