Chilly's review
CRUDDY: An Illustrated Novel
by Lynda Barry
Chilly's review
CRUDDY: An Illustrated Novel by Lynda Barry
Chilly's review
rating:
I actually read this a few years ago but recently scored a copy at the “May-retta” Book Nook. If this novel were ever to be made into a film, the director would have to be Larry Clark. It is a coming of age/loss of innocence tale set in the unsupervised 70’s. A self-conscious teenage girl, despising her hometown and school, meets a series of uncanny freaks and gets into trouble with them. Luckily, her Dad shows up to take her on a roadtrip and away from the town’s mischief. The only problem is, Dad is a serial killer…..
Barry has several other graphic novels that have gained some acclaim in the comic world, but I’m not as familar with these. Cruddy is a straight novel, but there are some illustrated maps and other small drawings. At one point she was also an NPR correspondant. Her style is hilarious and self-depricating. If you have ever felt like a diamond under-appreciated in a world of rough, yet uncertain exactly how to change the absurd circumstances around you, her p...more
Barry has several other graphic novels that have gained some acclaim in the comic world, but I’m not as familar with these. Cruddy is a straight novel, but there are some illustrated maps and other small drawings. At one point she was also an NPR correspondant. Her style is hilarious and self-depricating. If you have ever felt like a diamond under-appreciated in a world of rough, yet uncertain exactly how to change the absurd circumstances around you, her p...more
