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Syllabus: Notes from an Accidental Professor Paperback – October 21, 2014

by Lynda Barry (Author)

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Gr 10 Up—Structured as a handwritten composition book, this title uses prose within a graphic context to serve as a forum to teach aspiring young authors. It's written as though a creatively minded person were keeping a messy journal filled with ideas, notes, and scribbles. This book presents an inside look into Writing the Unthinkable, the cartoonist's highly popular writing workshop. Neither a graphic or prose novel, it requires readers to jump around to different boxed areas of words, which resemble those in a textbook, but attempts to do so in a hip, visual, new way. The end result is discordant and sloppy and may confuse, rather than inspire, young authors. VERDICT Those unfamiliar with comics guru Barry's previous work may find the format and style of this title extremely jarring. Stick with her What It Is (Drawn & Quarterly, 2008).—Ryan P. Donovan, Southborough Public Library, MA

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“In recent years, Lynda Barry – half cartoonist, half guru, and entirely irrepressible – has created her own genre, handcrafting inspirational guidebooks about how and why to be creative… Scrawled out and doodled all over the page, collaged together with snippets of schoolwork, snatches of poetry, and drawings of weird-looking monsters, Barry's notes [in Syllabus] double as dispatches from a fertile unconscious, and testify once more to the unfathomable depths of human invention.” ―Globe & Mail

“Lynda Barry has spent the last few years blazing new trails in nonfiction cartooning with a series of books dedicated to illuminating the mysteries of the creative process . . . Once you pick [Syllabus] up, it's not easy to put it back down again.” ―AV Club Best Comics of 2014

“[Syllabus is] a must-read for Barry fans and deep thinkers.” ―London Free Press

“[In Syllabus, Lynda Barry] continues her investigation of what an image is. This book is charming and readable and serves as an excellent guide for those seeking to break out of whatever writing and drawing styles they have been stuck in, allowing them to reopen their brains to the possibility of new creativity. Readers can pore over the exceptionally gorgeous graphic mixture of collage, inking, and watercolor for hours.” ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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Paperback: 200 pages
Publisher: Drawn and Quarterly; Second Printing edition (October 21, 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1770461612
ISBN-13: 978-1770461611
Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 0.4 inches
Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 100 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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- #22 in Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Graphic Novels > Literary
- #57 in Books > Reference > Writing, Research & Publishing Guides > Writing > Fiction

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