Ducks : two years in the oil sands / Kate Beaton.
Publisher: [Montreal, Quebec] : Drawn and Quarterly, c2022Edition: First editionDescription: 430 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 1770462899
- 9781770462892
- Ducks
- Beaton, Kate, 1983- -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women cartoonists -- Canada -- Biography -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women oil industry workers -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Alberta -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Social aspects -- Alberta -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Petroleum industry and trade -- Environmental aspects -- Alberta -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Oil sands -- Alberta -- Fort McMurray -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Oil sands -- Environmental aspects -- Alberta -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Sexual harassment -- Alberta -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Women -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island -- Economic conditions -- Comic books, strips, etc
- Fort McMurray (Alta.) -- Comic books, strips, etc
- 338.2728 23
- PN6733.B33 D83 2022
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Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush-part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment elsewhere when they can't find it in the homeland they love so much. Katie encounters the harsh reality of life in the oil sands, where trauma is an everyday occurrence yet is never discussed. Beaton's natural cartooning prowess is on full display as she draws colossal machinery and mammoth vehicles set against a sublime Albertan backdrop of wildlife, northern lights, and boreal forest. Her first full length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its land and the humanity of its people.
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