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Summary Information
Lynda Barry papers
1978-2016
uac331
Comics, original art, scripts, manuscripts, composition books, correspondence, ink drawings, posters- 3 Linear Feet
- One records storage box and one flat metal edge box
UW-Madison Archives and Records Management (Map)
Lynda Jean Barry is an educator, cartoonist, and graphic novelist known for her weekly comic strip "Ernie Pook's Comeek" and and award-winning graphic novels such as One! Hundred! Demons! and Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor. In 2013 she became the Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Creativity. Her courses explore the transformative impact of drawing on self-expression, communication, and transdisciplinary research, particularly for students who do not consider themselves artists.This collection contains a sampling of comics, illustrations, manuscripts, scripts, columns, commentaries, essays, writing exercises, interviews, portfolios, and clippings representative of Barry's work as a cartoonist, essayist, playwright, novelist, and professor from the 1980s to the 2010s. The collection also includes over a dozen of Barry's handwritten and illustrated composition books that document her personal life and relationships from 1988 to 2019, which are restricted by Barry's request until 2065 or her death. The collection includes numerous drafts and manuscripts including: the manuscript of the novella Cruddy, hand written using sumi ink and a brush; drafts of strips from Ernie Pook's Comeek mainly from the 1980s; and a hand annotated draft of the 1984 script adaptation of NAKED LADIES NAKED LADIES, which reflected on Barry's encounters with sexuality as a child and teenager. Much of the collection consists of Barry's published essays, radio commentaries, comics, album cover art, book covers, and event posters. Much of this is found in two portfolios, one from the mid 1980s, and one which spans the bulk of Barry's career.
English
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https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-ua-uac331
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