Kate Beaton, known for her popular webcomic Hark a Vagrant, is out now with her new graphic memoir Ducks — which dives into the day-to-day life of working in the Canadian oil sands.
, as well as a number of children's books. But while her comic is known for its funny and exuberant takes on historical figures, with, Beaton uses her talents to examine her own life. Specifically the years she spent working at the oil sands of Fort McMurray, in Alberta, Canada.
The book starts over on the east coast, on Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, where Beaton is from. It's a beautiful place that's long been economically disadvantaged. For a while it was home to various industries – steel, coal, fishing. And then it wasn't. So the island started sending its people out to wherever jobs were.to leave home to make a life for yourself – ingrained itself into the culture of Cape Breton. And the book opens with Beaton talking us through how.
The book follows Beaton as she deals with her own sense of isolation, while having to put up with constant sexism and misogyny. Men spread rumors about hooking up with her. They talk about her body at work openly. They walk into her bedroom"by accident."But Beaton depicts small moments of tenderness too, from people looking out for her in their own ways.
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