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“The worst thing I can do when I’m stuck is to start thinking and stop moving my hands.” – Lynda Barry, author of Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book This past March Break, I had the privilege of teaching a creative writing workshop for tweens and teens at the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. [...]
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Books: Comics Panel: November 5, 2010
Lynda Barry follows up her beautiful memoir/how-to collage, What It Is, with Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book (Drawn And Quarterly), a book that moves beyond the generalized subject of how artistic creativity gets beaten o... Read Post
Monkeys, Cephalopods, and Creative Play: Lynda Barry on Picture This, an Amazon Best of 2010 Selection
Earlier this month, Picture This: The Near-Sighted Monkey Book, Lynda Barry's follow up to her stunning What It Is, made Amazon's best of 2010 graphic novels top 10 list. That prior book was one of my favorites of 2008, and... Read Post
Lynda Barry’s Writing the Unthinkable workshop in Vancouver
Cartoonist Lynda Barry holds writing workshop in Vancouver Cartoonist, humourist, comedienne and all-around good person Lynda Barry is coming back to Vancouver. The artist behind “Ernie Pook’s Comeek” comic strip and numerous collec... Read Post