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Ducks has been positively received for its use of the graphic novel medium, its nuanced portrayal of life in the oil sands, and its exploration of themes such as social class, capitalism, environmentalism, and sexual harassment. Ducks is drawn in monochrome grey, and unlike Beaton's previous works, its tone is melancholic. [2]
A Vagrant comics, topped The New York Times graphic novel bestseller list in October 2015. [31] In a 2015 poll, Beaton ranked fourteenth among the top all-time female comics artists. [32] Beaton's first children's book, The Princess and the Pony, was released in 2015. [33] In 2016, she published the picture book King Baby.
2023 Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly) 2024 Family Style: Memories of an American from Vietnam, by Thien Pham (First Second/Macmillan) Best Graphic Album
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands (Drawn & Quarterly) Kate Beaton [3] [4] Down to the Bone: A Leukemia Story (Graphic Mundi/Penn State University Press) Catherine Pioli, translated by J.T. Mahany: It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth: An Auto-Bio-Graphic-Novel Zoe Thorogood
In 2023, they were a panelist on Canada Reads, championing the eventual winner, Kate Beaton's graphic novel Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. [30] In August 2024, CBC Radio announced Bookends, a program about books and literature to be hosted by Roach, which will replace Writers & Company on the schedule. [5]
A novel about actors is fitting for Anjourie, whose recent roles include movie-musical Mean Girls, where she starred as Cady Heron, and Apple TV+’s thriller series The Last Thing He Told Me.
First Second Books: 2021 Trung Le Nguyen: The Magic Fish: Random House: 2022 Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi: The Good Asian, Vol. 1 Image Comics: 2023 Kate Beaton: Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands: Drawn & Quarterly [4] 2024 Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki: Roaming: Drawn & Quarterly [5]
Beaton began drawing history-themed comics for her student newspaper while studying History and Anthropology at Mount Allison University. [2] Historical personages that have made appearances in the comic include Napoléon Bonaparte , [ 3 ] Ada Lovelace , [ 4 ] Marie Antoinette , [ 5 ] and the Founding Fathers of the United States . [ 6 ]