Lynda Barry


Animator, Cartoonist, Novelist, Painter, Playwright

About

Also Known As
Lynda Jean Barry
Birth Place
Richland, Wisconsin, USA

Bibliography

"The Good Times Are Killing Me"
Lynda Barry

Biography

Filmography

 

Cast (Feature Film)

Comic Book Confidential (1988)

Cast (Special)

Only in America (1991)

Life Events

1977

Invented "Ernie Pook's Comeek" (cartoon eventually became a regular in over 50 papers), discovered by Matt "The Simpsons" Groening, editor of the school paper at the time

1984

Cartoon featured regularly in "Esquire"

1988

First feature appearance, "Comic Book Confidential"

1988

First major TV role, "Michelob Presents Sunday Night" (also animator)

1991

First novel adapted into stage play, "The Good Times Are Killing Me" at Second Stage Theater

Bibliography

"The Good Times Are Killing Me"
Lynda Barry