Lynda Barry

Lynda Barry (born Linda Jean Barry) is an American cartoonist, author, educator, and graphic novelist best known for her weekly comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, which ran from 1979 to 2008, and illustrated novels like The Good Times Are Killing Me (1988) and Cruddy (1999).[1][2][6]

Richland Center, Wisconsin, U.S. Jan 2, 1956 Wikipedia
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