Lynda Barry

The Department of Art and the Arts Institute are proud to present a lecture by 2012 Arts Institute Artist-in-Residence Lynda Barry. A nationally famous, Eisner-Award winning cartoonist who calls Wisconsin home - Barry has published everything from syndicated comic strips like Ernie Pook's Comeek (which ... (more)ran for thirty years throughout the US and Canada) to critically acclaimed graphic novels like What it Is.

Some years ago the writer and cartoonist Lynda Barry developed a workshop to help people tap into their creativity. Since then she has worked with thousands, using a method that is playful, powerful and accessible, designed not only for established and aspiring writers, but also for people with a longing ... (more)to write or explore and draw on their own memories. Barry’s latest books, What It Is and Picture This, are inspirational take-home extensions of this wildly popular approach to writing. This is a participatory event, so plan to roll up your sleeves and learn a thing or two…or three or four. Please bring a notepad and a pencil or pen. Tickets $29.

Who would have thought that the comic book – usually the preserve ofsuper-heroes and evil villains – could be used to explore family life and the deepest secret thoughts of teenagers? Lynda Barry is one of the great contemporary cartoon masters and her young comic book characters run the gamut from ... (more)Marlys (gifted and exuberant) to Maybonne (concerned with social justice and music) to Freddie (fascinated with bugs and monsters). Sarah Leavitt's new graphic memoir, Tangles, reveals how Alzheimer's disease transformed her mother Midge - and her family - forever. These talented writers and artists use words and pictures not to escape reality, but to bring it into focus and offer insight into how to deal with what life throws at us. Suitable for Grades 10 to 12 and adults. $17 / $8.50 for student groups

The cartoonist, novelist, and creator of the syndicated strip "Ernie Pook's Comeek" discusses and signs her book. 202-364-1919.

Ingenious, independent, and the creative mind behind The Good Times are Killing Me and Ernie Pook’s Comic, cartoonist Lynda Barry holds forth in her signature style with this memoir/workbook designed to get the creative juices flowing in every reader.

LYNDA BARRY
reading & booksigning for "What It Is"
Thursday, September 18 at 7:30 pm

If there were a list of 1,000, or 100, or 10, or even 1 author to see before you die ­ at the top of that list should be Lynda Barry. She is a comic book genius - a comix goddess, and one of the most ... (more)delightful and inspiring author-artists you’ll ever meet. Her new book, "What It Is," is a deliciously drawn, insightful, and engaging take on the process of artistic creation. “Barry is not just a storyteller, she’s an evangelist who urges people to pick up a pen - or a brush . . . and look at their own lives with fresh, forgiving eyes.” - San Francisco Chronicle

Cartoonist, novelist, playwright and Booksmith favorite Lynda Barry is the creator of the syndicated strip Ernie Pooks Comeek, featuring the incomparable Marlys and Freddy. Her books include Cruddy, One Hundred Demons and The Good Times Are Killing Me.

This Booksmith sponsored event will take place at The Booksmith (1644 Haight Street in San Francisco). For further information, call 415-863-8688 or visit www.booksmith.com If you can't attend this event and would like to order a signed copy of the author's new book, please email or phone our store.