# Blabber, Blabber, Blabber Everything, Volume 1 - Hardcover

by **Lynda Barry** (Author)

From her first comics published in the Evergeen State College school paper to her influential weekly comic strip, _Ernie Pook's Comeek_; from her bestselling creative how-to memoir comic books, _What It Is_ and _Picture This_, to her novels, graphic memoirs, plays, and awards in between, Lynda Barry has been part of the North American alternative comics scene for thirty years.

Fans around the world rejoiced at D+Q's announcement of _Blabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of_ _Everything_, which collects all of the seminal _Ernie Pook's Comeek_, some of which has been out of print for decades, and includes her earliest books, such as _Girls and Boys_ and _Big Ideas_, and features an introduction penned by Barry, complete with photographs.

Reflective of the early 1980s before the appearance of Barry's well-known characters Marlys and Arna, the comics in _Blabber Blabber Blabber_ cover the more adult subjects of bad love, bad perms, being single, Prince, and miserable break-ups--resulting in one of the most oft-quoted Barry sayings: Love is an exploding cigar which we all willingly smoke.

Though Barry's early drawing style is most often described as scratchy, her affinity for large swaths of text and narration; her fondness for exclamation marks, angular shapes, and cursive penmanship; and her uncanny ability to zero in on the very essence of life all within a few panels is as present as ever in this collection.

### Author Biography

**LYNDA BARRY** has worked as a painter, cartoonist, writer, illustrator, playwright, editor, commentator, and teacher and found that they are very much alike. She lives in Wisconsin**.  
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**Number of Pages:** 176

**Dimensions:** 0.9 x 10.9 x 8.6 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** November 08, 2011

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