Lynda Barry's Stunning Imagination in What It Is

I just reviewed, on Amazon, Barry's What It Is, which I really think is this year's The Arrival, in terms of being a brilliant, effortless graphic novel:Published earlier this year, Lynda Barry's What It Is is one of my favorite graphic novels ever. An exploration of the imagination, an invitation to create, and a moving autobiographical account, What It is is one of those rare books that offers solace for the soul and brilliant commentary on the artistic impulse. The images by themselves would be amazing, the text by itself wise and luminous yet pragmatic. The combination of text and art provides new insight that feels three-dimensional and oddly soothing. I cannot over-emphasize the therapeutic effect of What It Is.The whole feature can be read here. Check it out.