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"What It Is" by Lynda Barry

“What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-color drawings, comics, and collages, autobiographical sections and gentle creative guidance, each page is an inspiring example of exactly what it is: “The ordinary is extraordinary.” Lynda Barry explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself.”

Taken from Drawnandquaterly.

See also:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynda_Barry

http://theartblog.org/2009/05/book-review-what-it-is-by-lynda-barry/

http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/11/17/a-conversation-with-lynda-barry/?ref=2009.01-lynda-barry-what-it-is-interview-comics&page=

The recommended titles are in the Library of the International Institute. If you are interested in reading this recommendation, you can check its availability at IIE library catalog. 

What it is / Lynda Barry. — London: Jonathan Cape, 2009. — 210 p.: mainly ill. ; 28cm

ISBN 978-02-2408-787-2

PN 6727 .B37 W58 2009