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Summary: I dug the demons! I had so much fun! Pass it on!
Review: *************************************************************"Lost. Somewhere around puberty. Ability to make up stories. Happiness depends on it." "Found again. Thanks to Lynda Barry's books, including _One! Hundred! Demons
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Summary: Good but not as edgy as her early stuff
Review: An engaging graphic novel, but hard-core Barry fans are apt to be a little disappointed in this new "autobifictionalography," especially if they've read "My Perfect Life," which covers a lot of the same ground. Age seems to have mellowed Barry's demons, and the switch from pen and ink to brush and watercolor has definitely taken the edge off her graphic style. It would be nice if some publisher seized the moment to re-issue more of Barry's early volumes that have fallen out of print, such as "Girls and Boys" and "Big Ideas," which are hard to find even on the net. Talk about your demons!
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Summary: A Book that should be a mandatory read - everywhere!
Review: As Marlys would say: (and the only decent way I can do this book any justice) SUPER RIGHT ON! The best book, hands-down, I have read in the past ten years. When will Lynda get the Nobel Peace Prize for Literature and Cartoons?
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Summary: Gorgeous artwork, heartbreaking stories.
Review: Beautiful collages and artwork bookend each of the 20 color featured stories (most of which appear currently on www.salon.com and are recently written) that detail a semi-maybe-autobiographical Lynda's life, memories and emotions in ways that can make you recall, if you were a misfit growing up, exact memories of that experience, and the subtle ways it follows you into adulthood. The honesty and intelligence of her art and writing is, as usual, spot on, and always evolving-- she's not afraid to try a new voice, character, or medium, and this new collection shows that clearly.
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Summary: Wife: "Best book I've read in, like, years!"
Review: I bought "One Hundred Demons" as kind of a shot-in-the-dark gift for my wife. She ended up reading it all in one sitting and gave me her opinion. "This book is, like, one of the best books I've read in years! You have to read it! She even, like, gives you instructions in the back on how to paint your own demons!" Buying a good gift without being given specific instructions is something I do once every 10 years maybe. I did it TWICE this year (I also did good by buying her some thermal "dog" pajamas from Target on a whim).
I ended up reading it myself -- and I thought it was an awesome book. I couldn't (and still can't) put it down either! There are a lot of nuances that are very funny. Lynda Barry does a great job conveying personality and humanism. Very colorful and fun to read. Will likely buy more of her books -- I (we) need more than just one fix.
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Summary: Barry brilliant collection of seventeen "demons."
Review: I hate to give "One Hundred Demons" four stars, especially in the light of its five-star artwork, but there is simply too much hippie adulation here, to say nothing of very boring drug-use details. I realize that this is autobifictionalography, but there's too much contrast between the drug and hippie stuff and such fascinating, hilarious, and brilliantly observational demons as "Dogs," "The Aswang," and "Common Scents." Ms. Barry's homelife with her Filipino mother and grandmother was a bit out of the ordinary, and all the more interesting because the artist was such a gifted and intelligent child. And no one, but no one, is able to portray childhood as genuinely as she can. She has every thought, every concern, and every feeling down to a cartoon science. Maybe that's why the adolescent demons, with their obsessive, "Cathy"-style details of insecurity, are such a letdown. Do funny ladies always have to portray themselves as unattractive, dopey, confused, etc.? Anyway, Barry's talent for chronicling the mundane (and not-so-mundane) is marvelous and matchless when it works, and yawn-inducing when it doesn't. Today's demon: "Not Giving Lynda Barry Five Stars on Amazon."
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Summary: Ahh...pure genious!
Review: I have been a fan of Lynda Barry for years and was thrilled to get her One Hundred Deamons as a gift this Christmas. Her humour reminds me of watching Steel Magnolias. You have never laughed so hard while reading something so touching. This book makes me think I understand her character a bit more - and the fact that I am drawn into wanting to understand a cartoon character says something in and of itself. I still think of some of her comics from previous books and laugh out loud, and this book has given me more memories that put a smile on my face and an embarassing outburst of laughter when it is not especially convenient.... I have been reading Lynda's books since I was 15 and now 30 something....I enjoy them as much now as I did then! Lynda - your the greatest!
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Summary: Ahh...pure genious!
Review: I have been a fan of Lynda Barry for years and was thrilled to get her One Hundred Deamons as a gift this Christmas. Her humour reminds me of watching Steel Magnolias. You have never laughed so hard while reading something so touching. This book makes me think I understand her character a bit more - and the fact that I am drawn into wanting to understand a cartoon character says something in and of itself. I still think of some of her comics from previous books and laugh out loud, and this book has given me more memories that put a smile on my face and an embarassing outburst of laughter when it is not especially convenient.... I have been reading Lynda's books since I was 15 and now 30 something....I enjoy them as much now as I did then! Lynda - your the greatest!
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Summary: Wow
Review: I stayed up late into the night to read this book, frequently crying. Lynda Barry has clearly made an effort to be as honest as possible, and as a result, these stories just really ring true. This book is a rare combination of funny and sad and smart. She handles some pretty lofty themes--memory, abuse of power, family--with an insistence on staying in reality. It's a provocative book, and a pleasure to read. I'm buying copies for several of my friends.
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Summary: All in color with an Aswang too!!
Review: It's Lynda Barry's first all-color book and it's beautiful, collecting the fantastic water-colored 100 Demons stories that originally appeared on ... but that's not all! The book also contains awesome collages by Lynda between the strips as well as a foreword explaining the origin of the 100 Demons idea and an afterword describing some of the materials and methods Lynda used in creating the strips. The strips (as you would expect in a work by Ms. Barry) evoke a wide range of emotions, and cover a lot of territory. Who could read "Common Scents" and NOT remember the smells of their grandmother's house or shuffle uncomfortably at the memory of failed attempts to disguise the smell of cat pee with incense? OK, maybe you never owned a cat, but you still need the book to read about the Aswang! It could save your life!
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