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The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
Really
Strips
Wreck
Effortless
Wrecks
Emotionally
Nearly
Upset
Unless

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