Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry
Lynda Jean Barry is an American cartoonist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth2 January 1956
CountryUnited States of America
past ideas made
What is an idea made of? Of future, past and also meanwhile.
men may stills
You may be a lady but you are still the man!
couple school kids
The thing that really struck me when I went to junior high was class. I grew up on a pretty poor street, but the school district I was in included some fine neighborhoods - so I got to know a couple of the kids from those places and went to their houses and experienced such culture shock.
song believe kids
By the 6th grade I stopped doing ordinary things in front of people. It had been ordinary to sing, kids are singing all the time when they are little, but then something happens. It's not that we stop singing. I still sang. I just made sure I was alone when I did it. And I made sure I never did it accidentally. That thing we call 'bursting into song.' I believe this happens to most of us. We are still singing, but secretly and all alone.
horror realistic enjoy
Part of a horror movie has to be a bit fakey for me to really enjoy it. The new ones are so realistic that they distract me from the ride through the horror.
sleep cartoon littles
I was unable to sleep and I would stay up and draw these little cartoons. Then a friend showed them around. Before I knew it I was a cartoonist.
writing goal buckets
My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.
upset wrecks emotional-wreck
The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
running trying ships
I run a tight ship, but I try and make it seem like I'm not doing that at all.
beautiful thinking ends
There was a beautiful time in the beginning when I just did it and didn't analyze the consequences, but I think that time ends in everyone's work.
loud laughed
I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
remember wave comic
I remember my comic strips being called 'new wave.' It bugged me.
house trouble imagine
I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.
depression depressing trying
If I didn't try to eavesdrop on every bus ride I take or look for the humor when I go for a walk, I would just be depressed all the time.