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Tweak says, "smack that!"

uadlika (uadlika) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-11-09 21:16:00

Entry tags:

char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, creator: kate beaton, medium: webcomic, title: hark! a vagrant

Wonder Woman as You've Never Seen Her Before
Kate Beaton of "Hark, a Vagrant" writes a webcomic that is full of awesome, win, history, and Canadianness. She recently posted a new comic that contains a version of Wonder Woman we are unlikely to ever see.

:o)

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	toasty_fresh 2009-11-10 02:41 am UTC (link)
	Hell yeah now this is a WW I can get behind (Reply to this)

	goobalicious 2009-11-10 02:57 am UTC (link)
	I adore this. The faces in the third panel have me cracking up. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	Your avatar cardinalx 2009-11-10 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	I rather like the little Wonder Woman pic you´re using, do you have a larger version of it lying around? Or the full pic, if it´s been cropped. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: Your avatar goobalicious 2009-11-10 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	The icon itself was cropped and edited by a_trill on LJ. The image is this gorgeous Josh Middleton cover:D (Reply to this) (Parent)

	shanejayell 2009-11-10 03:12 am UTC (link)
	Snerk ^__^ (Reply to this)

	bluefall 2009-11-10 03:28 am UTC (link)
	The determined, professional fierceness with which she yanks that cat the hell out of that tree is truly sublime. (Reply to this)

	swingbound.livejournal.com 2009-11-10 03:29 am UTC (link)
	This reminds me greatly of Wonderella. And since I like Wonderella, I approve. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-11-10 03:32 am UTC (link)
	Yes, that's who I was thinking of. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	parsimonia 2009-11-10 03:30 am UTC (link)
	Well, she does stand for truth... (And yay! I'm glad someone posted this.) (Reply to this) (Thread)

	box_in_the_box 2009-11-10 07:15 am UTC (link)
	... Holy shit, you're right. I never thought of it that way, but making Wonder Woman a totally honest but tactless asshole would kind of be awesome. The joke here is that I'm totally serious. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	rhythmbandit 2009-11-10 03:34 am UTC (link)
	Kate Beaton just keeps getting better! (Reply to this)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-11-10 03:43 am UTC (link)
	As soon as I saw this on her lj I knew it had to be posted here. XD BEATEN TO THE BEATON. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	uadlika 2009-11-10 04:05 am UTC (link)
	muahahahaha (Reply to this) (Parent)

	salamangkiero 2009-11-10 03:55 am UTC (link)
	Oh, hell yeah. I love this idea. (Reply to this)

	eldabe 2009-11-10 03:59 am UTC (link)
	I was already cracking up at, "Oh you bad guys." The eyeroll and the hands-on-hips are fantastic. And then, of course, it just got better. (Reply to this)

	darkknightjrk 2009-11-10 04:19 am UTC (link)
	"Woah, did he run away because of his name. I would." :D Hilarious. :D (Reply to this)

	mcbangle 2009-11-10 04:48 am UTC (link)
	I love Kate Beaton! I'm so glad you posted this! (Reply to this)

	wtfomfg2 2009-11-10 04:54 am UTC (link)
	Eh, it's a little too Wonderella for me. Not that that's a problem, I love Wonderella, it's just doesn't feel original. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kaetepixie 2009-11-10 05:35 am UTC (link)
	She's got a certain bit of crustiness that sets her apart, somehow. At least to me. :D Or you can just consider that it's actually Wonderella, and that's why she's grumpy - the old bat got her name wrong! (Reply to this) (Parent)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-10 05:18 am UTC (link)
	awesome, win, history, and Canadianness 2 out of 4 ain't bad, I guess. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-10 01:58 pm UTC (link)
	Well, you could say that this happened years ago and the old lady is Canadian. Now it's 4/4! Satisfied? :p (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-11-10 07:04 pm UTC (link)
	Nope, sorry. Kate Beaton does nothing for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	deepspaceartist 2009-11-10 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Fair enough. To each their own. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	petalsinthewind 2009-11-10 06:59 am UTC (link)
	I always love Beaton's faces. (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-11-10 07:54 am UTC (link)

I love how COMPLETELY freaked out the cat is in the last panel. Also, how unusually blue-collar this version of Diana is. She's not only not anxious to help, she's annoyed because the little old lady is interrupting her smoke break. 'I stand for TRUTH! - and the TRUTH is that I'm in a bitchy mood right now, 'cause people have been on my ass all day about all kinds of dumb #%^%, so count yourself lucky that I didn't make you rescue your own damn cat'.
Seriously, though, if she wanted to, Kate Beaton could draw a great traditional WW. Look at those three panels where she's taking care of the cat - look at her expression, the way her hair flies back, the clenched fist, the practiced way she tosses the lasso. That's classic Wonder Woman there.

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freeman333
2009-11-10 08:50 am UTC (link)

"Hark, A Vagrant!" is definitely a comic worth checking out. I wouldn't call it one of my favorites, just because it doesn't have an ongoing story, and I don't tend to be as impressed with gag-a-day strips (even extremely well executed ones) as I am with those that carry on a narrative. But other than that, Beaton's work is pretty damn near perfect; her drawing style is impeccable and full of delicious detail, and her writing leaves me in stitches, even when I have no idea what she's talking about (being not a strong student of history, Canadian or otherwise).

In this way H,aV! is kind of like XKCD, in that I just don't get about 30% of the jokes, but I enjoy the jokes I don't get a bit more in H,aV! just because the art is so lovely. Not that I don't also love XKCD, but there isn't as much to look at, generally speaking, in Munroe's work, whereas Beaton always has something to offer.

Love!

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	mxlm 2009-11-10 11:57 am UTC (link)
	I'm not entirely sure why, but I'm strongly reminded of The Pro. Well, without the Ennis toilet humor, but still. (Reply to this)

	golden_orange 2009-11-10 12:20 pm UTC (link)
	Traumatised Nibbles cracks me up. And yeah, Wonder Woman kind of works well with the whole "WTF this shit's beneath me" kind of attitude. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	lots42 2009-11-10 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	Nibbles is traumatized because he just faced the truth about his own existence, namely the fact that he's named Nibbles. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	Hey, Didio! stig 2009-11-10 12:34 pm UTC (link)
	When you line up the Wednesday Comics sequel, be sure to call Kate Beaton to do the Wondy segment! Unlike the previous writer/artist, you can at least read her handwriting. (Reply to this)

	halloweenjack 2009-11-10 03:42 pm UTC (link)
	Dang, someone beat me to it. :( This is part of a series where she's doing reader requests; I'm still holding out hope that we'll see Shatner. (Reply to this)

	lots42 2009-11-10 07:13 pm UTC (link)
	Shoulda made the kitty talk, Wondy. (Reply to this)

	ladymirth 2009-11-11 03:54 am UTC (link)
	Introducing Frank Miller's Wonder Woman! (Reply to this)

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