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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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 by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.41 — 960 ratings — published 2002 3 editions |
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What It Is by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.31 — 570 ratings — published 2008 |
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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 by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.18 — 348 ratings — published 1988 5 editions |
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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 Series) by Lynda Barry , Jessica Abel, Matt Madden avg rating 3.70 — 243 ratings — published 2008 |
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The Fun House by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.39 — 140 ratings — published 1988 |
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Come Over, Come Over by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.53 — 120 ratings — published 1990 |
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It's So Magic by Lynda Barry avg rating 4.53 — 117 ratings — published 1994 |
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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)
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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