Blabber, Blabber, Blabber Everything, Volume 1 - by Lynda Barry (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Reflective of the early 1980s before the appearance of Barry's well-known characters Marlys and Arna, the comics in "Everything, Vol. 1" cover the more adult subjects of bad love, bad perms, being single, Prince, and miserable break-ups--resulting in one of the most oft-quoted Barry sayings: Love is an exploding cigar which we all willingly smoke.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>From her first comics published in the Evergeen State College school paper to her influential weekly comic strip, <i>Ernie Pook's Comeek</i>; from her bestselling creative how-to memoir comic books, <i>What It Is </i>and <i>Picture This</i>, to her novels, graphic memoirs, plays, and awards in between, Lynda Barry has been part of the North American alternative comics scene for thirty years. <p/>Fans around the world rejoiced at D+Q's announcement of <i>Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of</i> <i>Everything</i>, which collects all of the seminal <i>Ernie Pook's Comeek</i>, some of which has been out of print for decades, and includes her earliest books, such as <i>Girls and Boys </i>and <i>Big Ideas</i>, and features an introduction penned by Barry, complete with photographs. <p/>Reflective of the early 1980s before the appearance of Barry's well-known characters Marlys and Arna, the comics in <i>Blabber Blabber Blabber </i>cover the more adult subjects of bad love, bad perms, being single, Prince, and miserable break-ups--resulting in one of the most oft-quoted Barry sayings: Love is an exploding cigar which we all willingly smoke. <p/>Though Barry's early drawing style is most often described as scratchy, her affinity for large swaths of text and narration; her fondness for exclamation marks, angular shapes, and cursive penmanship; and her uncanny ability to zero in on the very essence of life all within a few panels is as present as ever in this collection.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST CARTOONISTS." --<i>LAURA MILLER, SALON</i><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>LYNDA BARRY</b> has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher and found that they are very much alike. She lives in Wisconsin<b>.<br></b></p>
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