Picture This: The Near-sighted Monkey Book
by Lynda Barry
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A series of portraits features a myopic monkey protagonist and the author's most beloved character, Marlys, in a collection that follows her everyday and fantastical routines of preparing food, waiting for the bus, and associating with her elephant-eared imaginary friend.Tags
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It's not really much of a memoir or a graphic novel, but more of a scrapbook of Barry and her partner making art for fun and self-expression. It's fun to look at and read, being large and colorful and full of charming monkeys.
i have no words
or pictures
i need --- should --- find them
or let them find me ?
all i kno is, this book will help
with smthg
important
~
i think i would like to aspire to
leave the world
smthg so powerful as this
or pictures
i need --- should --- find them
or let them find me ?
all i kno is, this book will help
with smthg
important
~
i think i would like to aspire to
leave the world
smthg so powerful as this
More good fun, laughs, ideas and inspiration from a creative genius.
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Classifications
- Genre
- Graphic Novels & Comics
- DDC/MDS
- 741.5973 — Arts & recreation Drawing & decorative arts Drawing and drawings Comic books, graphic novels, fotonovelas, cartoons, caricatures, comic strips History, geographic treatment, biography North American United States (General)
- LCC
- PN6727 .B36 .P53 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Comic books, strips, etc.
- BISAC
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- 235
- Popularity
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- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (4.27)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- ASINs
- 2
