{"product_id":"9781770460522","title":"Blabber Blabber Blabber","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom her first comics published in the Evergeen State College school paper to her influential weekly comic strip, \u003ci\u003eErnie Pook's Comeek\u003c\/i\u003e; from her bestselling creative how-to memoir comic books, \u003ci\u003eWhat It Is \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePicture This\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFans around the world rejoiced at D+Q's announcement of \u003ci\u003eBlabber Blabber Blabber: Volume 1 of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eEverything\u003c\/i\u003e, which collects all of the seminal \u003ci\u003eErnie Pook's Comeek\u003c\/i\u003e, some of which has been out of print for decades, and includes her earliest books, such as \u003ci\u003eGirls and Boys \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBig Ideas\u003c\/i\u003e, and features an introduction penned by Barry, complete with photographs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReflective of the early 1980s before the appearance of Barry's well-known characters Marlys and Arna, the comics in \u003ci\u003eBlabber Blabber Blabber \u003c\/i\u003ecover 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lynda Barry","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":47887858565378,"sku":"9781770460522","price":24.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0747\/0012\/8514\/files\/BNCImageAPI_46782335-00d7-4680-ae04-498b62971caf.jpg?v=1780077792","url":"https:\/\/www.downtowncomics.ca\/products\/9781770460522","provider":"Downtown Comics","version":"1.0","type":"link"}