From the Chair
I was in Montreal for a few days participating in a forum on media and movement. On the plane both there and back, I had some time to catch up on reading and reflect on the way in which philosophy and theory interact with art. As philosophy and theory become practice...
How MacArthur ‘genius’ Lynda Barry is exploring brain creativity with true artists: Preschoolers by Michael Cavna
When word came this fall that she was receiving an honor worth $625,000, Lynda Barry knew what she would do with it: spend money on artists at their most pure — those who had only recently stopped wearing diapers. Barry, the indie comics creator turned cutting-edge...
Lynda Barry’s “Making Comics” is one of the best, most practical books ever written about creativity by Cory Doctorow
I’ve been a fan of cartoonist, novelist and memoirist Lynda Barry for decades, long before she was declared a certified genius; Barry’s latest book, Making Comics is an intensely practical, incredibly inspiring curriculum for finding, honing and realizing...