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  • Published: 2 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781770469525
  • Imprint: Drawn & Quarterly
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $49.99
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Picture This

The Near-sighted Monkey Book




The creative-drawing companion to the acclaimed and bestselling What It Is

Lynda Barry single-handedly created a literary genre all her own, the graphic memoir/how-to, otherwise known as the bestselling, the acclaimed, but most important, the adored and the inspirational What It Is. The R. R. Donnelley and Eisner Award–winning book posed, explored, and answered the question: "Do you wish you could write?" Now with Picture This, Barry asks: "Do you wish you could draw?" It features the return of Barry's most beloved character, Marlys, and introduces a new one, the Near-sighted Monkey. Like What It Is, Picture This is an inspirational, take-home extension of Barry's traveling, continually sold-out, and sought-after workshop, "Writing the Unthinkable."

  • Published: 2 February 2027
  • ISBN: 9781770469525
  • Imprint: Drawn & Quarterly
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 208
  • RRP: $49.99
Categories:

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Praise for Picture This

“In more than 200 pages of riotously distinct collages made with brush and paint, notebook paper, cutouts, tape and glue, Barry sets out to show you — no, to remind you of — the pleasures of inking, smudging and, most important, fumbling your way to inspiration.” —The New York Times

“In her memoir-cum-workbooks—What It Is and Picture This—Barry puts her many talents into play. The books’ dense collages, lively cartoons, and hand-drawn text use autobiographical tidbits and philosophical flights of fancy to explore the creative impulse.” —The Paris Review