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Articles, Interviews, and Reviews
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WHAT IT IS reviewed by Time Out New YorkTime Out New York | Ariel Schrag | May 29, 2008
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Book Review: What It Is by Lynda BarryThe Artblog, May 6, 2009.
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Lynda Barry Will Make You Believe In YourselfNew York Times Magazine, October 27, 2011.
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Interview: 'What It Is' Plumbs the Depths of CreativityNPR, June 2, 2008.
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Interview: Lynda BarryAV Club, December 17, 2010.
Other Works by Lynda Barry
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One Hundred Demons by
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Suggestions for further reading
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Thunder and Lightning by
ISBN: 9780812993172From the National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, author of Radioactive, comes a dazzling fusion of storytelling, visual art, and reportage that grapples with weather in all its dimensions: its danger and its beauty, why it happens and what it means. -
The Principles of Uncertainty by
ISBN: 9781594201349Maira Kalman paints her highly personal worldview in an inimitable combination of image and text. The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. -
Cartooning by
ISBN: 9780300170993The best cartooning is efficient visual storytelling—it is as much a matter of writing as it is of drawing. In this book, noted cartoonist and illustrator Ivan Brunetti presents fifteen distinct lessons on the art of cartooning, guiding his readers through wittily written passages on cartooning terminology, techniques, tools, and theory. Supplemented by Brunetti's own illustrations, prepared specially for this book, these lessons move the reader from spontaneous drawings to single-panel strips and complicated multipage stories.