“You’ll wonder how anything can be so sad and so funny at the same time.” —Lev Grossman, TimeInspired by a sixteenth-century Zen monk’s painting of a hundred demons chasing each other across a long sc
“Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+” —SalonHow do objects summon
Lynda 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, t
One Hundred Demons collects a series of memoiristic strips that appeared in Salon’s popular “Mothers Who Think” section. Here are 20 stories told in Lynda Barry’s distinctive
Nationally syndicated cartoonist Lynda Barry's moving, quirky and honest first novel about a young girl's coming of age--which has also been a hit off-Broadway play--is back in print, with new artwork
Here is the first new collection of Lynda Barry's nationally syndicated cartoon strip in more than five years. Lynda Barry, creator of the 'My Life' and 'Ernie Pook's Comeek' comic strips, is syndicat
From her first comics published in the Evergeen State College school paper to her influential weekly comic strip, Ernie Pook’s Comeek; from her bestselling creative how-to memoir comic books, What It
Lynda Barry’s classic heartbreaking and heartwarming coming of age novella back in printYoung Edna Arkins lives in a neighborhood that is rapidly changing, thanks to white flight from urban Seattle in
Welcome to the world of Marlys and Maybonne"Lynda Barry's comics were my YA, before YA really even existed. She's been writing teen stories with an incredibly clear voice since the early 80s. [Th
An award-winning author provides the creative lesson plans and innovative writing exercises she uses in her popular writing workshop aimed at non-writers, which focuses on the connection between the h
THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF TROUBLED ADOLESCENTS FROM BARRY’S ACCLAIMED COMICThe Freddie Stories traces a year in the life of Freddie, the youngest member of the dysfunctional Mullen family. These
On a September night in 1971, a few days after getting busted for dropping acid, a sixteen-year-old curls up in the corner of her ratty bedroom and begins to write. Now the truth can finally be revea
A Drawn & Quarterly Petit Livre by the cartoonist of What It IsThis endearing myopic monkey inhabits an everyday world, but one not without a supernatural charm; she is just as likely to appear a
Timed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The Art of Nothing celebrates the work of author and illustrator Patrick McDonnellTimed for the 25th anniversary of the comic strip Mutts, The
This newest edition to the Best American Series--"A genuine salute to comics" (Houston Chronicle)--returns with a set of both established and up-and-coming contributors. Editor Lynda Barry and and bra
