Lynda Barry




Lynda Barry

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born
January 02, 1956

gender
female

place of birth
Richland Center, WI, The United States

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Comics & Graphic Novels, Literature & Fiction

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avg rating: 4.29 | 5,362 ratings | 866 reviews | 25 distinct works | 41 fans
Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.20 — 1,641 ratings — published 1999
7 editions
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One Hundred Demons One Hundred Demons
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.41 — 960 ratings — published 2002
3 editions
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What It Is What It Is
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.31 — 570 ratings — published 2008
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The Greatest of Marlys The Greatest of Marlys
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.57 — 368 ratings — published 2000
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The Good Times Are Killing Me The Good Times Are Killing Me
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.18 — 348 ratings — published 1988
5 editions
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The Freddie Stories The Freddie Stories
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.34 — 237 ratings — published 1999
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The Best American Comics 2008 The Best American Comics 2008 (The Best American Series)
by Lynda Barry (editor), Jessica Abel, Matt Madden (editor)
avg rating 3.70 — 243 ratings — published 2008
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The Fun House The Fun House
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.39 — 140 ratings — published 1988
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Come Over, Come Over Come Over, Come Over
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.53 — 120 ratings — published 1990
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It's So Magic It's So Magic
by Lynda Barry
avg rating 4.53 — 117 ratings — published 1994
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"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."
Lynda Barry
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"There are certain children who are told they are too sensitive, and there are certain adults who believe sensitivity is a problem that can be fixed in the way that crooked teeth can be fixed and made straight. And when these two come together you get a fairytale, a kind of story with hopelessness in it.

I believe there is something in these old stories that does what singing does to words. They have transformational capabilities, in the way melody can transform mood.

They can't transform your actual situation, but they can transform your experience of it. We don't create a fantasy world to escape reality, we create it to be able to stay. I believe we have always done this, used images to stand and understand what otherwise would be intolerable."
Lynda Barry (What It Is)
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"You may be a lady but you are still the man!"
Lynda Barry (The Lynda Barry Experience)
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