201011290937.jpgOver the holiday week, the biggest news was the official announcement thatD&Q will re-release the complete works of Lynda Barry.

Next fall will actually see the publication of the first volume of the complete Lynda Barry comics work (consisting primarily of her Ernie Pook’s Comeek strip but not limited to just that, oh no!) Things to look forward to are her college strip, “Spinal Comics” (edited by none other than long time pal Matt Groening for the Evergreen State newspaper) and the precursor to Ernie Pook, “Two Sisters”. Eventually there will be many other rare or rarely seen tidbits like Lynda’s Esquire strips. We’re not completely sure how many volumes there will be but we figure somewhere around ten.


While D&Q had always made it clear they were going to go back and reprint Barry’s earlier seminal and heartbreaking work, an actual date is new, so any way you slice it this is awesomely amazing news.

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  1. About Fraggin’ Time!
    I suppose we owe the existence of this to the success of WHAT IT IS–this is long overdue, and will make a charming and important addition to anyone’s comics library! Huzzah for D&Q!!

  2. Aiieee! Salamat Po!

    The Funk Queen of the Universe gets her complete reprinting due!

    Now if only D&Q gets the rights for that GANG OF SEVEN The Lynda Barry Experience spoken-word cd, and packages it as a special addition to the set…

  3. Does anyone know how to contact Lynda Barry. I want to personally thank her! She has changed my writing completely!