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If I could only turn the etch-a-sketch of my life upside down.

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Lynda Barry
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: January 2
Cartoonist
Comics Artist
University Teacher
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I remember my comic strips being called new wave. It bugged me.
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I go to work the minute I open my eyes.
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