TY  - BOOK
AU  - Beaton,Kate
TI  - Ducks: two years in the oil sands 
SN  - 9781770462892
PY  - 2022///
CY  - [Montréal, Québec]
PB  - Drawn and Quarterly
KW  - Beaton, Kate,
KW  - Petroleum industry and trade
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Canada
KW  - Comic books, strips, etc
KW  - Psychic trauma
KW  - Autobiographical comics
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Graphic novels
KW  - Comics (Graphic works)
KW  - Biographical comics
KW  - Nonfiction comics
N2  - 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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