false <![CDATA[One Hundred Demons]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167958867m/29011.jpg 29011 3 Buddhism teaches that each person must overcome 100 demons in a lifetime. In this collection of 20 comic strips, Lynda Barry wrestles with some of hers in her signature quirky, irrepressible voice. 2781696 2002 One Hundred Demons total:1002|5:547|4:341|3:99|2:12|1:3| 1002 4423 1283 165 5 3 false false Sat Mar 31 23:17:33 -0700 2007 Sat Apr 19 12:53:10 -0700 2008
Even though it's about her, it's about you, too.

P.S. If you don't like it, never tell me. It's too painful.]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 14:34:58 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 20:44:39 -0800 2008 1 Synopsis:NAME THAT DEMON!!! Freaky Boyfriends! Shouting Moms! Innocence betrayed! Rotten things we've done that will haunt us forever! These are some of the pickled demons Lynda Barry's storeis serve up comic-strip style, mixing the true and un-true into something she calles "autobifictionalogr...more...]]> 4 3 false false Thu Mar 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:32:49 -0800 2009 Thu Mar 05 09:34:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 10:58:15 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 13 11:07:23 -0700 2008 Highlights for me:

-"Common Scents" was hilarious.

-"Hate" was gratifying.

-The line, "This ability to exist in pieces is what some adults call resilience. And I...more...]]> 5 2 false false Wed Jun 27 14:44:41 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 14:44:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 22 00:04:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 12 22:30:14 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 00:04:20 -0800 2008 2 0 false false Tue Jun 30 05:15:13 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 06:22:29 -0700 2009 Salon.com doesn't really work (for me, at least...a lot of five star reviews on this site, so I might just be weird) in book format. It took me forever to finish this because I could only bring myself to read two or three "demons" at a t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 15:45:37 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 21 15:52:33 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2003 Fri Nov 21 13:31:33 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 21 13:32:31 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:28:12 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 17:31:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Jun 26 11:39:29 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 11:40:06 -0700 2008 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 07:32:06 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 07:34:21 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 13:15:51 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 13 12:23:40 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 10:50:49 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 10:54:26 -0700 2009
I plowed through it all too quickly and am looking...more...]]> 5 0 true true Sun Feb 17 19:04:43 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 17 19:04:56 -0800 2008
Too many words to be a simple cartoon book, too many pictures to be a novel, and too many serious situations to be just funny, Lynda Barry's One! Hundred! Demons! is all of this and more. If you're not familiar with Lynda Barry you are definitely missi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 04 14:33:05 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 04 15:13:39 -0800 2008 once more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:37:37 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 17:43:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 13:35:35 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 11:46:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Apr 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 09:39:14 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 12 09:46:53 -0700 2008
I remember loving her "Marlys" comics in the LA Weekly. I thought this book was wonderful. Lots of horrible things happen to her as a young person. She's got a great way of condensing a lot of the pain of existence into one or two pa...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:03:25 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 20:20:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=29011