Lynda Barry (born January 2, 1956) is an American cartoonist and author. One of the most successful non-mainstream American cartoonists, Barry is perhaps best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of adolescent girls from the wrong side of the tracks — particularly sensitive, freckled Arna and the cousins with whom she lives; her best friend, pig-tailed Marlys, who is confident and mean, and the older Maybonne, who goes out with boys — but she often ventures far afield from this, such as in her strips featuring a poetry-spouting poodle named Fred Milton. She also garnered attention when her book The Good Times are Killing Me was made into a play. is the 2nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cartoonist Jack Elrod at work. ... Authorship redirects here. ... This article is about the comic strip, the sequential art form as published in newspapers and on the Internet. ...

Personal life

Born in Richland Center, Wisconsin, Barry moved as a child to Washington and graduated from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington. She later moved to Chicago, Illinois. For a time, she dated public radio personality Ira Glass who moved to Chicago in 1989 to be with her. Barry does not remember the relationship fondly. She is quoted in a 1998 Chicago Reader article as saying of Glass, "I went out with him. It was the worst thing I ever did. When we broke up he gave me a watch and said I was boring and shallow, and I wasn't enough in the moment for him, and it was over."^[1] Barry has written a comic story about the relationship, entitled "Head Lice and My Worst Boyfriend," in her book One! Hundred! Demons!. Richland Center is a city located in Richland County, Wisconsin. ... For the capital city of the United States, see Washington, D.C.. For other uses, see Washington (disambiguation). ... The Evergreen signature clock tower The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. ... Coordinates: , County Incorporated January 28, 1859 Government  - Mayor Mark Foutch Area  - City 48. ... Flag Seal Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location Location in Chicagoland and northern Illinois Coordinates , Government Country State Counties United States Illinois Cook, DuPage Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 606. ... Ira Glass (born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life. ...

She currently lives near Footville, Wisconsin. She is one quarter-Filipina. Footville is a village located in Rock County, Wisconsin. ... Languages Filipino, Bikol, Cebuano, English, Hiligaynon, Ilokano, Kapampangan, Pangasinan, Tagalog, Tausug, Waray-Waray, and over 100 others Religions Predominantly Roman Catholic Various smaller Christian denominations Significant Muslim minority Filipinos are the citizens of the Philippines, located in Southeast Asia. ...

Work

While Barry's work is humorous, the undertones are usually serious. It depicts life as harsh but occasionally joyful. Her work addresses themes of intolerance and psychic pain, and at times includes some starkly left-wing political work. Her comics do not strive to depict beauty or demonstrate artistic virtuosity — in that sense being similar to her peers Matt Groening (like her, a graduate of The Evergreen State College), Lloyd Dangle, and Mark Alan Stamaty — but for all their grubbiness are extremely expressive and evocative. Barry's early work was rendered with pen and had a distinctly New Wave, '80s look, but she told the Comics Journal that she was forced to give up the pen because it was hurting her wrist, turning to a brush which gave her work a much looser, child-like quality. Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[2] in Portland, Oregon;[1] his family name is pronounced , rhymes with raining) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist and the creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. ... The Evergreen signature clock tower The Evergreen State College is an accredited public liberal arts college and is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. ... Mark Alan Stamaty is an American cartoonist and childrens book writer and illustrator. ... Bold text New Wave in the late 1970s and early 1980s was inspired by the punk rock. ... The Comics Journal is an American magazine of news and criticism pertaining to comic books and strips, renowned for its in-depth interviews, often scathing reviews, and an editorial ethos that views comics as a fine art deserving of broader cultural respect. ...

Books

Barry's books include The Good Times are Killing Me (ISBN 1-57061-105-X, also a musical play that appeared off-Broadway), The Greatest of Marlys, The Freddie Stories, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel and One! Hundred! Demons!, a collection of the series published in venues such as Salon.com. Her backlist includes Everything in the World, The Fun House, It's So Magic, Naked Ladies Naked Ladies Naked Ladies, Shake a Tail Feather, Down the Street, Big Ideas, Come Over Come Over, Girls and Boys and My Perfect Life. Barry offers a workshop titled Writing the Unthinkable through the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York and The Crossings in Austin, Texas, where she teaches the process she uses to create all of her work and which she learned from her teacher, Marilyn Frasca, at The Evergreen State College. Barry is a big fan of Mary Parker Follett's Creative Experience. Off-Broadway plays or musicals are performed in New York City in smaller theatres than Broadway, but larger than Off-Off-Broadway, productions. ... Salon. ...

References

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External links

• Marlys Magazine An unofficial web page offered on Lynda Barry's behalf
• Salon.com: Lynda Barry archive