tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post4199984477604675840..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: I Love Lynda Barry So Much, It Hurts a LittleTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-63609054686613014572008-05-16T11:38:00.000-07:002008-05-16T11:38:00.000-07:00I went to high school with Kelly Hogan! So there! ...I went to high school with Kelly Hogan! So there! (But I was a silly freshman and she was a cool senior when we shared a gifted English classroom together.)Deannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01982223330215608312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-9250933227905323652008-05-12T23:07:00.000-07:002008-05-12T23:07:00.000-07:00I've loved Lynda Barry since "Poodle With A Mohawk...I've loved Lynda Barry since "Poodle With A Mohawk" back in the late 70s or early 80s. I think they ran some of her cartoons on the back page of Ms. Magazine. The best calendar I ever had in my life was a Lynda Barry calendar...hated to see that year end!Bybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10061186489010154661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-53012720103987321472008-05-12T21:21:00.000-07:002008-05-12T21:21:00.000-07:00Landismom, my gateway to Barry was her books, not ...Landismom, my gateway to Barry was her books, not the Comeek. The books have more of a narrative, and Barry has a real gift for creating poignancy without being at all cloying. <I>The Freddie Stories</I> made me cry, and <I>It's So Magic</I> has moments of honest-to-god beauty. I wish you lived nearby -- I'd loan you my copies!Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-88200042096888398662008-05-12T19:06:00.000-07:002008-05-12T19:06:00.000-07:00I confess, I just don't get Lynda Barry (or rather...I confess, I just don't get Lynda Barry (or rather, I don't get Ernie Pook's Comeek). I read it all the time when I lived in the Bay Area, and I felt like I just missed getting it by 30 seconds or something, but I'm not there.landismomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10328094347362872558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-53667853693205101652008-05-12T06:42:00.000-07:002008-05-12T06:42:00.000-07:00So that's what Kelly Hogan's been up to! Yay.So that's what Kelly Hogan's been up to! Yay.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-29950726889172793362008-05-12T06:21:00.000-07:002008-05-12T06:21:00.000-07:00I love Lynda Barry too! Thanks for the tip about t...I love Lynda Barry too! Thanks for the tip about the new book.GingerCathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02371289347485317607noreply@blogger.com