An edition of What It Is (2008)

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An edition of What It Is (2008)

What It Is

  • 4.50 ·
  • 2 Ratings
  • 14 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 2 Have read

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-colour drawings, comics and collages, autobiographical sections and gentle creative guidance, each page is an invigorating 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.
How do objects summon memories?
What do real images feel like?

These types of questions permeate the pages of What It Is, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Her insight and sincerity will tackle the most persistent of inhibitions, calling back every kid who quit drawing to feel alive again at the experiential level.

"Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+" -Salon

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Language
English
Pages
208

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What It Is
May 13, 2008, Drawn and Quarterly, Drawn & Quarterly
Hardcover in English

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Classifications

Library of Congress
PN6727.B36, PN6727 .B359 W43 2008, PN6733.B36 W43 2008

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Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
208

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL12225883M
ISBN 10
1897299354
ISBN 13
9781897299357
OCLC/WorldCat
162507000
Library Thing
4598224
Goodreads
2086132

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