Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry
Lynda Jean Barry is an American cartoonist and author...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCartoonist
Date of Birth2 January 1956
CountryUnited States of America
cartoon would-be behind-my-back
I started doing cartoons when I was about 21. I never thought I would be a cartoonist. It happened behind my back. I was always a painter and drawer.
life reading bird
I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
house trouble imagine
I grew up in a house that had a whole lot of trouble. As much trouble as you could imagine.
names awful quiet
Cartoonist was the weirdest name I finally let myself have. I would never say it. When I heard it I silently thought, what an awful word.
thrill kind letterman
Going on Letterman is like going off the high dive. It's exhilarating, but after a while it wasn't the kind of thrill I enjoyed.
shadow
I am about as detailed as a shadow.
cheer thinking people
I need to be cheered up a lot. I think funny people are people who need to be cheered up.
gay men lucky
I am not sure how much I would like being married if I wasn't married to him. A man who likes flea markets and isn't gay? I knew I was lucky.
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.
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.
upset wrecks emotional-wreck
The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
writing goal buckets
My goal on my bucket list is to write a romantic comedy movie.
loud laughed
I wasn't afraid to be laughed at or be loud.
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.