Making Comics - Lynda Barry

'Making Comics' - Lynda Barry - (200 pages, English, softcover, published by Drawn And Quarterly)

Making Comics

Cartoonist Lynda Barry taught students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA) for five years to help them tap into their creativity. Instead of offering dry theoretical material, she encouraged students to actively doodle, to think less and do more. 'Making Comics' is the syllabus of her classes, featuring many practical assignments and challenges. It is designed specifically to get those people working who are convinced they cannot draw or be creative. Nonsense! Grab a pencil and paper and get to work!

"Barry is pushing the envelope on understanding how the brain creates and responds to words and pictures — a scholarly envelope that, in her mind, should be positively covered with illuminating doodles." - The Washington Post

"Making Comics is stuffed to the gills with Barry’s friendly wisdom, characteristic doodles, and mind-expanding exercises." -The Paris Review

"Barry's infectious belief in art turns 'Making Comics' into the ur-text out of which every other title on this [best-of] list could have sprung; at the very least, it's the self-help book of the year." -The New York Times