Lynda Barry
Managing Editor: Halee Marth
Lynda Barry was born on January 2, 1956. Barry's cartoons often view family life from the perspective of pre-teen girls from the wrong side of the tracks. From her unfortunate past, Barry has found success turning her childhood memories into a comic books. With the unfortunate life she was given as a child, she is now able to put these stories into a comic and laugh and share the life she was given. Barry uses Marilyn Frasca’s idea on art-making method; as her inspiration for writing these comic books like One! Hundred! Demons! and for going around and doing these workshops. Here are a few articles and books that would be great to read if you want to learn more about Lynda Barry, or want more information on her comic books.
"No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected."
— Lynda Barry (Cruddy)
"No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected."
— Lynda Barry (Cruddy)
ANNOTATIONS ABOUT LYNDA BARRY AND OTHER COMICS BOOKS SHE HAS WROTE:
Barry, Lynda, Perf. CUSP 2009 Lynda Barry part 1 of 2. CuspConference: 2009, Film. <http://www.youtube.com/user/CuspConference>.
In this video, we see Lynda Barry speaking at a conference about her and how she has acquired her writing styles. She proposes the way people and kids think, and make you really start asking questions. She keeps asking the question and trying to answer the question her teacher gave her in college, “What is an image?”
This video is helpful because you stop and think about many things. These questions promote brain activity and imagination. With this video, you can ask students what they think an image is and explain how an image can be more than just a picture. With these activities, students open their minds to a new way of thinking and learning.
Barry, Lynda. Picture This. 1st. New York, New York: Drawn & Quarterly, 2010. Print.
Lynda Barry uses the same characters as from the comic book before Picture This comic book. With Picture This, Barry does not want to get to cheerful, so every time something good might happen, she makes sure that there is something bad that is going to happen. Barry lets you be able to have a book that you can read in whatever your mood is, whether it is happy or sad.
With this comic book, you are able to see how students will react, will they be the ones that feel sorry or the ones that feel the joy of the comic book. Also this comic book promotes kids and adults to pick up a pencil, cut out some of the pages, draw around it and continue to draw whatever comes to you.
Kino, Carol. "How To Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist." The New York Times. The New York Times, 11/05/2008. Web. 03 Jun 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/arts/design/11kino.html>.
Lynda Barry is a cartoonist who has a thirty year old weekly strip called Ernie Pook’s Comeek. In this article we also learn that she writes comic books, and teaches workshops. The workshop that this article talks about was called Writing the Unthinkable, which was a two day workshop that was quite unusual.
This article would useful to a reader because it tells you more about Lynda Barry, her writing styles, and how she came about them. Also, we learn more about her behavior and personality during the workshops like Writing the Unthinkable. If you really liked the workshop or One Hundred Demons, then this article gives you more comic books that Lynda Barry has written.
Barry, Lynda, Perf. CUSP 2009 Lynda Barry part 1 of 2. CuspConference: 2009, Film. <http://www.youtube.com/user/CuspConference>.
In this video, we see Lynda Barry speaking at a conference about her and how she has acquired her writing styles. She proposes the way people and kids think, and make you really start asking questions. She keeps asking the question and trying to answer the question her teacher gave her in college, “What is an image?”
This video is helpful because you stop and think about many things. These questions promote brain activity and imagination. With this video, you can ask students what they think an image is and explain how an image can be more than just a picture. With these activities, students open their minds to a new way of thinking and learning.
Barry, Lynda. Picture This. 1st. New York, New York: Drawn & Quarterly, 2010. Print.
Lynda Barry uses the same characters as from the comic book before Picture This comic book. With Picture This, Barry does not want to get to cheerful, so every time something good might happen, she makes sure that there is something bad that is going to happen. Barry lets you be able to have a book that you can read in whatever your mood is, whether it is happy or sad.
With this comic book, you are able to see how students will react, will they be the ones that feel sorry or the ones that feel the joy of the comic book. Also this comic book promotes kids and adults to pick up a pencil, cut out some of the pages, draw around it and continue to draw whatever comes to you.
Kino, Carol. "How To Think Like a Surreal Cartoonist." The New York Times. The New York Times, 11/05/2008. Web. 03 Jun 2011. <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/11/arts/design/11kino.html>.
Lynda Barry is a cartoonist who has a thirty year old weekly strip called Ernie Pook’s Comeek. In this article we also learn that she writes comic books, and teaches workshops. The workshop that this article talks about was called Writing the Unthinkable, which was a two day workshop that was quite unusual.
This article would useful to a reader because it tells you more about Lynda Barry, her writing styles, and how she came about them. Also, we learn more about her behavior and personality during the workshops like Writing the Unthinkable. If you really liked the workshop or One Hundred Demons, then this article gives you more comic books that Lynda Barry has written.
