Lynda Barry
Subtitle: girlhood through the looking glass
By: Susan E. Kirtley
Contributors: Barry, Lynda, 1956-
Series: Great comics artists series; Great comics artists
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Jackson
Language: eng
Number of pages: 217
ISBN-13: 9781617032349; 9781617032356; 9781617032363
Subjects: Girls in literature; Criticism and interpretation; Themes, motives; Girls in art
Description: "In Lynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass, author Susan E. Kirtley examines the artist's career and contributions to the field of comic art and beyond. The study specifically concentrates on Barry's recurring focus on figures of young girls, in a variety of mediums and genres. Barry follows the image of the girl through several lenses--from text-based novels to the hybrid blending of text and image in comic art, to art shows and coloring books. In tracing Barry's aesthetic and intellectual development, Kirtley reveals Barry's work to be groundbreaking in its understanding of femininity and feminism." -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-210) and index.