WHAT IT IS
[Lynda Barry]
Product Description
“Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+” —Salon
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #1191 in Books
- Published on: 2008-05-13
- Released on: 2008-05-13
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 209 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
Praise for Lynda Barry:
“Barry is, underneath the wonky handwriting and the quirky, naïve drawings, a great memoirist . . . Like [Tobias] Wolff and [Dave] Eggers, she finds a tone that accommodates self-criticism and self-irony without tipping over into self-loathing . . . but what she is particularly good at is resonance.” —The New York Times
“Barry is not just a storyteller, she’s an evangelist who urges people to pick up a pen—or a brush . . . and look at their own lives with fresh, forgiving eyes.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“America’s leading cartoon artist of childhood angst . . . The precise rightness of Barry’s smallest observation puts TV’s The Wonder Years to shame.” —Entertainment Weekly
About the Author
Cartoonist, novelist, and playwright Lynda Barry is the creator behind the
syndicated strip Ernie Pook’s Comeek, featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy. Her books include One Hundred Demons and The Good Times Are Killing Me.
Customer Reviews
what it is
I recommend this to anyone who loves Linda Barry. This book is supposedto be a condensed version of her wrtining workshop. Mostly, it is L. B. collages and drawings. It explores many of the issues that arise during the creative process.
A guide on remembering
One of the most important aspects of writing anything– memoir, fiction, poetry–is the ability to remember. Sounds simple, but we forget so much naturally and are actively encouraged to forget what doesn’t suit the needs of any particular group, usually family. Lynda Barry’s wonderful primer on how to being to probe the images of your life is just grand
and will doubtless serve many artists and writers as they explore their lives and the lives of others. An exercise as simple as try to recall the earliest phone number you had and try to picture that phone seem so simple, but take you to places that you’d long forgotten.
Like everything by Barry, it’s humane and masterful and compassionate and smart. A wonderful addition to any artist’s desk.
what is it
Lynda Barry is idiosyncratic, funny, dreamy, hardcore etc. etc. She’s also a practicing pragmatist. Anyone needing a refresher course on disassembling the obstacles to creativity could probably benefit from this book. The collages are elaborate, beautiful and tender but I think I actually like the hand drawn asides that bring the reader into the world of the artist’s upbringing and self-talk, the area at which she’s always excelled. It’s by being herself that Barry becomes Everyman for every man and woman.
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