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No matter what, expect the unexpected. And whenever possible BE the unexpected.

Lynda Barry

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
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I go to work the minute I open my eyes.
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I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control.
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The strips are nearly effortless unless I am really emotionally upset, a wreck.
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If I had had me for a student I would have thrown me out of class immediately.
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I used to live a very social life and never spend much solitary time looking at birds or reading.
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