Lynda Barry is one of the most popular and richest Cartoonist who was born on January 2, 1956 in Richland Center, Wisconsin, United States. Famous for her Ernie Pook’s Comeek comic strip. This cartoonist and writer also wrote several graphic and illustrated books, including Cruddy (1999), One! Hundred! Demons! (2002) and What It Is (2008). She received the Eisner Award 2009 for Best Reality-Based Comic Art.
In the 1980s, she was romantically in love with National Public Radio host During the 1980s, she was romantically involved with National Public Radio host Ira Glass..
At The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, Barry met fellow cartoonist Matt Groening. Her career began in 1977 when Groening and University of Washington Daily student editor John Keister each published her work without her knowledge in their respective student newspapers, titling it Ernie Pook’s Comeek
Collections of Barry’s comics began appearing in 1981. She has written two illustrated novels, The Good Times are Killing Me (1988) and Cruddy, also known as Cruddy: An Illustrated Novel (1999).
As the daughter of a Filipina Irish mother and a Norwegian Irish father, she grew up in Wisconsin. After her marriage to Kevin Kawula, the couple settled in Wisconsin on a dairy farm.
