false<![CDATA[The Greatest of Marlys]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167958867m/29012.jpg290121Lynda Barry had a bona fide hit with Cruddy, and her fans are now calling for her older comic strips, all out of print. This book answers the call as it delivers the life and times of Marlys Mullen, the most beloved character in Barrys nationally syndicated comic strip, "Ernie Pooks Comeek." <P>Shes back! This is a Lynda Barry double-tall: the long-awaited collection of the best strips from her syndicated comics. Way back in the mid-1980s, comic illustrator and writer Lynda Barry introduced the character of Marlys Mullen, her crazy groovy teenage sister Maybonne, her sensitive and strange little brother Freddie, a mother like no other, and an array of cousins and friends from the hood. This oversized book presents the long strange journey through puberty and life that Marlys and company have experienced. Marlyss universe and galaxy are funny, rude, disturbing, tearful . . . in short, very, very Lynda Barry. 29485712000The Greatest of Marlystotal:373|5:242|4:103|3:26|2:2|1:0|37317044493352falsefalseSat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sun Nov 30 07:31:47 -0800 2008Sun Nov 30 07:35:44 -0800 2008 My favo...more...]]>
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when i think of these strips i think of getting up at dawn in the summer and running barefoot over hot pavement. i love marlys's beach bingo & car trip bingo. i love her ob...more...]]>
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3 stars for the parts near the end where Marlys would act like a talk show host.
The good parts are the most realistic depictions of childhood in any book ever. Insanely funny and heart-breaking simultaneously.
Lynda Barry is the best.]]>
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She manages to capture the universe of childhood (with all its darkness and magical light, and awkward moments, and sweet imagination) like no one I have ever encountered.
A superstar. ]]>
40falsefalseTue Jun 26 19:16:40 -0700 2007Tue Jun 26 19:16:40 -0700 2007 Marlys is one of those spunky gals I admire, along with Ramona Quimby and Pippi Longstocking.
This book is highly entertaining.]]>
50falsefalseSat Mar 31 23:17:30 -0700 2007Wed Feb 04 20:57:07 -0800 2009 So many quotable moments in this collection. I LoVe when the trailer park lady tells us how to make green bean casserole. "It's easier than hell!" ]]>
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