{"product_id":"lynda-barry-girlhood-through-the-looking-glass-paperback","title":"Lynda Barry: Girlhood Through the Looking Glass - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan E. Kirtley\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBest known for her long-running comic strip \u003ci\u003eErnie Pook's Comeek\u003c\/i\u003e, illustrated fiction (\u003ci\u003eCruddy, The Good Times Are Killing Me\u003c\/i\u003e), and graphic novels (\u003ci\u003eOne! Hundred! Demons!\u003c\/i\u003e), the art of Lynda Barry (b. 1956) has branched out to incorporate plays, paintings, radio commentary, and lectures. With a combination of simple, raw drawings and mature, eloquent text, Barry's oeuvre blurs the boundaries between fiction and memoir, comics and literary fiction, and fantasy and reality. Her recent volumes \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is \u003c\/i\u003e(2008) and \u003ci\u003ePicture This \u003c\/i\u003e(2010) fuse autobiography, teaching guide, sketchbook, and cartooning into coherent visions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eLynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSusan E. Kirtley \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English, director of composition, and director of comics studies at Portland State University. She is winner of the 2013 Eisner Award for Best Educational\/Academic Work for her book \u003ci\u003eLynda Barry: Girlhood through the Looking Glass\u003c\/i\u003e and coeditor (with Antero Garcia and Peter E. Carlson) of \u003ci\u003eWith Great Power Comes Great Pedagogy: Teaching, Learning, and Comics\u003c\/i\u003e, both published by University Press of Mississippi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8.96 x 5.95 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 25, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51799610229024,"sku":"9781617032356","price":63.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/448ae2664ac2f9a46bbccfbd538cd146.webp?v=1780818409","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/lynda-barry-girlhood-through-the-looking-glass-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}