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The Greatest of Marlys
Lynda Barry
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Description for The Greatest of Marlys
Hardback. Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry's most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Er-nie Pook's Comeek and, given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory. Num Pages: 248 pages, Black and white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: YFW. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 264 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Lynda Barry's comics were my YA before YA really even existed. She's been writing teen stories with an incredibly clear voice since the early 80s. [The Greatest Of Marlys] is raw, ugly, hilari-ous, and poignant. -Raina Telgemeier, Smile and Drama. Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry's most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and for good reason! Given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory. The ... Read more
Lynda Barry's comics were my YA before YA really even existed. She's been writing teen stories with an incredibly clear voice since the early 80s. [The Greatest Of Marlys] is raw, ugly, hilari-ous, and poignant. -Raina Telgemeier, Smile and Drama. Eight-year-old Marlys Mullen is Lynda Barry's most famous character from her long-running and landmark comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and for good reason! Given her very own collection of strips, Marlys shines in all her freckled and pig-tailed groovy glory. The ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Drawn and Quarterly
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9781770462649
SKU
V9781770462649
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About Lynda Barry
Lynda Barry has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, com- mentator, and teacher. She is the inimitable creator behind the seminal comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and author of The Freddie Stories, One! Hundred! Demons!, The! Greatest! of! Marlys!, Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel, Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies! Naked Ladies!, and The Good Times are Killing Me, which ... Read more
Reviews for The Greatest of Marlys
The Greatest of Marlys is a collection of [Barry's] best cartoon work, and as such it's a perfect introduction to her (we're approaching a word not commonly employed when talking of cartoons) oeuvreHow many writers can place us back in third grade without getting vague or wistful? Lynda ... Read more