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Step Aside, Pops
Step Aside, Pops
Jun 9, 2025 10:16 PM

Author:Kate Beaton

Step Aside, Pops

Wonder Woman! Hunks! Great men and women of history! Step aside – Kate Beaton is coming for you.

The author of the smash hit Hark! A Vagrant returns with all-new sidesplitting comics that showcase her irreverent love of history, pop culture and literature. Collected from her wildly popular website, readers will guffaw over 'Strong Female Characters', the wicked yet chivalrous Black Prince, 'Straw Feminists in the Closet' and a disgruntled Heathcliff. Delight in what the internet has long known - Beaton's humour is as sharp and dangerous as a velocipedestrienne, so watch out!

Reviews

Tremendous fun, eccentric and warm and funny.

—— Rachel Cooke , Observer

Witty and erudite… An excellent book.

—— Pete Redrup , The Quietus

Step Aside, Pops is going to be a smash hit in the bookstores.

—— Rich Johnston , Bleeding Cool

A genius wit railing against the tropes of literature, a brilliantly skewed look at history, or even a sharply funny feminist comic strip; no matter how you come to this, you’ll fall a little bit in love with it.

—— Bookmunch

[Beaton’s] jousting with history’s all-too-human figures makes for delicious jests.

—— Michael Cavna , Washington Post Sunday

Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is a graphic novel for people who don’t like graphic novels, and a history book for people who don’t like history. Read it.

—— Rosie Hopegood , Skinny

A gripping read.

—— Emerald Street

A comprehensive and penetrating social analysis. Illuminating and provocative, this is serious, relevant history told with heart, guts and speech bubbles.

—— Larushka Ivan-Zadeh , Metro

Stunning... A visceral and deeply moving tale.

—— Doug Johnstone , Big Issue

A fascinating new graphic novel… It’s a cliché to say a picture is worth a thousand words. But graphic novels remind us that it’s a cliché because sometimes it’s true.

—— Anna Carey , Irish Times

A powerful book, a real eye opener… A triumph.

—— Bookmunch

The power and passion of the campaign is vividly brought to life by the dynamic illustrations.

—— Twin Magazine

A fascinating graphic novel charting the rise of the suffragette movement through the eyes of a servant who embraces the cause.

—— Megan Farr , Wales Online

An informative but accessible read.

—— Antonello Sticca , Total Politics

Communicates elaborate ideas in deceptively simple ways

—— Antonello Sticca , Total Politics

Wonderful graphic novel.

—— Arifa Akbar , Independent

The storyline is exciting and well thought out to give a wide overview of the suffrage movement. I was very pleasantly surprised.

—— Lattice , Guardian

A seamless blend of historical fact and fiction ... The illustrations are full of energy and expression.

—— Jacqui Agate , Independent
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