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Linda Jean Barry (born January 2, 1956), known professionally as Lynda Barry, is an American cartoonist. Barry is best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. She garnered attention with her 1988 illustrated novel The Good Times are Killing Me, about an interracial friendship between two young girls, which was adapted ...
Sep 5, 2022 · For nearly 30 years, the cartoonist Lynda Barry published her adored comic strip “Ernie Pook’s Comeek,” which told the whimsical, hardscrabble story of the young sisters Marlys and...
Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher and found that they are very much alike. She lives in Wisconsin, where she is associate professor of art and Discovery Fellow at University of Wisconsin Madison.
May 1, 2020 · Lynda Barry is a graphic novelist, cartoonist and teacher. In 2019, she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, given to those “who show exceptional creativity in their work and the...
May 13, 2024 · Lynda Barry (born January 2, 1956, Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S.) is an American cartoonist and author known for her syndicated weekly comic strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek (1979–2008) and the graphic novels The Good Times Are Killing Me (1988) and What It Is (2008).
Lynda Barry. Making Comics. The bestselling, idiosyncratic curriculum from a 2019 MacArthur Fellow will teach you how to draw and write your story. “The self-help book of the year.”—The New York Times. Hello students, meet Professor Skeletor. Be on time, don’t miss class, and turn off your phones.
Oct 27, 2011 · Barry reinvented herself as a creativity guru as the market for her comic strip dried up, publishing two boundary-blurring books on inspiration and teaching writing workshops for...
